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Showing posts with label Narrow Networks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Narrow Networks. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Medicare Part D Pharmacy Networks in 2026: Supermarkets Dominate as Drugstores Stall and Independents Walk Away

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By Adam J. Fein, Ph.D. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has just released its initial 2026 data on enrollment in Medic...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Medicare Part D 2026: Preferred Networks Vanish as the PDP Market Collapses

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As I’ve been warning for years, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) has nearly obliterated the stand-alone Medicare Part D prescriptio...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Smaller Pharmacies, Bigger Impact: Inside Manufacturers’ Specialty Networks in 2025

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Last week, we examined the growing concentration of specialty drug dispensing revenues among the largest pharmacies. See The Top 15 Specialt...
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Vanishing Act: Why Small Pharmacies Exited Medicare Part D Networks for 2025

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Abracadabra! Small pharmacies have ghosted Medicare Part D’s preferred networks—no farewell party, no breakup text, just a quiet exit. A fe...
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Large Chains’ Position in 2025’s Part D Pharmacy Networks: Supermarkets Take the Lead in a Shrinking PDP Market

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In Medicare Part D in 2025: Preferred Pharmacy Networks Fade in a Collapsing PDP Market , I documented the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) d...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

Medicare Part D in 2025: Preferred Pharmacy Networks Fade in a Collapsing PDP Market

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Uh oh. As I predicted, the stand-alone Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (PDP) market is vanishing. For 2025, DCI’s exclusive analysi...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024

The Top 15 Specialty Pharmacies of 2023: Market Shares and Revenues at the Biggest PBMs, Health Plans, and Independents (rerun)

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This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for Friday’s live video webinar: The 340B Drug Pricing Program: Trends, Controve...
Tuesday, April 16, 2024

The Top 15 Specialty Pharmacies of 2023: Market Shares and Revenues at the Biggest PBMs, Health Plans, and Independents

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Drug Channels Institute’s (DCI’s) latest analysis finds that participants in the specialty pharmacy market continue to get more diverse—alth...
Thursday, April 04, 2024

Vertical Integration Lessons: The Economics and Strategies of Hospital-Owned Specialty Pharmacies (rerun)

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This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for tomorrow’s live video webinar: Drug Channel Implications of the Inflation Re...
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Medicare Part D in 2024: Smaller Pharmacies Abandon Preferred Pharmacy Networks

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In a previous article , I highlighted the largest pharmacy chains that will participate in the 2024 Medicare Part D prescription drug plans ...
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Medicare Part D in 2024: Mapping Large Chains' Position in 2024’s Preferred Pharmacy Networks

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In Medicare Part D in 2024: The Seven Largest Companies' Preferred Pharmacy Networks and the Coming Collapse of the PDP Market , I docum...
Tuesday, November 07, 2023

Vertical Integration Lessons: The Economics and Strategies of Hospital-Owned Specialty Pharmacies

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As many of you know, hospitals and health systems have emerged as significant participants in the specialty pharmacy industry. A new America...
Tuesday, October 24, 2023

Medicare Part D in 2024: The Seven Largest Companies' Preferred Pharmacy Networks and the Coming Collapse of the PDP Market

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Open enrollment is under way for the 2024 Medicare Part D plans. Our exclusive analysis of Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS...
Wednesday, March 29, 2023

CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart Keep Position in 2023 Part D Preferred Networks—While Kroger Bails Over its Express Scripts Blowup (rerun)

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This week, I’m rerunning some popular posts while I prepare for this Friday’s live video webinar: Discount Cards, Cost-Plus Pharmacies, and ...
Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Exclusive: Profiling Manufacturers’ Limited and Exclusive Pharmacy Networks for Specialty Drugs

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This Valentine's Day, what could be more romantic than a deep dive into the relationships between manufacturers of specialty drugs and t...
Wednesday, December 07, 2022

Small Pharmacies Walk Away from Medicare Part D’s 2023 Preferred Networks

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In yesterday’s post , I highlighted the largest pharmacy chains that will participate in the 2023 Medicare Part D prescription drug plans (P...
Tuesday, December 06, 2022

CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart Keep Position in 2023 Part D Preferred Networks—While Kroger Bails Over its Express Scripts Blowup

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In Preferred Pharmacy Networks in 2023’s Medicare Part D Plans: Cigna, CVS Health, Humana, UnitedHealthcare, WellCare, and More , I highlig...
Tuesday, November 01, 2022

Preferred Pharmacy Networks in 2023’s Medicare Part D Plans: Cigna, CVS Health, Humana, UnitedHealthcare, WellCare, and More

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Open enrollment is under way for the 2023 Medicare Part D plans. Our exclusive analysis of Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS...
Tuesday, March 01, 2022

Supermarkets Again Dash Past CVS and Walgreens in 2022’s Part D Pharmacy Networks

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently released its 2022 data on enrollment in Medicare Part D prescription dru...
Wednesday, December 01, 2021

CVS Pharmacy Downsizes: 10 Industry Trends Driving the Retail Shakeout

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ICYMI, CVS Health recently announced that it will close about 900 of its retail pharmacies . This downsizing complements the company’s shif...