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May 31, 2011
USA Today article highlights risks of medication nonadherence

The major consumer press is beginning to understand the value of community pharmacy and the importance of medication adherence in managing outcomes in healthcare spending, as evidenced by the recent USA Today article "Studies: Missed meds could cost more than $250B a year."

NEW YORK — The major consumer press is beginning to understand the value of community pharmacy and the importance of medication adherence in managing outcomes in healthcare spending, as evidenced by the recent USA Today article "Studies: Missed meds could cost more than $250B a year."

May 23, 2011
Patients, gov’t benefit from generic SSRI, SNRI adherence

The $290 billion that poor medication adherence costs the U.S. economy every year cuts across every imaginable disease state, but one in which it can be particularly problematic is mental health.


The $290 billion that poor medication adherence costs the U.S. economy every year cuts across every imaginable disease state, but one in which it can be particularly problematic is mental health.


April 12, 2011
Express Scripts: Aligning patient behavior, intentions could save money for healthcare system

The road to waste reduction is paved with good intentions.

ST. LOUIS — The road to waste reduction is paved with good intentions.

That’s the conclusion of pharmacy benefit manager Express Script’s "2010 Drug Trend Report," which found that 33% of annual pharmacy-related waste can be eliminated by encouraging patients to improve common behaviors linked to their prescription drugs by harnessing their good intentions.

March 14, 2011
Express Scripts reaches smart-phone users with new app

Patients with smart phones using pharmacy benefits served by Express Scripts can access their accounts through a new application launched Monday, the PBM said.

ST. LOUIS — Patients with smart phones using pharmacy benefits served by Express Scripts can access their accounts through a new application launched Monday, the PBM said.

March 1, 2011
Express Scripts finds generic antidepressant users as adherent as brand-name counterparts

Patients who take generic antidepressants will remain as adherent as those who take brand-name drugs to treat the condition, according to a new study.

ST. LOUIS — Patients who take generic antidepressants will remain as adherent as those who take brand-name drugs to treat the condition, according to a new study.

The study, conducted by Express Scripts and published in the Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy, found patients starting generic selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and generic selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors had a discontinuation rate of 44.2%, compared with 46.8% among those on brand-name SSRIs and SNRIs.

November 17, 2010
Express Scripts establishes specialty benefits organization

Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts has created what it calls the industry’s most comprehensive specialty...

ST. LOUIS — Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts has created what it calls the industry’s most comprehensive specialty benefits organization, the company announced Thursday.

 

October 11, 2010
Express Scripts looks to curb nonadherence among patients

Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts said it has created a way to accurately predict which...

June 14, 2010
CVS Caremark recognized for employee health initiatives

CVS Caremark's proactive approach to workplace health and its investment in programs that help employees...

WOONSOCKET, R.I. CVS Caremark's proactive approach to workplace health and its investment in programs that help employees and their families make better choices about their health and well-being has been recognized with an award from the National Business Group on Health, the company announced on Tuesday.

May 13, 2010
CVS' Pharmacy Advisor aids vertically integrated pharmacy-PBM model

The launch of CVS Caremark's Pharmacy Advisor program is important on several fronts; not only...

WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT The launch of CVS Caremark's Pharmacy Advisor program is important on several fronts; not only does it further strengthen the company's foothold on the frontlines of health care and help curb healthcare costs (in this case targeting patients with diabetes), but it also serves as yet another indicator of the importance and benefit of the company's vertically integrated pharmacy-PBM model.

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...

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,...

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

And then there were three....

NEW YORK And then there were three.

 

With the decision by insurance giant Wellpoint to get out of the business of managing and coordinating pharmacy benefits for some 25 million of its members, the field of battle among the competing pharmacy benefit management firms will soon narrow. If the deal is approved, three large-scale players – CVS Caremark, Express Scripts and Medco Health – will control the pharmacy use patterns of well over 100 million Americans and account for more than 2 billion prescriptions dispensed annually in the Untied States.