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Maybe to compete against Express Scripts and drugs stores, to a degree, but a by-mail pharmacy has a very steep hill to climb in terms of in-person/telepresence

Maybe to compete against Express Scripts and drugs stores, to a degree, but a by-mail pharmacy has a very steep hill to climb in terms of in-person/telepresence pharmacist expertise.

revel 9y ago
Express Scripts is primarily a PBM. It's not the same business
- ben1040 9y ago
  They did $51 billion in network revenue and $43 billion in home delivery pharmacy revenue in 2016, and their revenue mix has been trending more toward the pharmacy side over the last few years. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1532063/000153206317000004/esrx-12312016x10k.htm https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1532063/000153206317...
- partiallypro 9y ago
  My parent's insurance has Express as the preferred provider, because it's cheaper all around. Also it's scheduled. Amazon already does this with supplements, making the jump to prescriptions won't be a problem. Luckily for CVS and Walgreens, the barrier to entry to enter this market should be fairly low if you're already a pharmacy; unlike many of Amazon's other entries that have high costs.
- refurb 9y ago
  Express Scripts own Accredo, one of the largest specialty pharmacies in the US!
rconti 9y ago
I hope so. Dear god their service is atrocious. First, they wanted me to fill out some 1980s style book order form to get my prescription filled. Then, for a year, they filled my 1-per-day, 90-pill, 3-month prescription..... every..... 2.... months. Unfortunately it was nothing of any resale or entertainment value. I called them and waited on hold and someone promised they found and fixed the issue. It was not fixed. I harangued them on twitter. They promised to reach out to me and fix it. They did reach out to me, claimed they saw the problem with the previous 'fix', fixed it again, delayed my next shipment by X months to get me back on track, and... it wasn't fixed. The delay worked but I was still receiving 90 pills every 60 days. Ultimately I think it sorted itself out when a prescription had no more refills allowed and had to be renewed and entered as a new prescription number.

Maybe to compete against Express Scripts and drugs stores, to a degree, but a by-mail pharmacy has a very steep hill to climb in terms of in-person/telepresence pharmacist expertise.

revel 9y ago

Express Scripts is primarily a PBM. It's not the same business

ben1040 9y ago
They did $51 billion in network revenue and $43 billion in home delivery pharmacy revenue in 2016, and their revenue mix has been trending more toward the pharmacy side over the last few years. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1532063/000153206317000004/esrx-12312016x10k.htm https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1532063/000153206317...
partiallypro 9y ago
My parent's insurance has Express as the preferred provider, because it's cheaper all around. Also it's scheduled. Amazon already does this with supplements, making the jump to prescriptions won't be a problem. Luckily for CVS and Walgreens, the barrier to entry to enter this market should be fairly low if you're already a pharmacy; unlike many of Amazon's other entries that have high costs.
refurb 9y ago
Express Scripts own Accredo, one of the largest specialty pharmacies in the US!

rconti 9y ago

I hope so. Dear god their service is atrocious. First, they wanted me to fill out some 1980s style book order form to get my prescription filled. Then, for a year, they filled my 1-per-day, 90-pill, 3-month prescription..... every..... 2.... months. Unfortunately it was nothing of any resale or entertainment value. I called them and waited on hold and someone promised they found and fixed the issue. It was not fixed. I harangued them on twitter. They promised to reach out to me and fix it. They did reach out to me, claimed they saw the problem with the previous 'fix', fixed it again, delayed my next shipment by X months to get me back on track, and... it wasn't fixed. The delay worked but I was still receiving 90 pills every 60 days. Ultimately I think it sorted itself out when a prescription had no more refills allowed and had to be renewed and entered as a new prescription number.