Insights provides context and perspective about key pharmacy trends and issues

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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
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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
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Cost Management
Recommendations for Lowering Drug Costs
CVS Health responded to the Administration's Blueprint on lowering drug costs and highlighted what the company does to control costs. We also recommended things the government can do... More
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Cost Management
High Drug Prices: Who is Responsible?
With prescription drug prices very much in the news, the question often asked is: Who is responsible for high drug prices? Pharmaceutical manufacturers — and no one else — set drug prices. More
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Cost Management
Managed Formularies with Drug Removals Reduce Costs, Improve Adherence
Managed formulary strategies helped CVS Health clients contain drug price growth, lower trend and improve adherence in 2017. More
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Cost Management
The Role of Market Competition in Cost Containment
Our formulary strategies effectively leverage competition in the pharmaceutical market to help reduce costs and trend for PBM clients. More
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Cost Management
2017 Drug Trend: Containing Costs for Payors and Members
Jon Roberts highlights how pharmacy benefit management strategies helped keep unit cost growth to just 0.2 percent despite near 10 percent rate of drug price inflation. More
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Saving Patients Money
Real-time, member-specific benefit information across all points of care, helps provide greater price transparency, improves access to lower-cost alternatives, and makes prescription drugs... More
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Cost Management
2017 Drug Trend Report by the Numbers
Explore the CVS Health 2017 Drug Trend Report by the numbers in our infographic. More
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Cost Management
2017 Drug Trend Report
We want clients and members to get the most out of their benefit and the cost of a drug is aligned with the value it delivers. Despite AWP inflation near 10%, we kept drug price growth... More
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