February 26, 2018 by Bill Schiffner
AccordantCare, Alan Lotvin, Angela Patterson, Bayer Aspirin, CVS Health, CVS Specialty, heart health screenings, Lisa Bisaccia, MinuteClinic, Transform Rheumatoid Arthritis Care, Troy Brennan
2018, Issue 02-26-2018, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — This month, CVS Health rolled out two health programs, one focused on preventive care and the other on a chronic disease. The first was the MinuteClinic providing free heart health screenings each week throughout the month. The second was an ongoing program called Transform Rheumatoid Arthritis Care. It was introduced to help
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 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 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
April 3, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Caremark, CVS Health, Doug Langa, Jon Roberts, Novo Nordisk, prescription savings program, Reduced Rx, Troy Brennan
2017, Issue 04-03-2017, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health last month announced the launch of Reduced Rx, a prescription savings program offering discounts on certain medications directly to patients through the company’s pharmacy benefits manager, CVS Caremark. The announcement came a day after the company reported that prescription growth for CVS Caremark clients slowed in 2016 to its lowest
March 16, 2017 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Caremark, CVS Health, Doug Langa, Jon Roberts, Novo Nordisk, prescription drug savings program, Reduced Rx, Troy Brennan
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health plans to serve up discounts on certain medications via a new prescription drug savings program called Reduced Rx. CVS said Thursday that Reduced Rx is designed to help patients with high out-of-pocket costs afford vital medications. The discounts will be offered directly to patients through CVS Caremark, the company’s pharmacy benefit
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
April 4, 2016 by Mark Baumgartner and Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Health Foundation, tobacco, Troy Brennan
2016, Issue 04-04-2016, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has pledged to spend $50 million over the next five years on an initiative with the ambitious goal of helping to deliver the nation’s first tobacco-free generation. The initiative, called “Be the First,” represents a further broadening of CVS’ reach as a health care advocate. Funded by CVS Health and
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
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
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 18, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, electronic cigarettes, tobacco products, tobacco sales, Troy Brennan, V2
Leading Headlines, Retail News
MIAMI — A survey of cigarette smokers shows that CVS Health’s removal of tobacco products from its stores is working as planned. Electronic cigarette maker V2 said Thursday that last week it polled 300 cigarette smokers nationwide, all of whom had previously purchased cigarettes from a CVS store. Of those respondents, 52% said CVS’ elimination
January 14, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
clinical affiliations, CVS Health, CVS/pharmacy, MinuteClinic, Troy Brennan
Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has entered into new clinical affiliations with leading health care providers in California, Illinois, North Carolina and Michigan. CVS said Thursday that it has affiliated with John Muir Health in California; the University of Chicago Medical Center in Illinois; Novant Health, serving the Winston-Salem area, in North Carolina; and the
October 15, 2015 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS/pharmacy, Project Health, Troy Brennan
Featured Articles, Leading Headlines, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has commenced its annual free health screening campaign, Project Health, which will visit select CVS/pharmacy stores in key markets nationwide. The company said the Project Health wellness program, which kicked off Thursday, will deliver more than $10 million of free health services over the next four months to multicultural communities
September 14, 2015 by Geoff Walden and Chain Drug Review
cigarette purchases, CVS Health, CVS Health Foundation, CVS Health Research Institute, CVS/pharmacy, CVS/pharmacy’s tobacco removal, Eileen Howard Boone, smoking cessation, tobacco sales, Troy Brennan
2015, Issue 09-14-2015, Issues, News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — Cigarette purchases across the retail spectrum have declined measurably in the year since CVS/pharmacy banned tobacco sales, CVS Health reported this month. “One year ago, we stopped selling tobacco products because it conflicted with our purpose of helping people on their path to better health,” said CVS Health chief medical officer Dr.