CVS news
The gist
CVS agreed to pay $315 million to settle DOJ opioid prescription lawsuits.
The deal adds DEA monitoring and ends a case open since 2019.
How it unfolded
- 2019Former CVS employee Hillary Estright files a whistleblower suit under the False Claims Act over the company's controlled-substance dispensing.
- 2022CVS agrees to pay about $4.9 billion to states, local governments and Native American tribes to settle more than 3,000 opioid-related lawsuits.
- Dec 2024The Justice Department files a civil complaint against CVS in Rhode Island federal court, alleging it knowingly filled prescriptions lacking a legitimate medical purpose and sought reimbursement from federal health programs.