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SAN DIEGO, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Caremark announced today its partnership with The Miracle Project, a non-profit organization that creates social skills programs for children with autism through the performing arts, to expand The Miracle Project School Inclusion Program to public schools in San Diego and San Jose, California. Supported by a $50,000 grant from CVS Caremark through its All Kids Can program, which is committed to helping children of all abilities to be...
WOONSOCKET, R.I., April 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) will be holding a conference call on Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT) with analysts and investors to discuss its first quarter 2012 financial results. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090226/NE75914LOGO ) An audio webcast of the conference call will be broadcast simultaneously through the Investor Relations portion of the CVS Caremark website for all interested parties. To...
WOONSOCKET, R.I., April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Research published today in the journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes found that Medicare Part D beneficiaries with cardiovascular conditions who had no financial assistance during the "donut hole" coverage gap were 57% more likely to discontinue their cardiovascular medications than those beneficiaries who had consistent drug coverage. While the study found no increase in short-term negative health...
WOONSOCKET, R.I., April 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) has been named as one of the Most Reputable Companies in America by Reputation Institute, in partnership with Forbes Media. The survey rankings are based on Reputation Institute's 2012 U.S. RepTrak(TM) Pulse, a study that measures the 150 largest U.S. public companies. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090226/NE75914LOGO ) Of the companies included in the survey of more than 10,000 consumers, CVS...
WOONSOCKET, R.I., April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS/pharmacy, the nation's leading retail pharmacy, officially announced today the April schedule of Project Health (Proyecto Salud in Spanish), a wellness program delivering more than $21 million worth of free health screenings to multicultural communities throughout 2012. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090226/NE75914LOGO ) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120207/NE48361LOGO-a ) As part of National Minority...
Nationwide Coalition Responds As FTC Votes 3-1 To Close Investigation Of Mega-PBM Merger WASHINGTON, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Congresswoman Eva M. Clayton, chairwoman of the Preserve Community Pharmacy Access NOW! (PCPAN) coalition, today released the following statement in response to the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) announcement concerning its decision to close its investigation of the merger between pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) Express...
WOONSOCKET, R.I., March 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) today outlined succession plans for its PBM business. During the company's Analyst meeting this past December, Per Lofberg announced his intention to extend his employment agreement with CVS Caremark through December 2013. Today the company announced that Jon Roberts, EVP and Chief Operating Officer of the PBM, will assume the role of President of the PBM business effective September 1, 2012...
WOONSOCKET, R.I., March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Caremark announced today it would outline its unique position to help older Americans on their path to better health and its senior-focused initiatives at Aging in America, the 2012 Annual Conference of the American Society on Aging, which is being held in Washington, D.C. this week. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090226/NE75914LOGO) CVS Caremark will participate in a number of panels and workshops over the course...
DETROIT, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Six years ago, before smartphones were a veritable cornerstone of daily life, a few hundred physicians in Southeast Michigan joined an initiative to begin using similar handheld devices in an effort to more safely and efficiently prescribe medications for their patients. Today, the Steering Committee of the Southeast Michigan ePrescribing Initiative (SEMI) reports that more than 7,500 physicians in the area are actively...
WOONSOCKET, R.I., March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Caremark today issued two new reports that highlight research the company is conducting around medication adherence, including one study that reviews and compares state-by-state adherence rates for patients managing four chronic diseases. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090226/NE75914LOGO ) "These reports are part of our continuing effort to shine a bright light on the issue of adherence so that patients,...
