Going forward, CVS Caremark is likely to provide even more services, Ms. Foulkes said. The company has a lot of employers and health plans as clients through its Caremark pharmacy benefit management company. Some have expressed interest in having MinuteClinics offer chronic disease management for their workers and enrollees.
And, CVS Caremark is also talking with the CMS about the role of pharmacies in accountable care organizations.
Ms. Foulkes added that the companies’ efforts will continue regardless of whether the ACA remains the law of the land. "We see a future where everyone’s trying to figure out how to bend the cost curve and people see us as providing solutions," she said.