Tag: PBM
Don’t bank on UnitedHealth’s profitable present
UnitedHealthGroup Inc. is doing great. America’s largest health insurer released first-quarter results April 16 that beat analysts’ expectations, and it raised full-year earnings guidance....
CVS Health closes $70B Aetna acquisition
WOONSOCKET — CVS Health Corp. has closed its acquisition of Aetna Inc., with the latter valued at $212 per share, or about $70 billion,...
Trump plan to lower drug prices moves forward on several fronts
NEW YORK - The Trump administration moved swiftly in the past 24 hours to implement pieces of its plan to bring down drug prices, taking...
Drug plans drop as Trump official targets PBMs ahead of speech
NEW YORK - Shares of CVS Health Corp. and Express Scripts Holding Co. slipped Monday after one of the Trump administration’s top health-care officials said...
CVS announces program aimed at lowering prescription drugs costs
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. announced a new program Wednesday designed to save its customers money on prescription drugs.
The CVS Pharmacy Rx Savings Finder...
Skeptical voices gather against CVS-Aetna merger
WOONSOCKET — CVS Health Corp. and Aetna Inc. have billed their pending $67.5 billion merger as a force for positive change in the health...
Partners turned into prey as insurers, drug plans get squeezed
NEW YORK – Over 20 years, Brian Komoto built a thriving pharmacy in California’s Central Valley. Each day, his nurses would travel the vast...
`Rigged’ system blocks use of lower-cost drugs, FDA chief says
WASHINGTON – A “rigged payment scheme” between drug plans, insurers and pharmaceutical companies has blocked access to less-expensive versions of some of the most costly drugs...
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