Zarzamora Healthcare LLC (dba Rite-Away Pharmacy & Medical Supply
Outcome
A federal court entered a consent decree on October 11, 2023, ordering Zarzamora Healthcare LLC (Rite-Away Pharmacy
Details
Zarzamora Healthcare LLC / Rite-Away Pharmacy #2 — $275,000 Opioid Consent Decree (2023)
Outcome: A federal court entered a consent decree on October 11, 2023, ordering Zarzamora Healthcare LLC (dba Rite-Away Pharmacy & Medical Supply #2) and pharmacist-owner Jitendra Chaudhary to pay $275,000 in civil penalties and comply with injunctive restrictions on opioid dispensing practices — resolving a complaint filed in January 2022 alleging repeated CSA violations including filling opioid-benzodiazepine combination prescriptions for patients showing drug-seeking red flags.
Zarzamora Healthcare LLC operates Rite-Away Pharmacy & Medical Supply #2 in San Antonio, Texas, under pharmacist-owner Jitendra Chaudhary. The DOJ filed a civil complaint on January 21, 2022, in the Western District of Texas, alleging that the pharmacy repeatedly dispensed opioids and other controlled substances while ignoring multiple established red flags of drug abuse and diversion.
Specific violations alleged in the complaint included: filling concurrent prescriptions for opioids and benzodiazepines — a dangerous and potentially lethal combination recognized as a diversion red flag; dispensing high-dose opioid prescriptions that exceeded safe dosage thresholds; and filling prescriptions for patients exhibiting behavioral patterns consistent with drug-seeking. The pharmacy failed to document any assessment of these red flags before dispensing.
U.S. District Judge Jason K. Pulliam entered the final consent decree in October 2023. In addition to the $275,000 civil penalty, the decree requires the pharmacy and Chaudhary to implement red-flag identification and documentation protocols before filling certain prescriptions, to undergo periodic compliance reviews, and to refrain from filling opioid-benzodiazepine combination prescriptions without documented medical justification.
Primary Source: Federal Court Orders San Antonio-Area Pharmacy to Pay $275,000 Civil Penalty | DOJ
How Crucible Prevents This
Note: A separate existing file (2023-zarzamora-rite-away-pharmacy-san-antonio-opioids.md) may capture this same case. This record documents the specific outcome details (October 11, 2023 consent decree, $275,000 penalty). Operators should verify for slug duplication before filing. The case pattern — concurrent opioid- benzodiazepine dispensing — is documented under the existing file and represents the same category of red-flag dispensing that Crucible's session- gate decision-log protocol would enforce documentation for.
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