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CVS reaches settlement in bogus prescriptions case
http://www.wcvb.com/news/cvs-reaches-settlement-in-bogus-prescription-case/34631436
CVS Health to pay government $450,000 to settle dispute
CVS reaches settlement in bogus prescriptions case
UPDATED 4:56 PM EDT Aug 10, 2015
PROVIDENCE, R.I. —CVS Health has agreed to pay $450,000 to the federal government to settle allegations that several of its Rhode Island retail pharmacies filled forged and invalid painkiller prescriptions.
The agreement announced Monday is the culmination of a two-year investigation by U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha's office and the Drug Enforcement Administration's Office of Diversion Control into several of the Woonsocket, Rhode Island-based CVS's retail pharmacy locations.
The DEA's Diversion Control offices routinely review pharmacies across the country looking for violations of the Controlled Substances Act, said Jim Martin, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Providence.
CVS has denied wrongdoing.