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How providers can overcome medication adherence barriers
With medication nonadherence adding up to almost $300 billion annually in unnecessary treatment , cumulative research from CVS Caremark, Harvard University and Brigham and Women's Hospital explores
Cigna considers selling pharmacy benefits unit
Cigna is considering whether to sell or outsource its pharmacy benefits division, a decision that could earn the insurer as much as $1.5 billion. Although Cigna CEO David Cordani wouldn't explicitly
Health Net sells Medicare plan to CVS for $160M
Health Net (NYSE:HNT) is selling its Medicare prescription drug plan to CVS for about $160 million, the insurer announced Monday. It expects to gain $140 million in net cash from the deal, Bloomberg
Emory 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
CVS launches Android app for drug information
Pharmacy chain CVS Caremark just added to its mHealth portfolio with a new Android app for medication management. Patients can use the app on their Android smartphones to look up medication
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
Electronic prior authorization piloted for e-prescription
CVS Caremark, which includes a leading pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), is piloting a method of electronic prior authorization (ePA) that can be used in the workflow of electronic prescribing. The
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
CVS Caremark to acquire Part D insurer
Rhode Island-based CVS Caremark has agreed to acquire the Medicare Part D business of Rye Brook, N.Y.-based Universal American for about $1.2 billion, reports Healthcare Finance News. The deal will
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
