We knew their entire program was nothing but marketing from the start. The CVS store near me has replaced the tobacco section with lots of alcohol for sale behind the counter so what’s up with that? We have a big retail chain talking out of both sides of …
Continue ReadingA while back Walgreens filed case against Walgreens and Rite Aid on the patent violation and it’s been settled. In reading this article all seemed to have known about the patent but didn’t care if I’m reading this correctly. Walgreens Suing CVS, Rite Aid, …
I have been asked this question many times and with the war on both cost of drugs and the war on cash, I thought this might be helpful to put some links in as a reference. Granted all the drugs you need won’t be on the lists perhaps, but there’s enough of th…
For the independent pharmacy, generic drug costs have gone up as high as 30 percent and the pharmacy cannot price match big chain drug stores as regulations do not permit that to happen. In reading this article further the pharmacy said they break even on …
Ok, so now if you wait 2 days to pick up your prescription, your doctor is going to know. If you don’t pick it up at all, your doctor will know. With linking other information to paying for your prescription at CVS, you doctor may now know. Here we go ag…
These innovation labs are getting to be old news and the bottom line is they want more code to quantitate their business and profits. Sure there’s always room to improve but when you see the words “ecommerce center” that’s what this is all about, making mone…
You can’t make this stuff up and of course this is a big push to save money and get more folks on mail order prescriptions. That sector of CVS is growing and it makes money as you can refill prescriptions easier on an automated basis. Insurers can get bille…
Here we go again. If you haven’t figured this out yet, when you buy a Cigna Health insurance policy you get a two for one with 2 insurers. Cigna provides the insurance benefits and then it’s pharmacy benefit manager, PBM OptumRX (biggest revenue sector subs…