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Company: CVS Corporation
Current Parent Company: CVS Health
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Penalty: $4,000,000
Year: 2001
Date: August 28, 2001
Offense Group: government-contracting-related offenses
Primary Offense: False Claims Act and related
Violation Description: CVS Corporation agreed to pay $4 million to settle allegations that it and and Revco Drugstores, Inc., a pharmacy chain acquired by CVS in 1997, dispensed partial prescriptions due to insufficient stock but billed government health insurance programs (Medicaid, TRICARE Management Activity, and the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program) for the full quantities prescribed for beneficiaries.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Justice Department Civil Division
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
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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