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CVS PHARMACY plans to expand the number of its medication safe disposal units throughout the country. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER LEE

CVS to expand medication disposal offerings

Health Services 10/24/2019

WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. has plans to expand its offering of safe disposal units for unwanted and expired medication nationwide, as part of...

CVS HEALTH is expanding its CVS Pharmacy membership rewards program delivery service nationwide. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER LEE

CVS expands membership rewards pharmacy delivery program nationwide

Health Services 08/05/2019

WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. is expanding its pharmacy delivery service nationwide, the company announced Monday. The membership program, called CarePass, provides one- to two-day...

A reckoning for opioid supply chain

Editorial and Op-Ed 07/19/2019

According to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration numbers examined by the Washington Post, nearly 100,000 people died in the United States from opioid addiction or...

CVS DISTRIBUTED 7.7% of all opioid pills in the U.S. between 2006 and 2012, according to newly available data from the DEA. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER LEE

WaPo: Opioid distributors, including CVS, cited in DEA data

Economic Activity 07/17/2019

PROVIDENCE – There were 76 billion opioid pills distributed in the United States over a seven-year period from 2006 to 2012, according to a...

CVS HEALTH announced the expansion of its HealthHUB pilot program, expanding services and products offered at CVS Pharmacy locations. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER LEE

CVS to expand HealthHUB program to 1,500 locations by 2021

Health Services 06/04/2019

WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. issued a growth-strategy plan Tuesday as part of its 2019 Investor Day that include the expansion of the company’s...

CVS PHARMACY has launched a program that requires vitamins and supplements that it sells to be tested by a third party to verify ingredients and fact labels, as well as to monitor for contaminants. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER LEE

CVS Pharmacy launches program to certify vitamins and supplement ingredients

Health Services 05/16/2019

PROVIDENCE – CVS Pharmacy has launched a program that will require third-party testing of all vitamins and supplements sold in-store and online, CVS Health...

CVS HEALTH CORP. has agreed to a civil penalty of $535,000 for allegedly filling controlled substance prescriptions even though the pharmacists should have known that the prescriptions were invalid. The company denies wrongdoing even as it will pay the fine. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER LEE

CVS pays $535K in civil penalties over alleged filling of invalid...

Government 04/16/2019

PROVIDENCE – CVS Health Corp. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $535,000 to resolve federal allegations that the company’s retail stores violated...

CVS PHARMACY is launching same-day delivery for eligible prescriptions nationwide. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/CHRISTOPHER LEE

CVS Pharmacy launches same-day prescription delivery

Health Services 04/04/2019

WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. will offer prescription delivery within hours from CVS Pharmacy nationwide through a partnership with delivery service Shipt Inc., CVS...

PHRED'S DRUGS will be acquired by CVS Pharmacy and then close Nov. 29, CVS has announced. / COURTESY PHRED'S DRUG

CVS to acquire, close, Phred’s Drug

Health Services 11/19/2018

WOONSOCKET — CVS Health Corp. will acquire Phred’s Drug at 1300 Oaklawn Ave. in Cranston, including pharmacy files, insurance and inventory, transferring the information...