Tag Archives: pharmacy benefit

Optum Specialty Fusion™ Launched To Streamline Care and Lower Costs

Optum Specialty Fusion™ was launched to streamline treatment decision-making for care providers, helping patients get on their therapies faster

Magellan Rx and Zipline Partner to Deliver Specialty and Traditional Prescriptions

Magellan Rx and Zipline partner to deliver prescription medications, including specialty medications that treat chronic, complex conditions, directly to patients’ homes via autonomous aircraft

Sutter Health Plus Changing PBM to CVS Caremark from Express Scripts

Sutter Health Plus is changing its PBM to CVS Caremark® from Express Scripts®. CVS Caremark will manage the pharmacy benefits for its approximately 100,000 members

What Will CVS Health Do With Omnicare?

CVS Health operating income decreased 5.8% primarily due to a $431 million goodwill impairment charge associated with the long-term care business in the three months ended September 30, 2021

PCA Pharmacy Will Become Synchrony Pharmacy in 2022

PCA Pharmacy provides customer focused, innovative pharmacy services at skilled nursing, assisted living, and other healthcare facilities in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Iowa and Florida

“Transparency” Continues to Drive New PBM Initiatives

A growing number of organizations that offer more transparent pharmacy benefit management services are entering the market.

Prime Therapeutics Introduces IntegratedRx™ – Oncology

Prime’s IntegratedRx™ – Oncology streamlines the treatment pathway for members who are fighting cancer to medications directly from their oncologist’s clinic or affiliated hospital pharmacy.

Navitus’s Transparent, Pass-Through PBM Model Finding Success

Navitus Health Solutions, LLC (Navitus), owned by SSM Health and Costco Wholesale Corporation, serves as a full pass-through PBM and industry alternative to traditional models for 7+ million members.