Below are five of the top pharmacy stories published by Becker's Hospital Review in April, beginning with the most popular:
1. Walgreens, VillageMD team up to offer primary care in Houston
Walgreens is partnering with VillageMD to open several primary care clinics in Houston.
2. 568% price hike for generic Prozac
Pharmaceutical Associates, a drugmaker based in Greenville, S.C., raised the price of its generic version of Prozac by 568 percent.
3. The top insurers all have PBMs: Here's who they are
Pharmacy benefit managers stepped in to help manage prescription claims for insurers when coverage expanded under the ACA and with the creation of the Medicare Part D program.
4. Amazon starts marketing PillPack pharmacy services to Prime members
Amazon has started marketing PillPack, an online pharmacy service it acquired last September, to Prime members.
5. Ohio insurer drops CVS Caremark for Express Scripts
Effective Jan. 1, 2020, CVS Caremark will no longer serve as the pharmacy benefit manager of Ohio's largest Medicaid managed care provider.