The Ohio Board of Pharmacy and CVS announced Thursday that they had settled claims of critical understaffing at 22 Ohio stores owned by CVS, the nation’s largest pharmacy retailer.
The settlement totaled $1.5 million in fines and fees and imposed other sanctions on the corporate giant. A spokesman for the pharmacy board said it was the largest penalty ever imposed by the regulatory agency.
Among the agreed-to penalties, CVS will pay a $1.25 million fine and another $250,000 to cover increased monitoring to ensure that its stores comply with other terms of the agreement. In addition, the licenses of stores No. 1756 in Reynoldsburg, 2528 in Dayton, 3321 in Wooster, 3455 in Coshocton, 6153 in Columbus, 6183 in Springfield, 8248 in Massillon and 10246 in Toledo are on probation for three years. and placed it on three years’ probation.
In a statement, a CVS spokeswoman again sought to play down the pharmacy board’s findings at its stores. She called the allegations “years-old,” but some were considerably more recent. For example, Thursday’s agreement settles violations found on Sept. 23, 2023 at CVS store 10246 in Toledo — just five months ago.
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