CVS Health Stock News

Third-quarter adjusted earnings per share was $1.09, confirming preliminary numbers from October. A Trump victory is also seen as beneficial as it's likely to benefit Medicare Advantage players.

CVS Health on Wednesday named Steve Nelson, a former UnitedHealth insurance head, to run its Aetna business, where rising medical costs in the third quarter caused the company to preannounce an earnings miss last month.

CVS Health reported mixed third-quarter results as higher medical costs squeezed its bottom line. The company expects elevated medical costs to continue to pressure its performance this year, "and as a result we are not providing a formal outlook at this time," a spokesperson said.

Financial Highlights Third quarter total revenues increased to $95.4 billion, up 6.3% compared to the prior year Third quarter GAAP diluted EPS of $0.07 and Adjusted EPS of $1.09 Third quarter GAAP diluted EPS and Adjusted EPS include charges to record premium deficiency reserves of approximately $1.1 billion ($0.63 per share) in the Health Care Benefits segment Generated year-to-date cash flow...

New CVS Health chief executive officer David Joyner promoted an internal executive, Prem Shah, as group president of the company and hired former UnitedHealth Group executive Steve Nelson to run Aetna, the nation's third largest health insurer.

Prem Shah named Group President, CVS Health; Steve Nelson named President, Aetna WOONSOCKET, R.I. , Nov. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) today announced Prem Shah will be Group President, and will continue to report to David Joyner, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Smaller pharmacies are accusing GoodRx and CVS of colluding to suppress generic prescription drug reimbursements. As Reuters reported Tuesday (Nov. 5), drug coupon aggregator GoodRx and a pair of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) — CVS's Caremark unit and Express Scripts — have all been named in at least three lawsuits by independent pharmacies.

Health insurers have been getting a lot of heat surrounding the rising costs of Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. Companies like CVS Health Co. NYSE: CVS have seen their medical benefits ratio (MBR) continue to rise, forecasting 90.8%, driven by the rising costs to provide MA plans to seniors.