Kroger Health resumes tie-up with Cigna's Express Scripts

Kroger Health reunites with Express Scripts
The biggest pharmacy benefit managers have made efforts to improve relationships with pharmacies, health insurers, employers and patients.
Kroger Health resumes tie-up with Cigna's Express Scripts after two years
Kroger's healthcare unit said on Wednesday it would resume services for customers of Cigna's pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts, more than two years after ending an agreement with the company.
Express Scripts, Kroger Are Back In Business After Split Two Years Ago
The agreement, announced Wednesday between Kroger and Cigna subsidiary Express Scripts, applies immediately to Medicare prescription drug plans and TRICARE military health plans. Other industry news covers bankruptcies,
Kroger pharmacies get back together with Express Scripts
The new agreement with Express Scripts could be a big boost for Kroger’s pharmacy business, which the company said took a hit when it ended the previous Express Scripts agreement. In its most recent quarter, Kroger credited its pharmacy operations as a significant driver of sales growth, citing vaccine administration in particular.
Kroger Health signs agreement with Cigna's Express Scripts
Kroger Health, the healthcare division of Kroger , said on Wednesday it has entered into a new agreement with Cigna's pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts, providing access to prescription drugs at its pharmacies.
Express Scripts, Kroger reach new pharmacy network agreement
The two have mended fences after a nasty contract dispute in 2022 caused Kroger pharmacies to go out of network with Express Scripts’ members.
Kroger resume ties with Express Scripts
The new agreement provides access to prescription medications and health services at the Kroger Family of Pharmacies for Express Scripts customers.
Kroger Health signs contract with Cigna's pharmacy benefit manager
Kroger Health, a unit of grocer Kroger, said on Wednesday it has entered into a new agreement with Cigna's Express Scripts, increasing access to prescription drugs at its pharmacies. In 2022, the grocery retailer had sent Express Scripts a written notice of its plan to terminate their pharmacy provider agreement for commercial customers due to an "unsustainable" pricing model.
Kroger brings back large pharmacy benefits provider Express Scripts after hiatus
St. Louis-based Express Scripts is a major operator whose return to the Kroger Health system is expected to positively impact the supermarket company's results.
Kroger announces new agreement with Express Scripts
Health announced a new agreement with Express Scripts, the pharmacy benefit services business of Evernorth. The new agreement
Kroger partners with Express Scripts to expand pharmacy services
Under the new agreement, the Kroger Family of Pharmacies will resume serving customers in Express Scripts' Medicare Part D and Tricare/Department of Defense plans, according to a Feb. 5 Kroger news release.
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