Government Intervenes In Suit Alleging CVS’s Opioid Distribution Violated Law

( December 20, 2024, 1:19 PM EST) -- PROVIDENCE, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy Inc. and its subsidiaries violated the False Claims Act (FCA) and the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) by filling “prescriptions for controlled substances that lacked a legitimate medical purpose, were not valid, and/or were not issued in the usual course of professional practice,” the government alleges in a complaint that was ordered to be unsealed by a Rhode Island federal judge....