Pharmacy Services

CVS Unveils New Pricing Tool for Pharmacy Benefit Management

by Chuck Green

CVS Health has introduced a new approach to the pricing of pharmacy benefit management services, the company announced. The Guaranteed Net Cost model simplifies the financial arrangements underlying...

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...

Data from Health Plans, PBMs Helps Lower Prescription Drug Costs

by Chuck Green

The health information network Surescripts is using data from both payers and PBMs to give prescribers access to patient-specific and formulary-based benefit and cost information for nearly...

PBMs, Specialized Formularies Reduce Managed Care Prescription Costs

by Thomas Beaton

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) with specialized drug formularies can help managed care payers significantly reduce prescription drug costs, according to new research published in the Journal of...

CVS-Aetna Merger Gets DOJ Nod as Aetna Sheds Medicare Part D

by Thomas Beaton

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that it will approve the proposed merger between CVS and Aetna as soon as Aetna completes the divestiture of its Medicare Part D business line.   Two...

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...

CVS Health Offers New Tools for Lowering Prescription Drug Costs

by Thomas Beaton

CVS Health has launched new cost-saving initiatives that aim to lower beneficiary prescription drug costs through co-pay adjustments, pricing transparency technology, and increased promotion of generic...

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...