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CVS Health, one of the nation’s largest operators of retail chain pharmacies, will pay Ohio $1.5 million in penalties for problems largely related to understaffing and make changes that may soon be mandatory for all the state’s retail pharmacies, the Ohio Board of Pharmacy said Thursday. The penalties, the largest ever imposed by the state board, are part of the settlement of 27 safety cases the board was investigating at 22 CVS pharmacies.
” Employees at retail chain pharmacies have been sounding the alarm over patient and workplace safety concerns related to understaffing for years. Profit margins for retail pharmacies began shrinking more than a decade ago, putting a squeeze on the industry.
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