Content about Pharmacy Benefit Management

May 6, 2010
NCPA endorses PBM transparency bill

A congressional bill that aims to reduce healthcare costs by requiring greater transparency of pharmacy...

April 22, 2010
CVS Caremark forges ahead with medication adherence initiatives

Underscoring the vital role that pharmacists play in the U.S. healthcare system are the findings...

April 8, 2010
Pharmacy-PBM model may aid patients' health in the long-run

The fact that CVS Caremark presented research highlighting the benefits that pharmacy benefit management tools...

March 23, 2010
Bill would prohibit federal PBM contracts with companies operating PBMs, retail pharmacies

A bill to reform pharmacy benefit managers made headway in the House Wednesday as a...

March 14, 2010
Crawford leads Walgreens in unifying pharmacy, wellness

Wal greens’ long campaign to overhaul and integrate its pharmacy and clinical health components culminated...

March 11, 2010
Rx contracts between drug stores, big businesses is a win-win

There’s more than one way to help employers desperate to cut their health plan costs....

March 9, 2010
Walgreens pursuing Rx contract with Delta Air Lines, report says

Walgreens is reported to be negotiating with Delta Air Lines on a contract to provide...

March 7, 2010
Medco joins ranks of 'World's Most Admired Companies'

A pharmacy benefit manager has scored a top spot in the healthcare category in a...

March 4, 2010
SXC Health Solutions signs PBM contract with HealthSpring

A leading provider of pharmacy benefit management products and services announced that its informedRx PBM...

February 28, 2010
CVS’ fourth quarter lands sales-side up

CVS Caremark may have closed the books on a fiscal 2009 that brimmed with a...

February 28, 2010
Trained to ‘skate to where the puck will be’

If retail chains could be compared with car engines, Walgreens in recent years has been...

February 25, 2010
CVS' merger of PBM units: It's about time

The news that CVS Caremark is making an investment to integrate its five pharmacy benefit...

February 21, 2010
Report: CVS Caremark to merge PBM units

CVS Caremark is looking to integrate the five units of its pharmacy benefit management division,...

January 28, 2010
NCPA backs federal employee benefits bill, makes recommendations

In a letter to Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., the National Community Pharmacists Association’s chief executive...

January 26, 2010
Express Scripts spins off Rx Outreach as a nonprofit

A pharmacy benefit manager is gearing up to create a new independent, nonprofit charitable organization...

January 13, 2010
Coalition urges tougher PBM rules as Congress weighs final reform bill

A broad coalition of consumer and labor interest groups is putting new pressure on Congress...

January 4, 2010
InformedRx receives full URAC PBM accreditation

SXC Health Solutions Corp., a leading provider of pharmacy benefit management and technology services, announced...

December 10, 2009
PricewaterhouseCoopers: Personalized medicine market to grow 11% annually

PricewaterhouseCoopers’ report that the personalized medicine market will grow 11% per year is just another...

November 5, 2009
CVS retools management, messaging to pump up PBM biz as Q3 contract losses impact 2010 growth outlook

If you judge CVS Caremark too harshly based solely on the handful of PBM contracts...

October 25, 2009
Walgreens said to consider sale of PBM

Walgreens is mulling the sale of its 15-year-old Walgreens Health Initiatives pharmacy benefit management division,...

June 11, 2009
Waxman asks Obama to look for alternative pathway for biosimilars

Support for a regulatory pathway for biosimilars has grown rapidly, and even a few branded...

May 20, 2009
Walgreens’ PBM unit reports savings

Want to get the attention of health plan payers? Tell them you can save them...

April 16, 2009
Express Scripts, expanding PBM reach, agrees to buy WellPoint's NextRx unit

And then there were three....

February 17, 2009
NCPA recommends healthcare-reform provisions to White House

Four policy proposals drafted by the National Community Pharmacists Association will benefit patients, taxpayers and...

January 29, 2009
Walgreens circles back to Greg Wasson for chief executive spot

Pick an outside turnaround artist/corporate hotshot to lead the nation’s most storied drug store retailer?...

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