CVS to pay Massachusetts $795K, tighten policies for opioids

Prior to March 2013, Healey's office says certain CVS locations failed to provide pharmacists with sufficient internet service to access the state's Prescription Monitoring Program.

In a statement, CVS said that the company, which has about 350 pharmacies and 1,200 pharmacists in Massachusetts, recognizes the importance of the state's prescription database as a tool to detect and prevent drug abuse.

Since the deficiencies were revealed, the company has been requiring its Massachusetts pharmacists to review the customer's prescription history on the database before dispensing certain prescribed drugs.