Elevance: Personalized Care from Community Pharmacies

13 Nov 2025

An article discussing how personalized care from community pharmacies is a prescription for better health and how Elevance's CarelonRx is working with CPESN to make this a reality. Read more HERE.

CPESN Iowa Pharmacies Improve Outcomes in New Elevance Health PPI Report

05 Sep 2024

Elevance Health's Public Policy Institute released a new paper entitled, “Outcomes in Medicaid Members Engaged in Health Plan, PBM & Community Pharmacy Collaboration. Their research highlights the positive effect unique collaborations between Health Plans, their PBMs, and CPESN pharmacies can have on medical service utilization, medical costs, and care quality, particularly for engaged members with chronic conditions.

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Local Pharmacies Impress by Sharing their Value - Through Data

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Here’s what we know: High-touch medication-use and whole health services provided by local pharmacists will help patients meet their health goals. This effort leads to improved quality ratings, trusted patient care, and a healthier bottom line for both pharmacies and public and private payers of that care.

Medicaid MCO Contract Brings Revenue, Attracts Pharmacies for CPESN® Washington DC Metro Area

CPESN® Washington DC Metro Area is gaining new momentum with the network's first payer program to provide clinical services to Elevance Health/CarelonRx enrolled Medicaid patients. Tamara McCants, Managing Network Facilitator for the growing network, and Carla Daniel, a pharmacist with Grubb's Southeast - one of the participating pharmacies - describe benefits of the program for patients, pharmacies, and the payer.

Successful Iowa Program Expands, Scales to Add Networks

Medicaid patients of 18 CPESN® Iowa pharmacies showed improved outcomes for their mental health, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with fewer ED visits and hospital admissions. Elevance Health reported the outcomes last week, concluding that value-based partnerships with CPESN community pharmacies can be an effective strategy to improve quality and lower costs for plan members with the most complex needs. Lindsey Ludwig, CPESN Iowa Managing Network Facilitator shares the details.

CPESN Networks Highlighted in Elevance Health PPI Report

28 Oct 2023

Elevance Health's Public Policy Institute issued a report acknowledging CPESN Networks for their ability to lower healthcare overall healthcare costs for their members.

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