Aetna Seeks To Serve As National Rx Drug Plan Under Medicare Part D
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
The company is the first large health plan to announce its intent to market a national PDP directly to individual Medicare beneficiaries. Aetna Pharmacy Management, the insurer's in-house PBM, will administer the benefit.
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