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CVS Agrees to Pay $315M Over Unlawfully Filled Opioid Prescriptions and False Claims
2026-10-13
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Rhode Island Rhode Island |
CVS Pharmacy Inc. and related corporate entities, pharmacy chain based in Rhode Island; complaint filed Dec. 13, 2024 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island | Opioids and other controlled substances, including "trinity" prescriptions (an opioid, a benzodiazepine and a muscle relaxant) | Alleged: filled prescriptions that lacked a legitimate medical purpose or were not issued in the usual course of professional practice (dangerous and excessive opioid quantities, early fills, pill-mill prescribers) despite red flags, then billed many to federal healthcare programs | not stated | Civil settlement announced Oct. 13, 2026: $315 million, plus a memorandum of agreement with DEA requiring a reporting hotline for employees and the public, proactive monitoring of pharmacy dispensing patterns, and a process to evaluate suspected prescribers. Whistleblower Hillary Estright's share not yet determined (U.S. ex rel. Estright v. CVS Health Corp., No. 22-cv-00222, D.R.I.) | $315,000,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Macomb County Physician and Pharmacy Owner Pay $700,948 Over Opioid Prescribing and Filling Scheme
2024-11-04
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Michigan Clinton Township, Michigan |
Medical practice and an on-site pharmacy (Heartland Drugs) sharing an office complex in Clinton Township, Michigan | Opioid and ADHD (stimulant) medications | Physician prescribed medically unnecessary opioid and ADHD medications, which the co-located pharmacy filled without adequate scrutiny | not stated | Physician, his practice, and the pharmacy owner paid $700,948.42 to settle False Claims Act allegations, November 2024; physician surrendered his DEA registration | $700,948 (civil settlement) | source |
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Montgomery County Pharmacy Reaches Consent Decree Over Fraudulent Opioid Dispensing
2023-05-31
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Maryland Germantown, Maryland |
Retail pharmacy | Opioids dispensed concurrently with stimulants | Filled fraudulent prescriptions for out-of-area patients and high-MME, cash-paid combinations while ignoring red flags | not stated | Consent decree approved — $100,000 civil penalty; pharmacist license surrendered (May 2023) | $100,000 (civil penalty) | source |
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Baltimore Pharmacy and Pharmacist Settle Red-Flag Dispensing Allegations
2022-05-12
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Maryland Baltimore, Maryland |
Independent retail pharmacy (Ultra Care Pharmacy, Baltimore, Maryland) | Controlled-substance prescriptions (opioids) | Filled facially fraudulent prescriptions for multiple unrelated people presented together, ignoring cross-gender OB/GYN prescribing and identical-quantity red flags | not stated | Consent decree approved; $15,000 civil penalty and corrective red-flag procedures required | $15,000 (civil penalty) | source |
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Wisconsin Pharmacy Settles Controlled Substance Dispensing and Recordkeeping Violations
2022-04-29
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Wisconsin Cadott, Wisconsin |
Cadott Miller Pharmacy, retail pharmacy (Cadott, WI) | Controlled substances — high-risk drug combinations dispensed 2017-2019 | Filled drug combinations with no legitimate medical purpose, filled prescriptions with no valid Rx on file, allowed unauthorized early refills, dispensed Schedule II drugs for opioid dependence | not stated | DEA immediate suspension order Dec 17, 2019; pharmacy surrendered DEA registration Jan 7, 2020; civil settlement $20,000 — announced Apr 2022 | $20,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Aspirar Pharmacy Pays $100K for Filling Invalid Opioid Prescriptions
2022-02-03
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North Carolina Cary / Durham, North Carolina |
Aspirar Pharmacy, two locations (Cary/Durham, NC) | Controlled substances — invalid prescriptions filled 2017-2018 | Filled prescriptions from Dr. Sharon Halliday, who wrote them outside the scope permitted by her Duke University faculty limited license, without confirming her license's validity | not stated | Civil settlement, $100,000 + DEA memorandum of agreement to stop filling for the practice — announced Feb 3, 2022 | $100,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Ready Pharmacy Pays $400K Over 26,000 Missing Controlled Substance Units
2022-02-01
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New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico |
Ready Pharmacy, retail pharmacy, now closed (Albuquerque, NM) | Controlled substances — 26,000+ missing dosage units | Failed to account for missing dosage units found Mar 15, 2016; DEA on-site inspection also found controlled substances unsafeguarded and improperly stored | not stated | Civil settlement, $400,000 (initial $50,000 + $350,000 over 5 years) — announced Feb 2022 | $400,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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San Diego Pharmacy Pays $105K for Ignoring Opioid Prescription Red Flags
2022-01-20
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California San Diego, California |
Balboa Pharmacy, retail pharmacy (San Diego, CA) | Opioids, incl. doses exceeding 100 MME + benzodiazepine/muscle-relaxant "trinity" combinations | Filled prescriptions without resolving red flags — high MME doses, dangerous drug combinations, patients with multiple prescribers, early refills | not stated | Civil settlement, $105,000 — announced Jan 20, 2022; entered Oct 2021 memorandum of agreement with DEA | $105,000 (civil settlement) | source |
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Last reviewed: September 2026 · Content is educational, not legal advice.