All of the big 3 PBMs have now reported their drug trend for 2010. How do they compare? [acknowledging that methodologies are different]
- CVS Caremark = 2.4% (0.8% without specialty)
- Express Scripts = 3.6% (1.4% without specialty)
- Medco = 3.7% (1.1% without specialty)
Now, I’ll reiterate my points from the past which are:
As Adam Fein points out, the approaches they use are very different making it very hard to compare – http://www.drugchannels.net/2011/05/is-caremark-really-better-at-managing.html.