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13
2013 Annual Report
Who has the best team
to tackle tomorrow’s
health care challenges?
CVS Caremark is collaborating with providers and health plans to improve care and reduce
costs. These strategic alliances position us well for the new health care paradigm, which in-
cludes the growth of accountable care organizations and patient-centered medical homes.
“With our focus on moving patients to generic
alternatives, improving adherence, and closing gaps
in care, we are going to play an important role in
the changing health care landscape,” explains CVS
Caremark Chief Medical Officer Troy Brennan, M.D.
“The truly unique aspect of our model is the ability
to support health plans and physicians through
our assets across the enterprise whether or not
we’re the PBM. Our consumer expertise in this new
business-to-consumer world of health care is being
welcomed by plans across the country.”
Leveraging our enterprise assets has allowed
us to forge alliances with Aetna, Cigna, Florida Blue,
Humana, and nearly 50 other regional and national
health plans. Some are PBM clients; others are
not. Regardless, we are supporting their consumer
marketing initiatives, participating in preferred or
restricted pharmacy networks, providing exclusive
specialty pharmacy services, and offering the conve-
nience and affordability of our MinuteClinic locations.
As health systems and providers take on greater
risk for the cost of care through accountable care
organizations and patient-centered medical homes,
our capabilities will help them rein in spending and
improve outcomes. For example, we can assist in
preventing costly hospital re-admissions by delivering
discharge medications to the bedside and schedul-
ing in-home pharmacist visits for patients with more
complicated needs. We are also working to give
doctors direct access to our industry-leading Phar-
macy Advisor program for improving adherence.