Article: PHARMACY IS ADDED TO HMO'S NETWORK SEEN AS FIRST STEP FOR HARVARD PILGRIM

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care said yesterday it had opened its network to Brooks pharmacies, where members will be able to get the same discounts on prescriptions that were previously available only at CVS stores.

The decision by the state's biggest health maintenance organization to include Brooks is only a first step in expanding the choices of pharmacies for some 600,000 members of Harvard Pilgrim in Massachusetts.

The HMO is expected to begin doing business with a range of pharmacies, including Osco Drug Stores and independent drugstores. "We're going to a much broader pharmacy network," said Harvard Pilgrim spokesman Alan Raymond. The prices of drugs purchased at CVS "will apply to all ...

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