Express Scripts Hopes To Refine Risk Level Under Medicare Rx
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Express Scripts is hopeful that the Medicare Rx implementing regs can be refined to have a manageable level of risk, CEO Barrett Toan told analysts July 29
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