Healthcare DIVE June 11, 2019
Samantha Liss

Dive Brief:

  • CVS’ pharmacy benefit manager launched a vendor benefit management service allowing its employer and insurance plan clients to offer nontraditional tools aimed at improving employee and member health.
  • The program announced Tuesday will allow employers to contract and manage their relationship with third-party vendors that offer employee benefits, which could be both digital and non-digital tools.
  • The first third-party vendor in the program and available for CVS Caremark members to adopt is Sleepio, a digital program aimed at improving sleep sold by Big Health.

Dive Insight:

The move fits into the broader effort by employers, payers and others to tackle social determinants of...

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Topics: Apps, Digital Health, Employer, Equity/SDOH, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Pharma, Provider, Technology, Wearables, Wellness
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