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All commercial prescriptions at CVS to be reimbursed through CostVantage

WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. recently announced that beginning this year, all of the commercial prescriptions dispensed through CVS Pharmacy will be contracted through...

DOJ sues CVS for unlawfully dispensing controlled substances

PROVIDENCE – The U.S. Justice Department has filed a federal lawsuit against CVS Health Corp., claiming the pharmacy chain unlawfully dispensed controlled substances, U.S....

Need a pharmacy? These states and neighborhoods have less access 

Opening stores used to mean everything to pharmacy chains.  CVS Health Corp. once boasted of opening or buying more than 2,900 locations in a five-year...

Amazon testing drones that will drop prescriptions on your doorstep, literally

Amazon will soon make prescription drugs fall from the sky when the e-commerce giant becomes the latest company to test drone deliveries for medications. The...

Walgreens push into comprehensive care picks up momentum 

NEW YORK – Walgreens extended its push into more comprehensive health care with its VillageMD unit acquiring another urgent and primary care chain, Summit...

Most CVS pharmacies closing for lunch daily to give staff a...

WOONSOCKET – Getting your prescriptions on your lunch break may no longer be an option if you are a CVS Health Corp. customer. The pharmacy...
PURDUE SUBSIDIARY: Pictured above is a sign for the Rhodes Technologies plant complex at 498 Washington St. in Coventry. Rhodes is a subsidiary of Purdue Pharma, maker of prescription painkiller OxyContin, which is the subject of multiple lawsuits nationwide taking the drug manufacturer to task for the current “opioid epidemic.”
 / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Municipal opioids lawsuits moving quickly

While a lawsuit filed by Rhode Island is moving slowly, a proposed class-action lawsuit against opioid makers by cities and counties nationwide – including...
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...

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...
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