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  2. Pharmacy benefit management - Wikipedia

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    Pharmacy benefit management. In the United States, a pharmacy benefit manager ( PBM) is a third-party administrator of prescription drug programs for commercial health plans, self-insured employer plans, Medicare Part D plans, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, and state government employee plans.

  3. Explainer-Why are US pharmacy benefit managers under fire? - AOL

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    Three companies controlled 79% of U.S. pharmacy benefit management in 2022, according to the data platform Statista: CVS Caremark with 33%, Express Scripts at 24%, and OptumRx owns 22% of the market.

  4. Walgreens launches specialty pharmacy unit to compete in new ...

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    Walgreens ( WBA) is standing up a new specialty pharmacy segment to compete in an increasingly crowded pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) and specialty pharmacy space. The company announced Thursday ...

  5. Express Scripts - Wikipedia

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    Express Scripts Holding Company is a pharmacy benefit management (PBM) organization. In 2017 it was the 22nd-largest company in the United States by total revenue as well as the largest pharmacy benefit management (PBM) organization in the United States. [2] Express Scripts had 2016 revenues of $100.752 billion. [2]

  6. CVS Caremark - Wikipedia

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    Caremark was founded as a physician and pharmacy benefits management company in 1993. [1] It was founded in Birmingham, Alabama as MedPartners, Inc. by former HealthSouth Corporation chief executive Richard Scrushy. [1] New Enterprise Associates was an initial investor in the company. [2] MedPartners went public in February 1995. [3]

  7. How CVS evolved from retail pharmacy into health care ...

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    The Consumer Value Store first began in 1963 as a health and beauty retailer in Lowell, Massachusetts, before changing its name to CVS in 1964. Pharmacies within CVS stores were introduced later ...

  8. Express Scripts Medicare Part D Plans | Healthline.com

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    Express Scripts is one of the largest pharmacy benefits managers and companies in the United States. The company offers Part D prescription drug plans in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington ...

  9. Optum - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .optum .com /en /. Optum, Inc. is an American healthcare company that provides technology services, pharmacy care services (including a pharmacy benefit manager) and various direct healthcare services. Optum was formed as a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group in 2011 by merging UnitedHealth Group’s existing pharmacy and care ...