Alisa,
You have been thorough in your investigation of the Express Scripts (Holdings). While the pharmacy management company may be a viable stock option, it is not without issues, some of which include relationship, consumer, and legal complaints and problems, requiring the company to use agency costs to rectify them. Being a healthcare provider for 26 years, personal experience has shown that the corporate governance of healthcare companies becomes progressively fraught with issues made worse by increasing regulations, oversight, and ethical issues. Express Scripts has not escaped these impediments unscathed. Recently, Express Scripts has been accused of antitrust violation by compounding pharmacies. Six compounding pharmacies stated
You have been thorough in your investigation of the Express Scripts (Holdings). While the pharmacy management company may be a viable stock option, it is not without issues, some of which include relationship, consumer, and legal complaints and problems, requiring the company to use agency costs to rectify them. Being a healthcare provider for 26 years, personal experience has shown that the corporate governance of healthcare companies becomes progressively fraught with issues made worse by increasing regulations, oversight, and ethical issues. Express Scripts has not escaped these impediments unscathed. Recently, Express Scripts has been accused of antitrust violation by compounding pharmacies. Six compounding pharmacies stated