Health System Specialty Pharmacies' Role in Cost Reduction
Drug Topics
APRIL 30, 2024
From medication adherence to patient counseling, clinical pharmacists at health system specialty pharmacies can play a role in reducing health care costs.
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Walgreens expands specialty pharmacy business to gene and cell therapy services
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 24, 2024
Walgreens is expanding its specialty pharmacy services to offer gene and cell therapy services, supported by a dedicated 18,000-square-foot center in Pittsburgh, the company announced Thursday.
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Elevance Health to acquire Kroger Specialty Pharmacy
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 19, 2024
Elevance Health has inked a deal to acquire Kroger Specialty Pharmacy. | The grocery chain announced Monday that an agreement is in place, saying it's expected to close in the back half of 2024 pending regulatory approvals.
Q&A: How Health System Specialty Pharmacies Improve Costs and Care
Drug Topics
APRIL 30, 2024
The role of health care specialty pharmacies has expanded.
Waltz Health debuts specialty pharmacy platform, partners with Reliance Rx to slash drug costs
Fierce Healthcare
AUGUST 26, 2024
A new specialty pharmacy program by digital health company Waltz Health has been created to lower costs for payers and provide better experiences for patients and pharmacies. Waltz Connect will use its AI engine to route specialty drug prescriptions to the most ideal location for payers and patients based on weighted attributes.
Q&A: Inside the Vanderbilt Specialty Pharmacy-AstraZeneca Collaboration
Drug Topics
MAY 2, 2024
A siloed approach to care can worsen patient outcomes, but collaboration between one health system specialty pharmacy and a manufacturer led to better patient care.
Specialty Pharmacies for the Pharmaceutical Industry
Pharmaceutical Technology
OCTOBER 1, 2024
Discover the leading Specialty Pharmacies for the Pharmaceutical Industry. Download the free Buyer's Guide today for full contact details.
Elevance Health's CarelonRx rolling out new specialty pharmacy savings tool for employers
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 26, 2024
Elevance Health's pharmacy benefit manager CarelonRx is launching a new solution that aims to make it easier for employers to plan for the future around specialty pharmacy costs while connecting me | CarelonRx is launching a new solution that aims to make it easier for employers to plan for the future around specialty pharmacy costs, while connecting (..)
Top 5 Pharmacy Times Specialty Pharmacy Articles of 2023
Pharmacy Times
DECEMBER 30, 2023
From newsworthy moments to groundbreaking research, these were the most-read specialty pharmacy-related articles on Pharmacy Times in 2023.
Specialty Pharmacy: The Trends Shaping Best Practices
Pharmaceutical Commerce
OCTOBER 2, 2024
When it comes to navigating the complex clinical and commercial landscape for specialty drugs—including hurdles in access to these critical but costly therapies—today’s specialty pharmacies are bringing more skills and services to the table.
Walgreens exploring sale of specialty pharmacy company Shields Health: media report
Fierce Healthcare
JANUARY 24, 2024
Walgreens is exploring a potential sale of its specialty pharmacy business Shields Health Solutions, just two-and-half years after it bought a majority stake in the business.
Experts Discuss Specialty Pharmacy Accreditation, Re-Accreditation
Pharmacy Times
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Stephen Davis, PharmD, senior director of Health System Strategy at Shields, and Erica Diamantides, PharmD, specialty pharmacy manager at UW Medicine, discuss the current guidance and best practice for specialty pharmacy accreditations.
Enhancing Hemophilia Care: The Role of Specialty Pharmacies and Coordinated Efforts
Pharmacy Times
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Atta Chowdhry, RPh, and Lisa Schrade, PharmD, discuss best practices in coordinating specialty pharmacy services between payers and prescribers to ensure timely access to critical hemophilia treatments.
Impact of the Specialty Pharmacy Care Model on Patient Outcomes
Pharmacy Times
MAY 10, 2023
The extra surveillance by a specialty pharmacy teams allows for faster initiation of therapy, earlier recognition of adverse effects, and promotes patient safety.
Walmart Launches Autoimmune-Focused Specialty Pharmacies of the Community
Pharmacy Times
AUGUST 20, 2024
These pharmacies bring high-touch specialty pharmacies into local communities for patients with more complex needs.
How to get Dupixent: Specialty pharmacy considerations
The Checkup by Singlecare
JULY 9, 2024
This is one of the reasons why Dupixent is a specialty drug and can only be filled by a specialty pharmacy. Specialty drugs are medications used to treat complex, chronic health conditions and are only available through certain pharmacies,” said Jody A. What are specialty pharmacies?
Public Health Matters Video: Walmart is Elevating Specialty Pharmacy Services and Enriching HIV Care
Pharmacy Times
JULY 18, 2024
Tune into this episode of “Public Health Matters” to hear how Walmart is leveraging its network to provide HIV care and specialty pharmacy services and how integrating community pharmacy outreach is significant for patients.
An Overview of Specialty Pharmacy in Health-Systems
Pharmacy Times
JULY 22, 2022
The evolving landscape of specialty pharmacy growth represents the impact it may have on the operations of the health-system moving forward.
