CVS to Pay $67.5B for Aetna to Create Giant Health Firm with ‘10,000 New Front Doors’ December 3, 2017 By Zachary Tracer and Robert Langreth CVS Health Corp. will buy Aetna Inc. for about $67.5 billion, creating a healthcare giant that will have a hand...
Express Scripts Not Looking But Open to Deal with an Insurer, Amazon December 1, 2017 By Robert Langreth Express Scripts Holding Co.’s chief executive said he’s open to a deal with a health insurer or partnering with Amazon.com...
What CVS-Aetna Deal Could Mean for Pharmacy Benefit Managers October 30, 2017 By David McLaughlin and Robert Langreth If Aetna Inc. is eventually swallowed by CVS Health Corp., an important part of the health-care business will be changed...
ExpressScripts to Acquire Benefits Manager eviCore October 10, 2017 Express Scripts said on Tuesday it would buy privately-held specialty healthcare benefits manager eviCore healthcare for $3.6 billion to bolster...
Missouri Finally Creating Prescription Drug-Monitoring Plan July 20, 2017 By Jim Salter Missouri became the final state to create a prescription drug-monitoring program on July 17 when Republican Gov. Eric Greitens signed...
Commercial Health Plans’ Spending on Drugs Slowed in 2016: Express Scripts February 6, 2017 Express Scripts Holding Co., the largest pharmacy benefit manager in the United States, said prescription drug spending for its members...
Express Scripts Has Plans to Deal with High Drug Prices May 2, 2016 Express Scripts Holding Co. plans to introduce several benefit programs aimed at fighting high drug costs, including speeding up how...
Drugs Prices Much Higher in U.S. Than in Other Countries: Research October 12, 2015 By Ben Hirschler U.S. prices for the world’s 20 top-selling medicines are, on average, three times higher than in Britain, according to an...
Affordable Care Act Attracting Younger, Healthier Insureds July 1, 2015 By Danielle Burger Obamacare is attracting younger and healthier people to its coverage plans this year, according to research by Express Scripts Holding...
Prescription Benefit Managers Excluding More High-Priced Drugs November 26, 2014 By Robert Langreth Steve Miller is waging war on high- priced medicine, guiding decisions to ban drugs from the health plans of millions...