MinuteClinic Services & Treatment | Aetna CVS Health (2024)

FAQs

What is the difference between CVS and CVS Health? ›

CVS Health Corporation is an American healthcare company that owns CVS Pharmacy, a retail pharmacy chain; CVS Caremark, a pharmacy benefits manager; and Aetna, a health insurance provider, among many other brands. The company is the world's second largest healthcare company, behind UnitedHealth Group.

CVS Pharmacy, Signify Health, Oak Street Health, CVS Specialty, MinuteClinic and Aetna are part of the CVS Health family of companies.

Go online at CVS.com/otchs/myorder to log in or register for an account. If it's your first time, you'll need to register for an online account using your Aetna® member ID number and your email. You'll see your OTC benefit amount and items that are available for you to order.

As an Aetna member, your card is special. You get a 20 percent discount on thousands of CVS/pharmacy® brand health-related items for you and your family. Your discount applies to regularly priced items of $1 or more. You also get all the chances to save that come standard with the CVS ExtraCare Card.

No, Walgreens, Rite-Aid, and CVS pharmacy are not owned by the same parent company. Each of these pharmacy chains operates as a separate and independent company with its own ownership and management.

Weaknesses. Competitive Pressures: Despite its size and market presence, CVS Health Corp faces intense competition from a variety of players, including other large pharmacy chains, supermarkets, discount retailers, and online platforms.

Expanded Services as a Competitive Edge. The deal would leverage CVS' 9,700 storefronts and 1,100 MinuteClinics. By focusing on preventative care and minimizing hospital services, which drives at least 70% of medical costs, the total cost of care can be minimized and differentiate them in the market.

CVS Health Corporation

Melville Corporation

CVS Pharmacy used to be a subsidiary of Melville Corporation, where its full name was initially Consumer Value Stores. Melville changed its name to CVS Corporation in 1996 after Melville sold off many of its nonpharmacy stores.

With your Extra Benefits Card, you can purchase approved healthy foods that help you feel your best. That includes fruits and veggies, meat and seafood, healthy grains like bread and pasta, pantry staples like flour and spices and more.

Can you use Aetna card at Walmart? ›

You can use the Aetna Extra Benefits card to buy groceries, household, and OTC items at eligible retail stores, like Kroger and Walmart. For transportation, utilities, and rent assistance, you can pay for the service directly with the card.

You can even use your Extra Benefits Card to help fill your gas tank — simply swipe your card at the pump and select credit as payment type. No PIN is required. If your Extra Benefits allowance covers your full purchase, you're good to go.

The first loyalty and membership program that offers free national pharmacy delivery on eligible prescriptions, CarePass gives customers more ways to access the health-focused care and products they're looking for when and where they need them for a $5 monthly membership or an annual fee of $48.

Aetna Connected Plan with CVS Health are HMO-based plans in Georgia offered and/or underwritten by Aetna Health Inc. (Georgia). CVS Health is a separate legal entity from Aetna Health Inc.

The purpose of this card is to make it easier for members to pay for medical services or, for certain plans, medical services and over-the-counter (OTC) expenses.

1963: The first Consumer Value Store selling health and beauty products is founded in Lowell, Massachusetts. A year later, the name is changed to CVS.

On September 3, 2014, the Company changed its name to CVS Health Corporation to better reflect its broader health care commitment as well as its understanding of the challenges faced by patients, payors, and providers.

CVS Health includes the company's retail business, which continues to be called CVS/pharmacy; its pharmacy benefit management business, which is known as CVS/Caremark; its walk-in medical clinics, CVS/MinuteClinic; and its growing specialty pharmacy services, CVS/specialty.

Our diverse, purpose-driven team of more than 300,000 colleagues—has a singular focus: improving the health and wellbeing of those we serve by shaping the future of health care in America and bringing our hearts to every moment of your health.