March 25, 2020 by Chain Drug Review
COVID-19, CVS Caremark, CVS Health, Dr. Alan Lotvin, Dr. Sree Chaguturu
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Caremark, the pharmacy benefit management business of CVS Health, is working with clients to implement new measures to balance the burgeoning interest in off-label use of certain medicines to treat COVID-19 pneumonia with the ongoing needs of members who use these drugs for chronic conditions. These medicines include hydroxychloroquine, azithromycin, one
January 29, 2020 by Chain Drug Review
American Diabetes Association, CVS Caremark, CVS Health, Dr. Troyen Brennen, RxZERO
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health announced Wednesday a new solution eliminating member out-of-pocket costs associated with all diabetes prescription medications, including insulin. Offered through the company’s pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), CVS Caremark, RxZERO enables employers and health plan sponsors to leverage formulary and plan design approaches to offer all categories of diabetes medications at zero
August 28, 2019 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Caremark, CVS Health, Tracey Noe
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Drug prices continue to rise each year. Whether it’s treatments that have doubled in price due to inflation or new, life-saving therapies that come to market at astronomical prices, costs have gotten out of hand and much of the burden is falling on payers and their members. In 2017, CVS Health established
January 15, 2019 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Caremark, CVS Health, Derica Rice, Walmart
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health announced Tuesday that Walmart has opted to leave the CVS Caremark pharmacy benefit management (PBM) commercial and Managed Medicaid retail pharmacy networks. Such a transition must place patient care as the highest priority and, as such, CVS Caremark has requested that Walmart continue to fill prescriptions as an in network participating
December 13, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Caremark, CVS Health, Derica Rice, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Jeff Arnold, Sharecare, Sharecare Rx
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ATLANTA– Sharecare, the digital health company helping people manage all their health in one place, today announced the launch of Sharecare Rx, a digital pharmacy savings card to help people who are uninsured or may lack sufficient drug coverage save money on their prescription medications. Administered by CVS Caremark, the pharmacy benefit management (PBM) business
December 5, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Caremark, CVS Health, Derica Rice, Guaranteed Net Cost pricing mode, Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM)
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WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health is introducing a new approach to the pricing of Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) services. The new Guaranteed Net Cost pricing model simplifies the financial arrangements underlying PBM contracts and focuses on helping plan sponsors deliver savings through PBM cost management strategies such as formulary, utilization management and performance pharmacy networks. This
September 7, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Caremark, CVS Health, Derica Rice, NCQA Health Information Products (HIP) Certification
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News

WOONSOCKET, R.I. – CVS Health announced that its pharmacy benefit manager CVS Caremark received NCQA Health Information Products (HIP) Certification in pharmacy benefits. This helps affirm that CVS Caremark, through its caremark.com website and customer call center, provides members with the information they need to understand and use their pharmacy benefits. NCQA’s HIP Certification is a
July 26, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Caremark, CVS Health, opioid abuse, Thomas Moriarty
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health announced today the latest milestones in the company’s more than six year effort to help address and prevent prescription opioid abuse and misuse. Over the past several months, the company has dramatically increased access to safe medication disposal sites, helped its clients reduce opioid utilization for members when clinically appropriate, strengthened
June 21, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Caremark, CVS Health, Ohio Department of Medicaid
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News, Uncategorized

WOONSOCKET, R.I.— CVS Health has issued the following statement regarding Ohio Department of Medicaid’s report on PBM performance for managed care plans: “CVS Health is pleased that a report issued today that was commissioned by the Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) on pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) performance for the state’s Medicaid managed care plans confirms that our
March 20, 2018 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Caremark, CVS Health, Derica Rice, Eli Lilly, Jonathan Roberts
Business, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News

NEW YORK — CVS Health has named former Eli Lilly and Co. chief financial officer Derica Rice as president of its CVS Caremark pharmacy benefit management unit. Plans call for Rice to take the helm at CVS Caremark on March 30, CVS said late Tuesday. The appointment was earlier reported by The Wall Street Journal.
December 3, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
Aetna, CVS Caremark, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, CVS-Aetna merger, Larry Merlo, Mark Bertolini, MinuteClinic
Business, Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News

WOONSOCKET, R.I., and HARTFORD, Conn. — Following mounting speculation over the past month, CVS Health has unveiled a cash-and stock-deal to acquire health insurer Aetna Inc. for $69 billion. CVS and Aetna said Sunday evening that under the merger pact, Aetna shareholders will receive about $207 per share, including $145 in cash and 0.8378 CVS
November 28, 2017 by Bill Schiffner
CVS Caremark, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Dr. Troyen Brennan, Jonathan Roberts, pharmacy benefits manager, real-time benefits
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has announced that its pharmacy benefits manager (PBM), CVS Caremark, will begin providing real-time visibility to member-specific medication costs and available lower-cost therapeutic alternatives at the point of prescribing and at the pharmacy. This enhanced visibility to the patient’s benefit across all points of care can help eliminate potential dispensing delays, improve
November 6, 2017 by Bill Schiffner
Adam Fein, Aetna, Amazon, CVS Caremark, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, CVS-Aetna deal, Humana, Larry Merlo, Mark Bertolini, MinuteClinic, OptumRx, Pembroke Consulting, UnitedHealth
2017, Issue 11-06-2017, Issues, News

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — At presstime The Wall Street Journal along with other news agencies reported that CVS Health will offer more than $200 per share, or about $66 billion, to purchase the health insurance giant Aetna Inc. Anonymous sources cited by WSJ originated the story about a potential CVS-Aetna deal. The possible transaction comes as
October 23, 2017 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
Accredo Health Group, AllianceRx Walgreens Prime, CVS Caremark, Express Scripts, Joel Wright, Prime Therapeutics, Walgreens
2017, Issue 10-23-2017, Issues, News

ORLANDO, Fla. — Merging the specialty pharmacy and mail service capabilities of Walgreens and Prime Therapeutics LLC has created a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts, says Joel Wright, chief executive officer of the newly formed AllianceRx Walgreens Prime. Increased purchasing scale and the addition of Prime’s clinical and lives management