November 6, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Alex Gourlay, Anthem, CVS Caremark PBM, CVS Pharmacy, Express Scripts, Helena Foulkes, IngenioRx, Jon Roberts, Joseph Swedish, Larry Merlo, performance pharmacy network, pharmacy benefit management, Walgreens
2017, Issue 11-06-2017, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has announced two major agreements to boost pharmacy benefit management services. The company late last month introduced a 30,000-store performance-based pharmacy network anchored by CVS Pharmacy and Walgreens designed to deliver savings and improved clinical outcomes for CVS Caremark PBM members. That followed the company’s announcement of a five-year deal
January 2, 2017 by Brian Bossetta
CVS Health, diabetes care, pharmacy benefit management, Transform Diabetes Care, Troy Brennan
2017, Issue 01-02-2017, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — In its ongoing effort to combat diabetes, CVS Health has introduced Transform Diabetes Care, a new program available to help the company’s pharmacy benefit management clients improve the health outcomes of their members, lower pharmacy costs through aggressive trend management and decrease medical costs by improving medication adherence, A1c control and lifestyle
December 13, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
antidiabetic medications, CVS Caremark, CVS Health, diabetes care, Jonathan Roberts, pharmacy benefit management, Transform Care, Transform Diabetes Care, Troyen Brennan
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Early next year, CVS Health plans to launch a diabetes care program for its pharmacy benefit management (PBM) clients that provides clinical services and cost management solutions. Called Transform Diabetes Care, the program offers members tailored support to improve the health outcomes, reduce pharmacy costs via trend management, and lower medical costs
November 2, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Caremark, CVS Health, drug therapy management, Jonathan Roberts, Kylanne Green, Pharmacy Advisor, pharmacy benefit management, URAC, URAC Health Call Center Accreditation
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Caremark has received health call center, pharmacy benefit management and drug therapy management accreditations from health standards body URAC. CVS Health said Wednesday that the URAC Health Call Center Accreditation is for its Pharmacy Advisor counseling program, whose call center offers personalized care to members with chronic conditions through targeted live
August 29, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
Alex Gourlay, Jim DuCharme, PBM, pharmacy benefit management, Prime Therapeutics, specialty pharmacy, Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance, WBA
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DEERFIELD, Ill., and ST. PAUL, Minn. — Walgreens has entered into a long-term alliance with Prime Therapeutics, the nation’s fourth-largest pharmacy benefit manager, that will include the creation of a joint pharmacy services company. Under the partnership, Walgreens and Prime will combine their central specialty pharmacy and mail service businesses, the companies said Monday. The
August 22, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
American Journal of Managed Care, Care 1-on-1, CVS Caremark, CVS Health, CVS Health Research Institute, Jonathan Roberts, medication adherence, pharmacy benefit management, Troyen Brennan
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Interventions that keep chronic disease patients on their medications are “extraordinarily cost-effective,” according to CVS Health. CVS said Monday that a new study from the CVS Health Research Institute, published in The American Journal of Managed Care, also found a greater opportunity for savings if medication adherence resources focus on patients with
August 17, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
EnvisionPharmacies, EnvisionRx, EnvisionRxOptions, Frank Sheehy, Jocelyn Konrad, John Standley, pharmacy benefit management, Rite Aid, Rx90
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CAMP HILL, Pa. — A new prescription drug program from Rite Aid Corp. and its EnvisionRx pharmacy benefit management arm gives patients with chronic conditions more flexibility in getting their maintenance medications. Called Rx90, the program enables patients to fill 90-day prescriptions at any of Rite Aid’s nearly 4,600 pharmacies or, for the same price,
March 14, 2016 by John Schultz and Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, pharmacy benefit management, prescription drug trend, Troy Brennan
2016, Issue 03-14-2016, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health says that prescription drug trend for its pharmacy benefit management clients dropped to 5% in 2015 from a high of 11.8% in 2014. The trend drivers — including brand, specialty and generic price inflation — were similar to what was seen in 2014, but CVS Health asserts that its pharmacy
February 23, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Caremark, CVS Health, drug price inflation, Jonathan Roberts, PBM, pharmacy benefit management, prescription drug trend, prescription spending, Troy Brennan
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health reported a significant decrease in the prescription drug trend for its Caremark pharmacy benefit management (PBM) clients last year. CVS said Tuesday that the prescription trend, a growth measure of prescription spending, came in at 5% for 2015, down from a high of 11.8% in 2014. While the trend drivers
February 4, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
community pharmacies, Food and Drug Administration, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Janet Woodcock, Mark Merritt, National Community Pharmacists Association, PBM industry, Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, pharmacy benefit management, video
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News, Videos
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — In comments to Congress, the National Community Pharmacists Association called for more oversight of pharmacy benefit management (PBM) companies. NCPA said payers, pharmacy patients and pharmacists could see “tangible benefits” from increased transparency into PBM business practices and potential conflicts of interests. The association submitted its comments to the House Committee on
June 24, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
Envision Pharmaceutical Services, EnvisionRx, Frank Sheehy, John Standley, PBM, pharmacy benefit management, Rite Aid
Business, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
CAMP HILL, Pa. — Rite Aid Corp. has finalized its acquisition of pharmacy benefit management company Envision Pharmaceutical Services. The closing of the deal, valued at about $2 billion, came early in the timetable that Rite Aid initially reported. When the acquisition was announced in February, Rite Aid said it expected to complete the transaction
March 30, 2015 by Chain Drug Review and Chain Drug Review
Catamaran Corp., Larry Renfro, Mark Thierer, Optum, OptumRx, PBM, pharmacy benefit management, Timothy Wicks, UnitedHealth Group
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NEW YORK and SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Reflecting the ongoing consolidation in the pharmacy benefit management (PBM) sector, UnitedHealth Group plans to acquire Catamaran Corp. in a deal valued at $12.8 billion. The companies said Monday that Catamaran would integrated into OptumRx, UnitedHealth’s freestanding pharmacy care services business and part of its Optum health services unit.