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Cigna considers selling pharmacy benefits unit

Cigna is considering whether to sell or outsource its pharmacy benefits division, a decision that could earn the insurer as much as $1.5 billion. Although Cigna CEO David Cordani wouldn't explicitly

UnitedHealth brings back PBMs in house

UnitedHealth Group ( NYSE: UNH ) is poised to make a splash in the pharmacy benefits management arena as it signals that it will take back the $11 billion drug benefits business it outsourced to Medco

Express Scripts to cover cost of wireless 'smart' pill containers

The concept of "smart" pill bottles is not new, but until now, it was just a niche product not covered by insurance. That's changing. This month, pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts will begin

Healthcare IT faces a new enemy

Black-hat hackers have been a threat to business for as long as there's been something worth stealing. Where healthcare is concerned, the most valuable prize has usually been medical or credit data,

Express Scripts clients being extorted, too

Earlier this month, Express Scripts broke the news that someone was demanding an undisclosed amount, claiming that if the pharmacy benefits management firm didn't pay up, they would release about 75