Insights provides context and perspective about key pharmacy trends and issues

Cost Management
Lowering Costs for Employees and Members
It's time to bust the myth about drug prices and rebates. Larry Merlo, President and CEO shared CVS Health’s perspective as an employer and PBM in an op-ed. More
Commentary
Cost Management
Real-Time Benefits in Action
CVS Health’s real-time benefits helps lower member costs – up to $130 per fill, on average – and provides a better member experience through a streamlined prescribing process. More
Video
Cost Management
New Part B Cost Management Opportunity
New CMS rule enables Medicare Part B Payors to use step therapy to direct patients to lower-cost, clinically appropriate medications first, giving them an opportunity to implement... More
Briefing
Cost Management
Time for Action on Drug Prices
CVS Caremark’s QALY-based program aims to bring rationality to drug pricing using comparative effectiveness research and cost-effectiveness analysis, and get manufacturers to set launch... More
Commentary
Government Programs and Services
Transitioning 13 Million Medicare Beneficiaries
CVS Health undertook an enterprise-wide initiative to ensure 13M Medicare beneficiaries had a smooth transition to new MBI cards. More
Commentary
Care Management
Fight Against Opioid Misuse and Abuse
CVS Health’s enterprise-wide approach is focused on helping reduce opioid misues and abuse throughout the system and our communities from reducing over-prescribing to counseling, access to... More
Infographic
Cost Management
Proven Savings with Real-Time Benefits
CVS Health has one of the most comprehensive solutions in the market today, which has proven to save members $120-$130 per fill by making actionable, up-to-the-minute, member-specific... More
Feature
Cost Management
White Paper: Current and New Approaches to Making Drugs More Affordable
CVS Health is proposing innovations that build on existing PBM techniques to help patients afford the medications they need and improving outcomes while lowering high drug maker profits. More
White Paper
Cost Management
Helping Members Avoid Unnecessary ER Visits
Up to 30 percent of ER visits could potentially be treated in walk-in clinics like MinuteClinic. Payors may reduce unnecessary ER visits by increasing member awareness of MinuteClinic. More
Briefing
Care Management
Positive Strides in Reducing Opioid Prescribing, Misuse
CVS Health has made an enterprise-wide commitment to help address the abuse and misuse of prescription opioids. Since implementation, clients who adopted our UM criteria have seen a nearly... More
Briefing