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The Motley Fool July 29, 2004 Brian Gorman	Express Scripts' Bad Day Express Scripts joins other pharmacy benefit managers (PBM) embroiled in legal controversy. But the company, and its competitors, will eventually emerge from the fray and their stocks may then be worth another look.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2005 Tom Taulli	In the Express Scripts Lane Express Scripts' strong results bring a much-needed lift to health-care investors.
Managed Care September 2000	Three New England States Form Drug-Buying Cooperative Now that the governors of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont have agreed to form a prescription drug-buying cooperative, the hard work of fleshing out the plan begins...
CFO March 1, 2012 David McCann	Companies May Win This Drug War The conflict between Express Scripts and Walgreen just might lead to lower drug-benefit costs for companies.
Managed Care March 2000 Tim Sawyers	Test Prospective PBM Before Signing Contract How to select, then monitor a pharmacy benefit management company, from a consultant and former HMO director of pharmacy services.
Managed Care October 2005	Health Plans Pay Less When PBM Owns Mail-Order Pharmacy The ongoing debate on whether health plans pay more for drugs when using a mail-order pharmacy owned by a pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) or when the mail-order pharmacy is not owned by a PBM may be closer to resolution.
CIO September 26, 2013 Stephanie Overby	Big Data Project Cuts Prescription Costs Express Scripts analytics portal helps doctors prescribe more cost-effective medicines.
The Motley Fool June 12, 2006 Brian Gorman	Biogeneric Payoff? A new report indicates that spending on specialty drugs increased 17.5% in 2005. This growth bodes well for makers of biotech drugs, which make up a large portion of the specialty drug category. Investors, take note.
Managed Care January 2001	Study: Elderly Exit When They Exceed Rx Benefit Cap In a study that confirms what has long been assumed, Medicare HMO enrollees become more likely to drop their carriers when they exceed annual pharmacy-benefit caps...
The Motley Fool November 3, 2010 Brian Orelli	A Generic Prescription for Double-Digit Growth MedcoHealth Solutions has it.
Managed Care April 2007 MargaretAnn Cross	Do P&T Committees Have Enough Power? Plans and PBMs are divided about sharing drug prices with clinicians. Is it better to have an administrative committee determine the formulary?
Managed Care March 2006	Study: No Need To Burden Consumers To Cut Drug Bill A study by Express Scripts shows that changing the prescription benefit copayments can reduce costs by encouraging more use of generic drugs. All without shifting costs to consumers.
Managed Care August 2002 Madeleine A. Estabrook	Regulators Take More Interest In Role of PBMs in Health Care In a highly regulated industry such as health care, it is just a matter of time before every component of the industry comes under scrutiny and review. Pharmacy benefit managers are taking center stage now.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2009 Brian Orelli	Prescriptions for Acquisitions Express Scripts announces that it is buying WellPoint's NextRx pharmaceutical benefit management subsidiaries for almost $4.7 billion.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2009 Brian Orelli	A Good Business Model for Bad Times Some businesses benefit when people are hurting. It's a beautiful time to be a pharmacy benefit manager, since that business model essentially results in them making more money when their customers save money.
Managed Care July 2004 Maureen Glabman	Wish List: 10 Things You Want From Your PBM One auditor estimates that 3 percent to 10 percent of pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) claims are processed incorrectly -- always in favor of the PBM.
The Motley Fool December 19, 2006 Matthew Crews	Express Scripts' Takeover Battle The pharmacy benefits manager challenges CVS with a higher bid for rival Caremark RX. Investors, stay tuned -- this is far from over.
Managed Care February 2002 Bob Carlson	Proposal To Regulate Formularies Draws Sharp Difference of Opinion The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has spent two years developing a model. Drug companies like it; health plans don't...
Managed Care November 2004 Tony Berberabe	Military Brings Order To Formulary System Congress told the Department of Defense to create a uniform formulary for all the services, and cover all FDA-approved drugs.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2005 Brian Gorman	PBMs at a Crossroads One prediction that's sure to come true next year -- drug prices will rise. Pharmacy benefit management (PBM) companies will respond. But the year ahead promises to be trickier for investors seeking to profit from PBMs.
Managed Care June 2005	PBMs Get Thumbs up From Satisfied Customers Pharmacy benefit managers that educate physicians on the safety and efficacy of generic drugs or provide them with generic drug samples to increase the use of generics get higher satisfaction ratings than those that don't.
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler	Drug Coverage, Costs Under Scrutiny Benefits offered by insurance plans on health exchanges and through Medicare are raising concerns about patient access to needed therapies
The Motley Fool October 8, 2011 Shubh Datta	Impasse Hurts Walgreen's Quarter Walgreen posted a staggering 69% earnings jump but still saw its shares slide.
