Company Summary
Headquartered in Woonsocket, RI, CVS Health Corporation (formerly known as CVS Caremark Corporation) is a pharmacy innovation company with integrated offerings across the entire spectrum of pharmacy care. On Sep 3, 2014, CVS Caremark Corporation announced a change of its corporate name to CVS Health to reflect its broader health care commitment.
In Nov 2018, CVS Health completed the $70-billion consolidation of insurance-giant Aetna. With the acquisition, the segments of CVS Health have been realigned.
Effective first-quarter 2019, the company’s SilverScript Medicare Part D prescription drug plan (PDP) has shifted from the Pharmacy Services segment to the Health Care Benefits segment. In addition, the mail order and specialty pharmacy operations of Aetna have been transitioned from the Health Care Benefits segment to the Pharmacy Services segment.
CVS currently has four reportable segments: Pharmacy Services, Retail/ Long Ter Care (LTC), Health Care Benefits and Corporate/Other.
The Pharmacy Services segment (up 7.8% in 2021 from 2020) provides a full range of pharmacy benefit management (“PBM”) solutions, including plan design offerings and administration, formulary management, retail pharmacy network management services, mail order pharmacy, specialty pharmacy and infusion services, clinical services, disease management services and medical spend management.
The Retail/LTC segment (up 9.7%) sells prescription drugs and a wide range of general merchandise, including over-the-counter drugs, beauty products, cosmetics and personal care products, health care services through its MinuteClinic walk-in medical clinics and conducts long-term care pharmacy operations, which distribute prescription drugs and provide related pharmacy consulting and other ancillary services to chronic care facilities and other care settings.
Health Care Benefits (up 8.9%) offers a broad range of traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, medical management capabilities, Medicare Advantage and Medicare Supplement plans, PDPs, Medicaid health care management services, workers’ compensation.