Aetna members will have better access to gene therapies in 2022, the payer announced.
“Gene therapy is poised for significant growth in the coming years, and the promise of durable improvement...
CVS Health has announced that it will offer Moderna COVID-19 booster shots to eligible individuals at more than 9,800 pharmacy locations.
The CDC, following guidance from the Advisory Committee on...
Overall, the list of the top five largest health insurers at the national level has remained stable over the past six years, but the list experienced some small shifts in 2020, according to data from...
CVS Health and Aetna have launched a virtual primary care service to increase member access to preventive care.
Aetna Virtual Primary Care will provide members with telehealth services as well as a...
Updated 7/08/2021: This article has been updated to include a comment from an Aetna spokesperson.
Ophthalmologists are responding in opposition to Aetna’s new prior authorization policy for...
Aetna has partnered with a behavioral health education platform to provide healthcare professionals with resources for suicide prevention.
Aetna and CVS Health are aiming to reduce suicide attempts...
As gene therapies become more widespread, payers continue to rely on proven strategies to reduce gene therapy healthcare spending, CVS Health’s Health Trends Report 2021 explained.
The report...
Aetna will be returning to the Affordable Care Act's individual health insurance marketplace, CVS Health announced in its 2020 fourth-quarter earnings results.
“As the ACA has evolved...
Aetna has updated its coverage policies to correct care disparities and to include gender-affirming surgeries for transgender women in most of its commercial plans, CVS Health announced.
Aetna worked...
Aetna’s new partnership leverages the pharmacist-patient relationship to improve Aetna’s Medicaid member engagement and better address social determinants of health, CVS Health announced...
CVS Health’s Aetna is using home healthcare to address chronic disease management for those with multiple chronic diseases, the payer announced.
Aetna will partner with Landmark Health...
Aetna is initiating a new employer-sponsored health plan in Kansas and Missouri that will combine a narrow network with CVS Health services, the payer announced.
“This plan is just one example...
CVS Health’s Aetna has formed a new partnership with Cleveland Clinic which involves a new narrow network health plan and new provider programs, the payer and provider announced.
“As part...
Update 6/29/2020: This article has been updated to include a statement from CVS Health on Aetna’s role in the Return Ready program.
As payers support employers navigating the...
CVS Health has eliminated cost-sharing and co-pays for coronavirus-related treatment, the company announced on March 25.
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Eleven gene therapies could cost an individual as much as $45 billion over the next five years, but payers can bring that cost to a more manageable price range through methods such as value-based...
CVS Health announced that it will be investing $2.5 million in Ohio community organizations to battle opioid use disorder and tobacco substance abuse care and to fortify its workforce training...
CVS Health’s Project Health events are expanding their footprint to address chronic disease management and prevention and to enable access to care for free.
“Chronic conditions...
Judge Richard Leon granted the settlement between the federal government and CVS Health, which divests Aetna’s Medicare Part D prescription drug plan (PDP) to WellCare.
The judge stated that the...
