Tag Archives: Walgreens

2016 will be a crazy year for PBMs and plan sponsors of pharmacy benefit programs. The cast of characters continues to shrink through market consolidation, and most analysts believe that the trend will continue. At Wilkinson Benefit Consultants (wbcbaltimore.com), we’ve listened to plan sponsors raise the questions of “Where do we turn?” and “How can […]

The Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) continues to deliver unexpected consequences, or are they? Walgreens Boots Alliance “(WBA”) is preparing to announce its acquisition of Rite Aid for an expected $10 billion. Industry sources expect an announcement as early as Wednesday of this week. This is consistent with WBA’s CEO, Stefano Pessina’s, strategy to consolidate healthcare […]

When Walgreens announced that it would not be a part of the Express Scripts (“ESI”) network in 2012, waves of uncertainty reverberated throughout the PBM world.  Would this development help or hurt plan sponsors’ efforts to reduce pharmacy benefit costs?  Would a restricted pharmacy network drive ESI clients away? Will Walgreens take a similar tact […]