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Company: CVS Pharmacy, Inc.
Current Parent Company: CVS Health
Penalty: $9,506,384
Year: 2011
Date: April 15, 2011
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: CVS Pharmacy, Inc. paid $9.5 million to settle multistate allegations that it billed the wrong amount to Medicaid for dual-eligible beneficiaries -- Medicaid beneficiaries who also have third-party prescription coverage (other than Medicare) -- resulting in excessive reimbursement. It also paid $8 million to the federal government; see separate entry at (click here)
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Court: Western District of Wisconsin
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Case ID: 3:08-cv-0574
Case Name: LeFlore, et al. v. CVS Caremark Corporation
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Rhode Island
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: retailing
Specific Industry of Current Parent: retail-pharmacies
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.