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CVS to sell CBD products
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CVS Pharmacy announced Wednesday that it will begin selling hemp-derived CBD products in eight states.
The pharmacy chain says the products include topicals such as creams, sprays and lotions.
They will be available in CVS stores in eight states including Alabama, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland and Tennessee.
CVS specified it is not selling any cbd-containing supplements or food additives.
Officials with the chain says the products comply with applicable laws.
Cbd is becoming one of the hottest ingredients in consumer products.
Companies are adding the non-psychoactive cannabis compound to food, beverages and skin care products.
CVS launches pilot membership program: $5 monthly gets you $10 store credit
CVS Health is launching a pilot membership program that provides delivery perks, discounts and $10 monthly to spend in its stores.
The drugstore giant, one of the largest retailers in the U.S., will charge $5 monthly or $48 for a full year for the new CarePass program, which will be tested in Boston.
“The goal is to expand the program nationally but the pilot is to test-and-learn so we can make sure it is a great experience for customers,” CVS spokesperson Erin Pensa said in an email.
The $10 monthly store credit can be spent on most retail items at CVS Pharmacy locations but doesn’t roll over to the next month if you haven’t used the full amount.
The membership program includes free one-day or two-day delivery on certain prescription drugs and “eligible purchases” from the company’s website with no minimum amount required, CVS said.
In that respect, CarePass bears a resemblance to Amazon’s Prime membership, which requires users to pay an annual fee of $119 for free shipping and other services.
Fending off Amazon is crucial to the long-term success of CVS. The drug industry is bracing for Amazon’s entry into the pharmacy business after the company recently bought online pharmacy startup PillPack.
With more than 9,800 locations, CVS is one of the largest retailers in the U.S. and had about the same annual revenue as Amazon in 2017.
CVS currently offers retail customers discounts through a free membership card called ExtraCare. Cardholders can also accumulate ExtraCare dollars, which act like expiring gift-card money, to spend on in-store products.
CarePass members will get $10 to spend every month on most items in the store. Exceptions include alcohol, lottery tickets, prescriptions and gift cards.
“The CarePass promo reward is automatically added to the customer’s ExtraCare card at the beginning of each monthly benefit cycle and expires at the end of the monthly benefit cycle,” CVS said.
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Lawsuit Claims CVS Unintentionally Revealed HIV Status of 6,000 Customers in Ohio
CVS Health is being sued for allegedly revealing the HIV status of 6,000 patients in Ohio.
A federal lawsuit claims CVS mailed letters last year that showed the status of participants in the state’s HIV drug assistance program through the envelopes’ glassine window.
The complaint, which was filed March 21 in federal court in Ohio, also names Fiserv, the company that CVS hired to mail the letters. On the envelopes used by Fiserv, the patients’ HIV status could be seen through the clear window, just above their name and address, the documents states.
The letters included the patients’ new benefits cards and information about a mail prescription program.
The companies are being sued by three unidentified plaintiffs, according to the complaint.
The first plaintiff, only identified as John Doe One of Delaware County, Ohio, says he “feels that CVS has essentially handed a weapon to anyone who handled the envelope, giving them the opportunity to attack his identity or cause other harm to him.”
Another plaintiff identified as John Doe Two of Defiance County says he lives in a small town and fears the stigma stemming from the disclosure of his HIV status.
He is also concerned that his “friends and family run the risk of being stigmatized just by being seen with him.”
The third plaintiff says he also lives in a small town in Gallia County, where “everyone knows everyone” and has experienced “significant distress as a result of this disclosure.”
He is scared to leave his home and has “experienced complications and health issues since this disclosure, up to and including just in the past several days.”
The plaintiffs are seeking a class-action suit and a jury trial.
The attorneys claim that CVS failed to announce the breach of privacy data and did not contact all the patients whose status was revealed.
In a statement to CNN, CVS Health said the envelope window was intended to show a reference code for the assistance program and not the recipient’s health status.
“CVS Health places the highest priority on protecting the privacy of those we serve, and we take our responsibility to safeguard confidential information very seriously,” the statement said.
“As soon as we learned of this incident, we immediately took steps to eliminate the reference code to the plan name in any future mailings.”
A representative for Fiserv told CNN the company does not comment on pending litigation.
The Ohio Department of Public Health did not reply to a request for comment Saturday.