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A judge has ordered CVS Pharmacy to pay Riverside County and two other California counties a combined $658,000 in connection with a civil lawsuit.
The court order, signed earlier this month by San Diego County Superior Court Judge Lisa Schall, stemmed from a lawsuit that alleged that CVS pharmacists did not discuss medications with patients who received prescriptions for the first time or who refilled orders that called for changed dosages, according to a report published in The Press-Enterprise.
The consumer protection suit was filed by Riverside, San Diego and Alameda counties. Those three district attorney’s offices, along with the California Board of Pharmacy, conducted undercover operations between 2008 and 2012, according to the report.
Riverside County will receive one-third of the penalty, according to the report.
