Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

Tennessee PBM Proposal May Force Retail Clinic Closures

In Tennessee, lawmakers are advancing the FAIR Rx Act (SB 2040/HB 1959), a legislative effort aimed at dismantling pharmacy monopolies by prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) from owning or controlling retail pharmacies. The bill directly targets vertically integrated healthcare giants like CVS Health, which owns the Caremark PBM, the CVS retail pharmacy chain, and the health insurer Aetna. In response, CVS has forecasted that the bill’s passage would affect access, forcing the closure of all …

Retailer Apps Hope to Snag Patients From the Start

CVS Health recently launched a re-engineered smartphone app that hopes to make the consumer experience better, according to the Wall Street Journal. It includes prescription refill ordering by scanning a prescription package barcode and tools that offer more prescription price transparency. It also has a feature for scheduling appointments at MinuteClinics, video visits with a provider, and checking insurance coverage. Customer reward points and benefits are streamlined in the new CVS app interface. Also just …

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