October 23, 2017 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review
Amazon, community pharmacy, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Jeff Bezos, Jeffrey Woldt, pharmacy market, prescription drug business, ScriptPath
2017, Featured Articles, Issue 10-23-2017, Issues, Leading Headlines, Opinion
Speculation about the possible entry of Amazon into the prescription drug business has been abundant in recent weeks. Financial analysts and journalists have generated a steady stream of reports about what is planned by the e-commerce powerhouse which, beginning with books 23 years ago, has succeeded in disrupting established business patterns in one merchandise category
October 18, 2017 by Bill Schiffner
Anthem Inc., Anthem's pharmacy business, Brian Griffin, CVS Caremark, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Express Scripts, IngenioRx, Larry Merlo, MinuteClinic, pharmacy benefit manager
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has signed a five-year agreement to provide services to support IngenioRx, a new pharmacy benefit manager formed by Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurer Anthem Inc. CVS said Wednesday that its CVS Caremark PBM division will manage certain services for IngenioRx, including claims processing and prescription fulfillment. In addition, CVS
October 16, 2017 by Bill Schiffner
Alan Hutchison, CVS Health, CVS-Epic collaboration, Epic Healthy Planet, population health and analytics platform, Stephen Gold, Troy Brennan
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News, Technology
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has adopted the Epic Healthy Planet population health and analytics platform to gain insights on dispensing patterns and medication adherence behavior. CVS said Monday that Epic’s software will aid prescription decision making for patients and their care teams — including doctors, pharmacists and health insurers — by giving prescribers more
October 13, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
American Pharmacists Month, CVS Caremark, CVS Health, CVS pharmacists, CVS Pharmacy, CVS Specialty, Larry Merlo, National Pharmacy Technician Day, Omnicare, ScriptPath
Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health is honoring the patient care efforts of its 30,000 pharmacists as part of the annual American Pharmacists Month observation in October. CVS noted that its pharmacy teams are playing an increasingly important role in helping people lead healthier live by improving access to care and lowering costs for the millions
October 12, 2017 by CDR Blog and Chain Drug Review
Be The First, CATCH Global Foundation, CATCH My Breath, CVS Health, e-cigarettes, Eileen Howard Boone, youth e-cigarette preventio
CDR Blog
CVS Health continues to back up its mantra of getting people “on the path to better health” with action. Having dropped tobacco from its stores and refocused its front end on better-for-you products, CVS is taking aim at e-cigarettes. The company has made a three-year, $500,000 grant to bring the CATCH Global Foundation’s youth e-cigarette
October 9, 2017 by Bill Schiffner
CVS Caremark, CVS Health, CVS Health Foundation, CVS Pharmacy, Larry Merlo, Medication Disposal for Safer Communities Program, opioid abuse, opioid painkillers, opioid utilization management
2017, Issue 10-09-2017, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health unveiled a major plan that utilizes all its integrated pharmacy assets to help combat misuse and abuse of opioid painkillers. The retailer said that its enterprisewide strategy to fight the opioid epidemic includes initiatives for safe drug disposal and utilization management of pain medications, as well as increased funding for
October 4, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Health Charitable Foundation, CVS Pharmacy, Discount Drug Mart, Eileen Howard Boone, Healthcare Ready, Helena Foulkes, Hurricane Maria, NACDS, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Nivia Santiago, Rite Aid, Rite Aid Foundation, Rx Open, Tracy Henderson, Walgreens
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
NEW YORK — Chain drug retailers have stepped forward with donations and other aid for relief efforts on Puerto Rico, which is still reeling from the infrastructural damage wrought by Hurricane Maria. Walgreens, CVS Pharmacy, Rite Aid and Discount Drug Mart are among the chains contributing funds and other assistance to the U.S. territory, where
October 4, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Kevin Hourican, medication adherence, prescription management system, ScriptPath, ScriptPath Prescription Schedule, Troy Brennan
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy aims to improve medication adherence with the rollout of ScriptPath, a new prescription management system for patients on multiple medicines. CVS on Wednesday launched the ScriptPath Prescription Schedule, which pulls all of a patient’s CVS prescription information onto one document and employs icons designating the time of day and dosage
September 25, 2017 by Bill Schiffner
Albertsons, chain drug retailers, CVS Health, Dollar General, Genoa, H-E-B, Hurricane Irma, mobile triage pharmacies, Publix, Target Corp., Walgreens, Walmart, Winn-Dixie
2017, Issue 09-25-2017, Issues, News
NEW YORK — Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the United States, sent retail spending in the Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach area of Florida spiraling downward, with sales plunging more than 72% over a three-day period, according to payment technology company First Data Corp. The company, which
September 25, 2017 by Mark Baumgartner and Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, CVS Pharmacy vending machines, Judy Sansone
2017, Issue 09-25-2017, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy is introducing vending machines stocked with 70 or so items curated for their particular locations — airports, hotels, office parks, college campuses — giving shoppers an opportunity to grab something quickly from a machine and keep going. “We are always looking for new ways to combine convenience and innovation to
September 25, 2017 by Mark Baumgartner and Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, CVS Project Health, Project Health, Troy Brennan
2017, Issue 09-25-2017, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy has announced the schedule for Project Health, its annual campaign to provide free health screenings to customers. Through December 17, more than 450 CVS Project Health wellness events will deliver more than $5 million worth of free health services in selected CVS Pharmacy locations across 10 multicultural communities with a
September 25, 2017 by Brian Bossetta and Chain Drug Review
Albertsons, CVS Caremark, CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, H-E-B, Hurricane Harvey, Hy-Vee, Kroger, Market Basket Pharmacies, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Publix, Target Corp., Walgreens, Walmart
2017, Issue 09-25-2017, Issues, News
ARLINGTON, Va. — Though Hurricane Harvey has dissipated, it has left many in the Greater Houston area as well as parts of southwestern Louisiana reeling in its aftermath. From initial estimates it appears Harvey’s economic impact will be every bit as staggering as its winds were. Financial analysis firm Moody’s Analytics tallies the costs of
September 21, 2017 by Bill Schiffner
CVS Caremark, CVS Health, CVS Health Foundation, CVS Pharmacy, Larry Merlo, Medication Disposal for Safer Communities Program, National Drug Control Policy, opioid abuse, opioid epidemic, opioid prescribing, Pharmacists Teach, prescription drug abuse, Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week, Richard Baum, Troyen Brennan, video
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News, Videos
WOONSOCKET, R.I — CVS Health has unveiled a sweeping plan that marshals its integrated pharmacy assets to help stem the rising tide of drug misuse and abuse, namely opioid painkillers. CVS said Thursday that its enterprisewide strategy to fight the opioid epidemic includes initiatives for safe drug disposal and utilization management of pain medications, as
September 19, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
American Cancer Society, Be The First, CVS Health, CVS Health Foundation, Eileen Howard Boone, Gary Reedy, Robin Koval, smoking cessation, tobacco-free campus, Truth Initiative
Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health is ramping up its efforts to curb tobacco use among young Americans. The CVS Health Foundation said Tuesday that it has teamed up with American Cancer Society and Truth Initiative to provide grants to help U.S. colleges and universities promote, adopt and implement 100% smoke- and tobacco-free campus policies. Along