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Managed Care
February 2001 |
Denver Docs Bolt Aetna Before It Ends 'All-Products' Some 8,000 Denver-area residents were left to find new doctors when 240 physicians affiliated with MedWest Medical Group dropped Aetna U.S. Healthcare in a dispute over contract terms. The doctors did not renew their Aetna contract when it expired Jan. 31...   |
BusinessWeek
May 9, 2005
Weintraub & Barrett |
BW 50: Can Caremark's Health Hold Up? Caremark Rx Inc. faces a growing set of legal and market challenges, but Its drug-benefit business is soaring, and its CEO remains upbeat about the future. |
Managed Care
August 2000
Bob Carlson |
'All Products' Clauses Fade From Physician Contracts All-products provisions in health plan provider contracts are slowly being negotiated, legislated, and regulated out of existence. They are now illegal in at least four states; legislation is pending in several others. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2010
Claire Stephanic |
CVS Caremark vs. Walgreen The two go head-to-head in competition for pharmacy customers. |
Managed Care
October 2003 |
Medco Health Solutions tops consumer survey The 2003 WilsonRx Survey reports that patients have identified Medco Health Solutions as the top pharmacy benefit manager for the third year in a row. |
Managed Care
May 2000 |
Texas-Aetna Incentives Settlement Worries Some Capitated Physicians If the Texas deal ignites a trend away from the use of incentives to keep utilization down, then some capitated physicians worry it will put them in a tight spot. |
Managed Care
July 2000
John Carroll |
Physicians Reconsider Taking On Pharmacy Risk They've been burned here in the past, but physicians - and the HMOs that they contract with - may have learned some lessons. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Caremark Hits the Mark Again With expectations of higher than 25% growth in 2005, the pharmacy benefits manager looks like it will continue to take care of its investors. |
The Motley Fool
December 19, 2006
Matthew Crews |
Express Scripts' Takeover Battle The pharmacy benefits manager challenges CVS with a higher bid for rival Caremark RX. Investors, stay tuned -- this is far from over. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2011
Dee Gill |
CVS's Improved Performance Begins to Drown Out the Dump-Caremark Chants Is the prognosis for CVS looking up? |
Managed Care
May 2000 |
Arizona Nixes Doc Incentives, OKs Plan Liability The publicity given to the Texas attorney general's agreement with Aetna overshadowed a more sweeping edict in Arizona regarding financial incentives to physicians.... |
Managed Care
May 2003 |
Liability insurance premium hikes take bite out of physicians' income No wonder increases in physician liability insurance premiums have caused such uproar over the last year. Data show that physician income rose from 1999 to 2001. Liability insurance premiums skyrocketed, however, siphoning off an even greater portion of physician income. |
Managed Care
December 2006 |
NCQA Rankings Give Edge to Not-For-Profit Insurers No sooner had the quality rankings of health plans in the nation, as measured by the National Committee for Quality Assurance, been released then it was pointed out that most of the top performers were not-for-profit insurers. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2005
Brian Gorman |
Caremark's Room to Grow Fickle investors may fret about near-term growth, but the pharmacy benefit manager is prepared for the long haul. Investors looking for a long-term holding may want to mark a place in their portfolio for this company. |
The Motley Fool
August 1, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
Foolish Forecast: CVS Caremark Gets Ready to Rumble CVS Caremark will announce its first combined quarterly results tomorrow. Competitors will be watching to see if the merger of drugstore chain and pharmacy benefit manager is a healthy one. |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Good Marks for Caremark The pharmacy benefits management company should have even more positive operating leverage left in the tank. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
CVS Caremark Is No Sicko Pharmacy powerhouse CVS Caremark is looking to blaze a new health-care trail with the recent merger of their drugstore and pharmacy benefit management operations. |
Managed Care
December 2000
Bob Carlson |
3 New England States Prescribe Innovative Ways To Cut Drug Prices It's too soon to tell whether Maine's prescription drug price control law will survive a legal challenge by drug makers. But private efforts and another innovative strategy -- a plan by Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire to purchase prescription drugs jointly -- are moving ahead... |
Managed Care
November 2005 |
Recently Introduced Generics Helped Pbm Control Its Costs The top five generic drugs released over the past three years reduced pharmacy spending by 4.8 percent largely due to the timing of the release of generic products to the market. |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2011
Shubh Datta |
Would You Invest in This Drug Retailer? Is CVS Caremark worth your investment? |
The Motley Fool
May 8, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
CVS/Caremark Tie the Knot While it's too early to see if CVS blazed a new health-care trail by combining a drugstore chain with giant pharmacy benefit manager Caremark, there are still interesting tidbits to pass along to investors from recently reported results. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2006
Stephen D. Simpson |
Express Scripts Overdue for a Pause This pharmacy benefits manager is posting very good growth and has room for improvement, but what about the stock price? |
Managed Care
October 2005 |
Health Plans Pay Less When PBM Owns Mail-Order Pharmacy The ongoing debate on whether health plans pay more for drugs when using a mail-order pharmacy owned by a pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) or when the mail-order pharmacy is not owned by a PBM may be closer to resolution. |
The Motley Fool
November 2, 2006
Ryan Fuhrmann |
CVS Blazes a New Healthcare Trail Strong third-quarter earnings aside, the merger announcement with pharmacy benefit manager Caremark was the real shocker here. Investors, take note. |
Managed Care
September 2006
Martin Sipkoff |
PBMs Raise the Curtain Efforts are under way to find out exactly how pharmacy benefit managers work their magic. |
Managed Care
January 2002
Patrick Mullen |
Interview: Peter Lee The head of the Pacific Business Group on Health says the coming trend in care will be patients making informed decisions before they get sick... |
Insurance & Technology
September 16, 2005
Katherine Burger |
Educating Consumers A truly technology-enabled offering, the idea behind consumer-directed healthcare is that everyone benefits when consumers have more information. |
CRM
December 2005
Alexandra DeFelice |
A Healthy Dose of CRM Healthcare organizations are striving to improve customer relationships in three critical ways. |
Managed Care
November 2007
Martin Sipkoff |
PBMs Agree to Disclose What They Pay for Drugs Pharmacy benefit managers will charge employers a straight administrative fee, rather than make much of their income through deals with the drug industry. |
CIO
April 27, 2011
Stephanie Overby |
How to Bring Outsourced Services Back In-House Major mergers created both a need and an opportunity for CVS Caremark to bring an outsourced data center back in-house. |
Managed Care
March 2000
Tim Sawyers |
Test Prospective PBM Before Signing Contract How to select, then monitor a pharmacy benefit management company, from a consultant and former HMO director of pharmacy services. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2010
Jennifer Schonberger |
The S&P 500's Biggest Movers Gannett was among the companies making a move up. |
