WMT - Rite Aid halts filling controlled-substance prescriptions for Cerebral Done - Bloomberg

• Rite Aid ( NYSE: RAD ) will no longer accept the prescriptions for controlled substances issued by clinicians working for virtual mental healthcare companies Cerebral Inc. and Done Health, joining other major retailers, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
• The drugstore chain, which operates 2,300 retail pharmacy locations across 17 states, adopted the decision early this year, Catherine Carter, a company spokesperson , said in an email.
• “In light of Rite Aid’s decision, Cerebral is doing everything possible to ensure these patients get access to medications that their health care providers have determined they need,” Bloomberg reported quoting Dan Childs, an outside spokesperson for Cerebral. Done did not immediately respond to comment.
• Previously, CVS Health ( CVS ), Walmart ( WMT ), and Walgreens Boots Alliance ( WBA ) also announced plans to stop filling the prescriptions sent by clinicians working for the two startups.

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