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Express Scripts began in 1986 in St. Louis County, Missouri as a result of a joint venture between a retail chain of more than 79 pharmacies (Medicare Glaser Inc.) and Sanus Corp. Health Systems. Sanus traces its history to Bradford Systems and Administrative Services which was founded in Boston in 1968.
In 2012 Express Scripts acquired rival Medco Health Solutions for $29.1 billion and became "a powerhouse in managing prescription drug benefits". [43] As of 2015, Express Scripts Holding Company was the largest pharmacy benefit management organization in the United States. [44]
Medco Health Solutions, Inc. was an American Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) company. Medco provided pharmacy services to private and public employers, health plans, labor unions, government agencies, and individuals served by Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans.
This Optum-UnitedHealth model of vertical integration [20] is pointed to as having sparked a pattern of acquisition activity in the healthcare industry; most notably, mega-mergers between CVS-Aetna, Cigna-Express Scripts and Humana-Kindred. [21] "Optum's been the leader in showing how a managed care organization with an ambulatory care delivery ...
After Express Scripts acquired Medco, they sold Liberty Medical in December 2012 to members of its management team, and it now operates again as an independent company. [3] Liberty Medical's corporate headquarters is located in Port St. Lucie, Florida. The company was one of the city's largest employers, with as many as 2,432 employees in 2012. [4]
Accredo Health Group, Inc. is a specialty pharmaceutical and service provider for patients with complex and chronic health conditions. [1] Accredo provides specialty drugs, drugs that cost more than $600 per month, with the average being $10,000 a month, which treat serious conditions such as multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, hemophilia and cancer. [1]
Cigna’s (CI) Express Scripts is offering a new prescription drug program that limits costs to consumers, acting as a safety net for millions of newly uninsured individuals.
The Cigna Group is an American multinational managed healthcare and insurance company based in Bloomfield, Connecticut. [2] [3] Its insurance subsidiaries are major providers of medical, dental, disability, life and accident insurance and related products and services, the majority of which are offered through employers and other groups (e.g., governmental and non-governmental organizations ...