CVS Well being beat second-quarter expectations, however the healthcare big’s revenue slipped as pricing stress harm the pharmacy enterprise and better medical prices hit the medical insurance facet. The corporate additionally booked a pre-tax restructuring price of $496 million within the quarter and reaffirmed its outlook for the yr, which it lower in Could. The pharmacy chain, pharmacy advantages supervisor and insurer stated Wednesday that it reported adjusted earnings of $2.21 per share within the quarter ended June 30. Whole income grew 10% to $88.92 billion, however web revenue fell 37% to $1.9 billion. Analysts had anticipated, on common, earnings

(Reuters) – CVS Well being Corp reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Wednesday and stated it had begun a restructuring program to chop prices after a latest wave of acquisitions. The corporate has expanded past medical insurance and pharmacies with its acquisitions of major care supplier Oak Road Well being and residential healthcare companies firm Signify Well being. CVS Well being, which accomplished the acquisitions earlier this yr, has recognized higher-than-expected transaction and integration prices associated to the offers. The corporate stated it recorded $496 million in pretax prices associated to a restructuring program it initiated in the course of the