WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health and Cleveland Clinic have broadened their eight-year clinical affiliation to enhance access to care for patients throughout northeastern Ohio and Florida. The companies said Tuesday that through the broadened relationship, MinuteClinic, CVS Pharmacy and Cleveland Clinic can improve access to and coordination of care for patients, including clinical support, medication
CVS Health president and CEO Larry Merlo recently shared his insights on health care with the nation’s governors. At the National Governors Association 2017 summer meeting in Providence, R.I., Merlo explained how elements of CVS’ integrated model — with retail/long-term care pharmacy, pharmacy benefits management and walk-in clinic unit — could be applied within states
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Cigna and CVS Health recently rolled out Cigna Health Works, a new partnership that aligns Cigna-administered health benefits with CVS Pharmacy and CVS MinuteClinic retail health care services to deliver an innovative consumer-friendly experience for Cigna self-funded employer-sponsored health plans. This collaboration brings together the health benefits insights of a global health
WOONSOCKET, R.I., and BLOOMFIELD, Conn. — CVS Health and Cigna say they’re ushering in a new health care and drug coverage model with the launch of Cigna Health Works, which joins Cigna-administered health benefits with CVS Pharmacy and MinuteClinic retail pharmacy and health services. CVS and Cigna said Thursday that Cigna Health Works is designed
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Mary Schapiro, former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has been elected to the board of directors at CVS Health. Schapiro joins the 11 directors re-elected during the CVS Health annual shareholders meeting last month. “We welcome Mary’s extraordinary record of leadership and unmatched commitment to investor protection and sound financial
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Expanding its offerings of healthier food and beverages and removing parabens and other such ingredients from its store brand beauty and personal care products were two of the many accomplishments highlighted in CVS Health’s 10th annual corporate social responsibility (CSR) report, released last month. Titled “Prescription for a Better World,” the report
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Pharmacy has opened its first store in Colorado, and more locations in the state are planned in the coming months and next year. CVS said the new store at 16920 East Lincoln Ave. in Parker, Colo., is the first of three locations to open in the greater Denver market. Plans call
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Retailers in the U.S. are sitting on a gold mine of health and wellness opportunities, but they need to know where and how to dig. This was the essential theme of the Kantar Retail Health and Wellness Conference held here last month. By 2025, according to Kantar, health and wellness has
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health shareholders re-elected all 11 members of the company’s board and voted to elect Mary Schapiro, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as a new director. The elections took place Wednesday at CVS Health’s annual shareholders meeting at the company headquarters in Woonsocket, R.I. Directors re-elected to the
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada — Andrew Sussman, executive vice president of clinical services at CVS Health, has been named chief executive officer of St. George’s University in Grenada. St. George’s University said Sussman, also associate chief medical officer for CVS, will lead all of the institution’s executive functions, focusing in particular on expanding educational opportunities, programs,
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health is urging Hawaii residents to get vaccinated for hepatitis A after imported frozen raw tuna (ahi) cubes distributed on Oahu tested positive for the virus. CVS said late Wednesday that Longs Drugs stores and MinuteClinic health clinics in Hawaii have hepatitis A vaccines available and can administer the immunization to
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has bought the prescription files of Marsh Supermarkets’ 37 pharmacies in Indiana. CVS said the Marsh pharmacy files will be transferred to nearby CVS Pharmacy locations between May 3 and 5. Financial terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed. “CVS and Marsh will work together to ensure that pharmacy patients experience
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Despite declines in its retail pharmacy business, CVS Health saw sales rise and beat Wall Street’s earnings projections for its fiscal 2017 first quarter. CVS said Tuesday that for the quarter ended March 31, revenue totaled $44.51 billion, up 3% from $43.22 billion a year earlier. Sales in the company’s Retail/LTC Segment, which
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Americans see prescription drug abuse as a growing problem that is increasingly impacting their lives, a new report from CVS Health has found. Released on Thursday, ahead of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, the report also finds that 75% of respondents believe the problem of prescription
