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CVS Caremark earns URAC accreditations

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 Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News

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

Health care partnerships are wave of the future

October 26, 2015 by Jeffrey Woldt and Chain Drug Review Affordable Care Act, CVS Health, Jeffrey Woldt, medication adherence, MinuteClinic, Pharmacy Advisor, Predictive Adherence Index, retail pharmacy, ScriptSync, Vulnerable Patient Index, William Shrank 2015, Issue 10-26-2015, Issues, Leading Headlines, Opinion

The move toward closer cooperation among providers is one of the more intriguing developments in health care, one that promises to improve patient outcomes and limit expenditures in a sector that accounts for almost 20% of the nation’s gross domestic product. The rationale behind the partnerships, and the role of community pharmacies within them, is