Health Medco

Health Medco Solutions, formerly Merck-Medco Managed Care, is the top pharmacy benefits management company in the US, serving some 65 million members.

Health Medco assists health plans in managing drug costs by negotiating rebates with pharmaceutical companies and processing claims. Patients may fill their prescriptions through a network of 60,000 pharmacies, a mail-order program, or the company's Internet pharmacy. Medco Health Solutions processes nearly 550 million prescriptions per year for clients that include unions, corporations, HMOs, insurance companies, and federal employees. Medco was spun off from pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. in 2003.

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