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About 70% of 340B participants have complied, the company said in its letter, adding that it has sent two follow-up letters to the approximately 1,000 covered entities that have not.
The executive order is the culmination of a process that began in December, when Trump instructed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to review the childhood vaccine schedule.
The lawsuit, filed in 2021, alleged that CVS, Walgreens and Walmart improperly distributed and dispensed the drugs, which contributed to a statewide increase in opioid abuse.
"Our investigation found that UnitedHealthcare knowingly violated these obligations by manipulating health assessments to increase its profits," Attorney General Joy Campbell said in a news release.
Member satisfaction with commercial health plans has remained unchanged over the past three years despite significant investments by plans in new digital tools and improved customer engagement.
The nation's largest virtual care provider is teaming up with the nation's largest retailer. Teladoc Health announced on Thursday that its services are now available through Walmart's Better Care Services platform.
"I have patients increasingly coming to me saying, 'I hear it's not as expensive to get the pharmaceutical-grade branded version, can we switch over?'" said Dr. Michael Weintraub, assistant clinical professor of endocrinology at NYU Langone in New York.