Both rural and urban pharmacies are closing their doors, though it's happening slightly faster in rural communities, research shows. Nearly 16 million Americans live in pharmacy deserts across the ...
Safety net provider alleged pharmacy benefit manager collaborated with a rival to set low payment rates to pharmacies.
Bloomfield-based Cigna announced this week a new initiative that aims to reduce out-of-pocket prescription-drug costs and ...
Fresh off underperforming Wall Street’s expectations in the fourth quarter, Cigna said it would work to lower costs for its ...
Cigna executives kicked off Thursday’s earnings call by responding to pharmacy benefit manager critics with a number of reforms.
Cigna has deleveraged substantially after acquiring Express Scripts in late 2018 when Cigna's debt rose to over $42 billion, or debt/capital of 51%. Management has made good progress on its ...
Express Scripts aims to ensure that patients directly benefit from its negotiations with drug manufacturers. The new approach will protect patients from paying inflated list prices for medications, ...
Cigna's Evernorth Health Services said on Wednesday its actions will enhance transparency about the company's negotiations.
Meanwhile, at the same time, CVS Caremark criticized the report for allegedly cherry picking data to support an ‘anti-PBM’ narrative.
Between 2017 and 2022, UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, Cigna’s Express Scripts and CVS Health’s CVS Caremark marked up their prices by hundreds — and in some cases, thousands — of percent, resulting in $7 ...