Attorney General Maura Healey announced the settlement today.
She says it resolves allegations that CVS failed to provide its pharmacists with a way to access the state's Prescription Monitoring Program, an online database that provides a patient's prescription history designed to curb the abuse of addictive medications.
The Woonsocket, Rhode Island-based drug store giant will now require its Massachusetts pharmacists to check the database before filling prescriptions for commonly misused opioids.
It has also agreed to pay USD 795,000, revise its prescription drug policies and retrain pharmacists.
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