CVS takes a hit after a rough earnings update, but its health insurance arm keeps adding members and bringing in more revenue, helped by government-backed plans. The big question is whether store closures, cost cuts, and folding in recent healthcare deals can tame rising medical costs and restore confidence.Read more
Bulls CVS' diverse operations create the opportunity to view a patient more holistically by managing both medical and pharmacy benefits, which could lead to revenue and cost synergies for the organization. The firm's entry into provider services has the potential to improve returns for all of CVS' segments if it can help patients more easily and cost-effectively manage chronic conditions through early intervention.Read more
CVS Health is betting that an aging population, more chronic illness, and a shift toward more coordinated care keep demand rising across its pharmacy, insurance, and clinic businesses. But the story hinges on whether it can fix pressure on insurance and pharmacy profits while its retail stores face ongoing competition and changing shopping habits.Read more
CVS Health Corporation provides health solutions in the United States. The Health Care Benefits segment offers traditional, voluntary, and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, and behavioral health plans; medical management capabilities; Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement plans; prescription drug plans (PDPs); and Medicaid health care management services. It serves employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, health care providers, governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups, and expatriates. The Health Services segment offers pharmacy benefit management solutions, including plan design and administration, formulary management, retail pharmacy network management, specialty and mail-order pharmacy, clinical services, disease management, medical spend management services, and pharmacy and other administrative services. It serves employers, insurance companies, unions, government employee groups, health plans, PDPs, Medicaid managed care plans, CMS, plans offered on public health insurance exchanges, and other sponsors of health benefit plans. The Pharmacy & Consumer Wellness segment sells prescription and over-the-counter drugs, consumer health and beauty products, personal care products, and other general merchandise products. This segment also distributes prescription drugs; and provides related pharmacy consulting and other ancillary services to care facilities and other care settings. It operates online retail pharmacy websites, retail specialty pharmacy stores, and compounding pharmacies, as well as branches for infusion and enteral nutrition services. The company was formerly known as CVS Caremark Corporation and changed its name to CVS Health Corporation in September 2014. CVS Health Corporation was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island.
