Cigna-HealthSpring on Wednesday announced a new partnership with Telcare that will expand health care services for its Texas Medicaid STAR+PLUS membership as a part of an attempt to improve quality of life and reduce costs for its beneficiaries with diabetes. Telcare is a leader in mobile diabetes management solutions and will provide engagement and monitoring services for beneficiaries with diabetes enrolled with Cigna-HealthSpring under the Texas Medicaid STAR+PLUS Program. Read More »

PatientsLikeMe, an online patient network, is helping Walgreens make it easier for customers to understand the effects their medications may have on them, PatientsLikeMe said Wednesday. Read More »

TeaserOrexo AB announced Tuesday that it has began the launch of a new higher dosage of ZUBSOLV, a drug that was recently issued a new U.S. patent. Read More »

A Prime Therapeutics, LLC study analyzed their controlled substance (CS) scores that are used to identify high-risk drug use and found a correlation between CS scores and health outcomes. Read More »

The Lehigh Valley Business Coalition on Healthcare and Capital BlueCross have extended their partnership Read More »

Quadrant 4 System Corporation on Wednesday announced that HealthSmart will implement Quadrant 4’s QHIX Benefits Administration and Private Health Exchange capabilities. Read More »

Released by the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA), a recent study showed that mail-service and specialty pharmacies will save New York consumers and employers $23 billion in the next ten years. Read More »

CDC study shows strategies used by adults to reduce prescription costs. Read More »

Incyte Corporation and Eli Lilly and Company recently announced that its investigational medicine baricitinib proved superior to the placebo that was used in the Phase 3 trial study for rheumatoid arthritis. The Phase 3 study involved over 3,000 subjects. Read More »

Alkermes said on Monday that it has appointed Mark Namchuk to be senior vice president of research, pharmaceutical and nonclinical development. Read More »

Surescripts said on Monday that its electronic prior authorization (ePA) network now includes NextGen Healthcare, a health care information system, services and connectivity solutions provider. Read More »

Aetna released a fact sheet on Monday that outlines its commitment to health care transparency. Aetna said it has been a leader in improving and supporting transparency in the health care industry for more than 10 years. Read More »

Prime Therapeutics, a Twin Cities-based pharmacy benefit manager, said on Monday that Ellyn Hosch has been promoted to senior vice president and chief information officer. Read More »

Catamaran Corp. said on Monday that Mike Shapiro, chief financial officer, will make a presentation at the Cowen and Company 35th Annual Health Care Conference next week in Boston. Read More »

American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc. on Wednesday announced plans to expand its partnership with PrescribeWellness, a cloud based services company. Read More »

TRICAST touts new online pharmacy benefit surveillance, analytics system Read More »

Iowa Insurance Commissioner, Nick Gerhart, on Feb.18 encouraged individuals in Iowa still in CoOportinity health plans to move. Read More »

Pfizer, Inc. recently named ExceleraRX Corp. to its limited drug distribution network. Read More »

A 2014 report by the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association said that specialty and mail-service pharmacies will save consumers, employers and other payers more than $300 billion over the next 10 years Read More »

Inovalon, a technology company that provides cloud-based data analytics and data driven intervention platforms to the healthcare industry, on Tuesday announced a multi-year expansion of its relationship with Walgreens. Read More »