Pharmacy
Aetna helped drive revenue for CVS Health, even as the company suffered losses from its long-term care segment.
Aetna's individual Part D plan business, which was sold to WellCare, was the only area of concern for a lessening of competition, the DOJ said.
The pilot program for expanded services and medical equipment is being tested at three locations in Houston.
Marcia Conrad-Miller of CGI said if payers, providers, pharma work together on oversight and create data store, progress could be made.
Pharma wants to be a part of value-based programs in risk-based arrangements with payers.
There's a whole lot of finger pointing happening among feds, providers, payers, pharmacy benefits managers and big pharma, in what HHS Secretary Azar called the "dirty, little secret of drug pricing."
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Community Oncology Alliance commends proposal to overhaul what it calls secretive drug rebate system that drives list prices higher.
Under the proposal, drugs would be chosen that have the lowest price, not the ones that offer the highest rebate.
Cigna's acquisition of current pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts helped spur the early launch.