«We believe the acquisition will help position [Express Scripts] for the continued shift to a value - based care world and view the
added platform and lives as a significant positive... heading into the 2018 selling season which is looking to be a
competitive period,» wrote David Larsen, a Leerink Partners analyst, who
rates Express Scripts shares
at market perform.
PRI said in its statement that its business
at Long Island's North Shore University Hospital had come «because we had many of its doctors as clients» and
added it was a «
competitive business and we did offer good
rates to get it.»