CVS to pay $315 million to settle opioid prescription case
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Summary
CVS Health agreed to pay $315 million to settle Justice Department allegations that it illegally filled prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances for over a decade and billed federal healthcare programs for them. The lawsuit, brought under a whistleblower provision by former CVS employee Hillary Estright, alleged violations of the Controlled Substances Act and False Claims Act, including filling excessive, early, and "trinity" opioid prescriptions, and prescriptions from "pill mill" providers. Sources differ on when the case was filed, citing 2019 or 2024.
Center
- CVS agrees to pay $315 million to settle Justice Department case over opioid prescriptionsAssociated Press · Oct 13, 12:38 PM
- CVS Will Pay $315 Million To Settle Federal Opioid CaseForbes · Oct 13, 3:48 PM
- CVS to pay $315M settlement over allegations of illegally filling opioid prescriptionsThe Hill · Oct 13, 3:57 PM
Right-leaning
- CVS to pay $315 million settlement with DOJ over opioid prescriptionsWashington Examiner · Oct 13, 3:08 PM
- CVS settles lawsuit over opioid dispensing for $315 millionWashington Times · Oct 13, 4:30 PM