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Kroger is threatening to exit Express Scripts' network if the pharmacy benefit manager does not agree to a more “equitable and fair” contract. Kroger said it has attempted--to no avail--to negotiate more favorable rates with Cigna subsidiary Express Scripts dozens of times over the past…
If Kroger and Cigna's Express Scripts fail to reach an agreement by Dec. 31, most of Express Scripts' commercial customers will be unable to fill prescriptions at the grocery chain's pharmacies.
Kroger Health is hoping to agree on a more agreeable contract with health care company Express Scripts by the end of the year.
In a letter sent Thursday to Seileen Mullen, the acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, the lawmakers expressed concern about "patient access and safety" issues resulting from the reductions.