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CVS Prescription Class Action Lawsuit
By Kimberly Mirando
Six privately owned pharmacies and six registered pharmacists filed the class action complaint against CVS Caremark and CVS Pharmacies, alleging the group engaged in unfair business practices. Specifically, they say, the group participates in a continuing scheme to unlawfully force certain West Virginians into using CVS-owned pharmacies in order to have most, if not all, of their prescriptions filled.
According to the CVS class action lawsuit, patients who have coverage with CVS Caremark, one of the largest pharmacy benefits administrators in the country, attempted to get prescriptions filled at pharmacies other than CVS, but were told Caremark would not pay for the prescription unless it was filled at a CVS pharmacy or through a CVS mail-order system. The patients were allegedly told if they wanted their prescription filled they had two options: find the nearest CVS pharmacy or pay the total cash price for the medicine.
The CVS class action lawsuit says state law prohibits pharmacies and pharmacists from entering into agreements or participating in activities that deny, limit or influence a patient’s selection of pharmacies or for the “servicing or counseling by a pharmacist of his or her choice.”
These CVS practices eliminate West Virginia patients’ rights to choice their own pharmacist or pharmacy, the class action lawsuit claims.
The proposed class action lawsuit is seeking unspecified damages.
Updated May 2nd, 2011
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I PURCHASE MEDS FROM CAREMARK & CVS CAREMARK YEAR 2006 THRU 2012 OR LATER:::
Try working there and made to use CVS to fill your Rx’s then your boss asks “what’d they give you, oxycodone? ” when I returned from my dr appt and pharmacy! It’s funny because that’s exactly what they gave me but how the hell would he know that without violating HIPAA & PHI laws! ? Huge conflict of interest! I can NEVER call customer service because I’m not going to allow a co-worker to see my Rx claims!