CVS Caremark Corporation is the pharmacy benefit management subsidiary of CVS Health Corporation, headquartered in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. As a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), CVS Caremark handles prescription drug plans and is distinct from CVS Pharmacy, which is the retail subsidiary of CVS Health.
CVS Caremark provides prescription benefit management services including mail order pharmacy services, specialty pharmacy and infusion services, plan design and administration, formulary management, and claims processing. The company acts as a pharmacy-benefit manager for plan sponsors — including employers, health-insurers and government employee health plans — administering prescription-drug benefits for their members or employees.[1]
Company history
Early years
CVS Caremark was founded in 1993 as MedPartners, Inc. in Birmingham, Alabama, by several local businessmen as a physician practice management (PPM) company.[2] Larry House, an executive from HealthSouth, was brought on to serve as the company's first CEO.