New York accuses CVS of diverting millions from safety-net hospitals

Many hospitals objected, James’ office said, because they were already had a third-party administrator. Other hospitals, upon contracting with CVS, had to use Wellpartner exclusively because they couldn’t afford to pay two third-party administrators.

The hospitals that chose not to use Wellpartner were not eligible to collect 340B payments from patients using CVS pharmacies, losing money that could’ve been reinvested in care, the…