CVS will pay $315 million to settle DOJ claims it billed federal programs for unnecessary opioid prescriptions

The Justice Department alleged CVS filled prescriptions from "pill mills"; CVS admits no wrongdoing but must add new safeguards on how it dispenses opioids.

How old the case is:

• Whistleblower Hillary Estright first filed the case in 2019, per The Hill.
• The government's lawsuit was filed in 2024, per NBC News, PBS NewsHour and the Washington Examiner.