The Motley Fool June 13, 2005 Brian Gorman	Walgreen Strikes Back The traditional drugstore operator is expanding its mail-order business. This should be a welcome sign to investors.
Managed Care November 2007 Martin Sipkoff	PBMs Agree to Disclose What They Pay for Drugs Pharmacy benefit managers will charge employers a straight administrative fee, rather than make much of their income through deals with the drug industry.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2011 Bryan White	Rising Star Buy: Medco Health Medco has a much brighter future than its current stock price implies.
Managed Care September 2000	Any way you cut it, employers appear to save if Medicare adopts drug benefit A new analysis suggests that a prescription drug benefit in Medicare would reduce employer expense for health coverage--which, in turn, could encourage more employers to offer some form of drug coverage and thus reverse this erosion...
Managed Care April 2005	Small HMO Takes Big Step: Decides To Launch PBM One small health insurer sees an opportunity in the recent woes that pharmacy benefits managers have experienced.
The Motley Fool August 5, 2004 Tim Beyers	Will Lawsuit Hurt Express Scripts? Although investors seem to be over the initial jitters arising from Express Scripts' problems, the stock is still down more than 12% since New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed a lawsuit accusing the pharmacy benefits manager of fraud.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2011 Jason Knapp	Generic Drugs and Old People Could Make You Rich CVS hasn't generated market-beating returns yet -- but it will.
The Motley Fool June 30, 2011 David Williamson	Pharmacy Benefits Delivering Drama CVS claims another Medco client and one messy split.
Managed Care February 2001 T. Jeffrey White	Making Pharmacoeconomics In Formulary Development a Reality Despite what might be commonly believed, pharmacoeconomics is not a widely used tool for formulary development. Here's a model to follow...
Managed Care March 2001	Single-source drugs get formulary preference Managed care organizations often place costly new drugs on a formulary's priciest tier, but products for which substitutes do not exist often are made available at lower copayment levels...
Managed Care August 2001	Prescription Plan For Medicare Faces Lawsuit President Bush's plan to give prescription discounts to Medicare beneficiaries has created quite a storm...
The Motley Fool August 1, 2008 Brian Orelli	Express Scripts Gets More Generic Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts may not have grown the top line by much in the second quarter, but using more generic drugs had a positive effect on the bottom line.
BusinessWeek May 9, 2005 Weintraub & Barrett	BW 50: Can Caremark's Health Hold Up? Caremark Rx Inc. faces a growing set of legal and market challenges, but Its drug-benefit business is soaring, and its CEO remains upbeat about the future.
Managed Care July 2006	Public Payers Foot Greater Pharmacy Costs Through 2005, private health insurance had covered most of the cost of prescription drugs. That picture is changing as public payments, mostly under Part D, are projected to exceed private health insurance and out-of-pocket payments.
Managed Care August 2001 Patrick Mullen	The Expanding Role of Pharmacists Lobbying in Washington, monitoring state legislation and generally looking out for the interests of pharmacy programs run by health care plans and pharmacy benefit managers, Judith Cahill leads the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy at an exciting, critical time...
Managed Care September 2006 Martin Sipkoff	PBMs Raise the Curtain Efforts are under way to find out exactly how pharmacy benefit managers work their magic.
The Motley Fool July 25, 2011 Brian Orelli	Express-Medco: Just What the Doctor Prescribed In perhaps the most obviously beneficial merger ever, Express Scripts announced its plan to buy Medco Health Solutions for $29.1 billion.
Managed Care January 2005	Generic Prescription Fill Rates Vary Widely Across the Country Use of generic medications continues to increase, but the generic fill rate varies widely across the country, with possible explanations including variations in prescribing patterns, state regulations, etc.
Managed Care September 2002 John Carroll	When Success Sours: PBMs Under Scrutiny Pharmacy benefit managers are under fire from many corners. What will the push for transparency mean for the industry?
Managed Care December 2005 Martin Sipkoff	Reports Confirm High Value of Step-Therapy Programs Tiered benefit design and mail order pharmacy are useful, but don't overlook this other significant vehicle for savings: step therapy programs.
The Motley Fool February 14, 2005 Brian Gorman	GM Pulls Out of Walgreen The pharmacy's mail-order policy spurs the automaker's cost-containment decision.
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Managed Care December 2002	M+C meltdown hinders access to medications The fact that health plans are abandoning Medicare+Choice at a slower rate than in previous years doesn't mask the fact that the exodus of plans only exacerbates the problem of lack of pharmaceutical coverage for the elderly.
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