Pharmacy Benefit Management

From Drug Benefit News - When the contract dispute between Express Scripts Holding Co. and retail giant Walgreen Co. was first reported last June (DBN 6/24/11, p. 1), a resolution seemed inevitable. Nearly a year later, Express Scripts has been without Walgreens in its network going on five months with clients reporting little to no disruption. With Express Scripts’ integration of Medco Health Solutions, Inc. Read more

From Drug Benefit News - Hot on the heels of the largest PBM acquisition in history, two of the fastest-growing middle-market players — SXC Health Solutions Corp. and Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. — announced plans to combine in a cash and stock transaction valued at about $4.4 billion. While SXC’s plan to purchase Catalyst was not a huge surprise to the industry, the timing of the maneuver — just a week after Express Scripts Holding… Read more

Pharmacy Benefit Management Blog

By Lauren Flynn Kelly - May 10, 2012
Medication adherence is one of those inescapable topics when it comes to covering pharmacy benefits and something that continues to plague health plan pharmacy directors as they implement programs to improve outcomes and control costs. According to Express Scripts Holding Co.’s 2011 Drug Trend...
By Angela Maas - May 3, 2012
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), mandated by the health reform law, has been working on its priorities and research agenda and expects to release the final version on May 21. During a Journal of the American Medical Association media briefing on April 17, Anne C. Beal, M.D...
By Lauren Flynn Kelly - April 26, 2012
Express Scripts’ recently released 2011 Drug Trend Report estimates the amount of waste associated with suboptimal pharmacy-related behavior by U.S. consumers was $408 billion. That’s partly due to mix waste and channel waste, but mainly stems from patients not taking their meds. But what about...