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NewsEmory Healthcare partners with CVS's MinuteClinic in retail run
The largest hospital system in Georgia, Emory Healthcare, entered into a clinical affiliation with CVS Caremark's MinuteClinic, opening up the door to convenient care for consumers, the latter Read more...
Patients not taking medications cost $300B
Depending on which company you listen to, lack of prescription medication adherence costs between $250 billion and $300 billion annually. Pharmacy companies Express Scripts and CVS Caremark each Read more...
MinuteClinic's Sussman: Despite medical home efforts, a lot of 'medical homelessness'
MinuteClinic has been growing rapidly, with 49 percent growth in 2009 and 22 percent growth in last year alone. FierceHealthcare recently checked in with Dr. Andrew Sussman (pictured), president of Read more...
A bumpy transition to a mobile, connected health system
You don't often see the words "diabetes" and "elegant" in the same sentence--unless, of course, you're talking about smartphones, FierceMobileHealthcare Editor Neil Versel writes. "If you have Read more...
Target expanding retail clinic business
Target is adding eight new Target Clinic sites in Chicago and the Palm Beach, Fla., area, bringing its nationwide total to 36, the company retail giant announced last week. In the world of retail Read more...
Surge in MinuteClinic visits could signal shift in consumer preferences
With MinuteClinic visits up 36 percent in the second quarter, according to Drugstore News, consumers seem to be shifting their demand away from expensive physician offices with limited hours to Read more...
Retail clinics plan for high demand following health reform
CVS Caremark Corp. plans over the next five years to double the number of MinuteClinics it operates in anticipation of high demand spurred by Baby Boomers reaching Medicare age and, of course, health Read more...
CVS Caremark reports lost deals, FTC investigation
In 2007, pharmacy operator CVS merged with pharmacy benefit manager Caremark, a $27 billion deal that seemed poised to change the dynamics of the PBM business. Two years later, however, questions are Read more...
Pharmacists say PBMs are holding up Tamiflu supply
The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) is taking pharmacy benefit managers to the woodshed, upset with policies that seem to hold up claims for materials needed to create the liquid Read more...
Case to rule on pharmacy's liability in prescription drug abuse
A historic lawsuit pending before the Nevada Supreme Court may be the first case in the U.S. to address whether pharmacies can be held liable when a customer causes a fatal car accident. In 2004, Read more...
| Press ReleasesHealth Net to Sell Medicare Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plan Business to CVS Caremark for Approximately $160 MillionLOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Health Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT) today announced that its subsidiary, Health Net Life Insurance Company, has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Medicare Read more >> Truveris Expands Leadership Team with Additions to the BoardNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In its mission to simplify the complex payment process that plagues the prescription drug claims industry, Truveris, Inc. announced today it has added Jan Berger, former Read more >> CVS Caremark Study Evaluates Which Pharmacy Channel Consumers Choose When Given Choice of Mail or Retail PrescriptionsCVS Caremark Study Evaluates Which Pharmacy Channel Consumers Choose When Given Choice of Mail or Retail PrescriptionsFirst-Of-Its-Kind Study Reviews Beginning Months of Maintenance Choice Decisions Read more >> |
