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We are working to create new partnership
opportunities with health plans.
The payor landscape in the United States is changing dramatically, with government-sponsored and private
exchanges on the rise and employer-sponsored coverage on the decline. These changes are expected to result
in a significant increase in the number of lives covered by health plans. With our unmatched breadth of assets
and strong consumer relationships, CVS Caremark can offer highly tailored, differentiated services that address
the shifting needs of health plans and help them succeed in this new environment. For example, we see new
opportunities to help health plans achieve higher Medicare star ratings through our unique adherence initiatives.
We’re also helping health plans tackle unnecessary hospital readmissions, a costly problem that can be
addressed in part through proper pharmacy intervention. By identifying risk before discharge from the hospital,
we are able to work with health plans to provide in-person pharmacy counseling to patients, and we can also
dispatch pharmacists to the homes of those patients with the highest risk of readmission.
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CVS CAREMARK 2012 ANNUAL REPORT