Premera Blue Cross And Express Scripts Agree To Extend Pharmacy Benefit Deal

(RTTNews) - Premera Blue Cross and Express Scripts (ESRX) announced an early renewal of the companies' long-standing pharmacy benefit agreement. The partnership, which began in 1999, will now extend through at least 2019.

After evaluating pharmacy benefit manager capabilities during a competitive review and selection process, Premera concluded that Express Scripts continues to offer the best health plan integration and deliver the most overall value for Premera's clients and members.

The two organizations have collaborated to implement novel, data-driven solutions to improve medication adherence, user experience and overall health outcomes for Premera's members, including RationalMed, ScreenRx, First Call Resolution, A cross-platform mobile app.