MedCity News June 22, 2021
Five Blue Cross Blue Shield plans provided funding to establish Evio, which aims to improve clinical outcomes and cut drug costs. It will initially only offer services to the founding health plans, including data analytics to determine drug performance and enhancing outcomes-based contracting.
Five Blue Cross Blue Shield plans have joined forces to establish Evio, a new independent pharmacy solutions startup.
The for-profit startup aims to rein in drug costs and improve clinical outcomes.
The founding insurers, who invested the same undisclosed sum, are Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Blue Shield of California, Highmark Inc., and Independence Blue Cross, which together provide coverage to more than 20 million members across the country.
Initially,...