Prescription Pathways' Friendly Divorce

The Prescription Pathways joint venture will dissolve at the end of 2008, with CVS Caremark and Universal/MemberHealth divvying up the assets of one of the larger Part D plans. As divorces go, this seems amicable. But what about the children? Or in this case, the elderly and disabled Medicare beneficiaries who may be surprised to learn that they have been transferred to a new plan sponsor.

The Prescription Pathways joint venture will dissolve at the end of 2008, with CVS Caremark and Universal/MemberHealth divvying up the assets of one of the larger Part D plans. As divorces go, this seems amicable. But what about the children?

Prescription Pathways was one of the more innovative business arrangements created to launch Part D, a joint venture of CVS...

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