CVS Health

How Payers Transition from Reactive to Preventive Care

by Kelsey Waddill

In the midst of the transition to value-based care, healthcare payers are looking for key strategies to keep their populations healthier at a lower cost. To that end, most have realized that a...

CVS Health Expands Diabetes Program, Includes Preventive Care

by Kelsey Waddill

CVS Health is expanding its diabetes care model to incorporate preventive care and treat hypertension. This move comes after CVS Health has reported considerable success with the first iteration of...

New CVS Health Platform Targets Social Determinants of Health

by Kelsey Waddill

CVS Health has announced new efforts to address social determinants of health in key areas, including within the community, workplace, and housing. CVS Health has partnered with Unite Us to confront...

New Offering from CVS Looks to Advance Pharmacy Benefit Management

by Kelsey Waddill

CVS Health’s Vendor Benefit Management (VBM) will give pharmacy benefit management (PBM) companies access to a suite of vendors offering digital and non-digital solutions to supplement their...

Recent CVS-Aetna Merger Hearings Signal Challenges Ahead

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

The $69-billion merger of CVS Health and Aetna isn’t a done deal despite having received the blessing of federal officials and the two companies moving to integrate their businesses. Senior...

Apple, Aetna Create Wellness Program Based on Apple Watch

by Jennifer Bresnick

Apple and Aetna, newly acquired by CVS Health, have announced a new collaboration that will offer wearable-based wellness services to members.  The new program, called “Attain,” will...

Walmart, CVS Health Agree on PBM Pharmacy Network Rates

by Jennifer Bresnick

Walmart and CVS Health have signed a multi-year agreement to keep Walmart participating in the CVS Caremark pharmacy benefit management (PBM) commercial and Managed Medicaid pharmacy networks. Walmart...

After Buying Aetna, CVS Health Commits $100M to Address SDOHs

by Jennifer Bresnick

With its $69 billion acquisition of Aetna in the books, the newly expanded CVS Health is now investing heavily in developing and deploying new models to address community wellness and the social...

Anthem Medicare Advantage Members Can Use OTC Allowance at CVS

by Jennifer Bresnick

Anthem Blue Cross (Anthem) Medicare Advantage members in California will now be allowed to purchase over-the-counter products at CVS Pharmacy stores using their health plan allowance. The partnership,...

CVS Closes $69B Acquisition of Aetna, Altering Consumer Landscape

by Jennifer Bresnick

CVS Health has announced that its $69 billion takeover of Aetna has been completed.  The acquisition promises to radically transform the healthcare industry by creating new care...

CVS-Aetna Merger Now Expected to Close After Thanksgiving

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Close to a year has passed since CVS Health announced its plan to acquire Aetna in a $69-billion acquisition. Now only the approval of two state departments of insurance stands in its way. In a recent...

AMA: CVS-Aetna Merger Would Reduce PBM Competition, Raise Prices

by Jennifer Bresnick

The American Medical Association is urging the Department of Justice to squash the proposed merger between CVS Health and Aetna.  The combined entity would drastically reduce competition in many...

Rumors Swirl of Possible Walmart Acquisition of Humana

by Jennifer Bresnick

Walmart may be making a move to acquire Humana, one of the nation’s biggest health payers, according to The Wall Street Journal. Citing sources familiar with the matter – but without...