Public Health Matters: Walmart is Elevating Specialty Pharmacy Services and Enriching HIV Care
Pharmacy Times
JULY 25, 2024
Tune into this episode of “Public Health Matters” to hear how Walmart is leveraging its network to provide HIV care and specialty pharmacy services and how integrating community pharmacy outreach is significant for patients.
Publix Pharmacy wins Retail Specialty Pharmacy Patient Choice Award
Drug Store News
MAY 4, 2023
The Specialty Pharmacy Patient Choice Award honors specialty pharmacies’ commitment to patients.
Walmart to expand specialty pharmacies for HIV community
Drug Store News
JUNE 27, 2023
By the end of 2023, Walmart will have more than 80 Specialty Pharmacies of the Community locations across 10 states.
Operational, Managerial, and Clinical Takeaways from National Association of Specialty Pharmacy Annual Meeting
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Poster presentations and speaking sessions at NASP showed the importance of clinical pharmacists in ambulatory care and opportunities to expand specialty pharmacy services in ambulatory care.
Prime Therapeutics taps Inovalon to enhance specialty pharmacy through cloud-based tech
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Prime Therapeutics has tapped Inovalon and its cloud-based tech to enhance its Magellan Rx specialty pharmacy, the Blues-backed pharmacy benefit manager announced Monday.
Key Metrics That Support the Integrated Specialty Pharmacy Model
Pharmacy Times
JUNE 7, 2023
Real-world metrics demonstrate that using health-system specialty pharmacies (HSSPs) means everyone wins: health systems, clinicians, and patients.
Piloting the PQA Specialty Pharmacy Turnaround Time Quality Measure
PQA
JUNE 27, 2024
The use of specialty medicine has grown rapidly in recent decades, fueling parallel growth in the number of specialty pharmacies that serve patients who are prescribed specialty medications. Results of this work were published in the Journal of Managed Care & Specialty Pharmacy in October 2022.
How tech-driven hubs in specialty pharmacy can improve the patient experience
pharmaphorum
JULY 29, 2021
Specialty pharmacies now have to be ready to not only meet patient demand, but also provide patients the support they need to secure reimbursement, properly administer the drug, and ensure adherence and optimal outcomes. The problem is, many specialty pharmacies don’t currently have the right tools to support their patients.
Enhancing Patient Outcomes: The Role of Integrated Health System Specialty Pharmacies
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
These pharmacies address cost, understanding, and safety concerns through high-touch support and coordination.
Specialty pharmacy costs, mental health are top employer concerns. Here's why
Fierce Healthcare
MARCH 1, 2023
Specialty pharmacy costs, mental health are top employer concerns. Here's why fdiamond Wed, 03/01/2023 - 15:43
Addressing Specialty Pharmacy Adherence Challenges Head On
Omnicell
JANUARY 10, 2023
Sarah Kester, PharmD Pharmaceutical Program Manager, Omnicell Specialty Pharmacy Services Medication non-adherence is a crippling problem in healthcare today, causing unnecessary hospitalizations and escalating costs. 2 Specialty pharmacy is a hotbed for adherence issues.
American Oncology Network’s Specialty Pharmacy Reports Zero Drug Waste After Value-Based Trial, Secures Unchanged Reimbursement Rate for 2024
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
AON’s specialty pharmacy reports success in reducing drug waste like unnecessary and early prescription refills.
Health System Specialty Pharmacies Impact Medication Adherence, Total Cost of Care
Pharmacy Times
APRIL 29, 2024
HSSPs improve medication adherence and reduce total health care costs by directly managing medications for complex chronic conditions like cancer, diabetes, COPD and CHF.
Walgreens, Cariloop bring MS care coaches into select neurology-specialty pharmacies
Fierce Healthcare
APRIL 10, 2023
Walgreens, Cariloop bring MS care coaches into select neurology-specialty pharmacies aburky Mon, 04/10/2023 - 17:53
Elevance Health to acquire specialty pharmacy BioPlus
Fierce Healthcare
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
Elevance Health to acquire specialty pharmacy BioPlus. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 12:36.
The Financial, Clinical, and Human Role of Specialty Pharmacies in Ambulatory Infusion Centers
Pharmacy Times
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Ambulatory infusion centers can help reduce the cost of care for payers and patients and allow pharmacists to contribute to a positive treatment experience.
PQA Appoints 16 Individuals to Specialty Pharmacy Prescription Abandonment Rate TEP
PQA
MAY 4, 2023
PQA has appointed 16 individuals from member organizations to serve on a technical expert panel (TEP) to review and provide input on draft specifications for the pharmacy measure concept, Specialty Pharmacy Prescription Abandonment Rate [Pharmacy] (SP-AR-PH).
Evernorth's Accredo to make Stelara biosimilar available at $0 out-of-pocket
Fierce Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 4, 2024
Evernorth's Accredo specialty pharmacy will offer biosimilars for the popular immunotherapy Stelara at $0 for eligible patients, the company announced Thursday. Evernorth's Accredo specialty pharmacy will offer biosimilars for the popular immunotherapy Stelara at $0 for eligible patients, the company announced Thursday.
Role of Specialty Pharmacies in Hemophilia Care: A Collaborative Approach
Pharmacy Times
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Lisa Schrade, PharmD, and Robert Sidonio Jr, MD, MSc, explore the integral partnership between specialty pharmacists and hematologists in managing patients with hemophilia.
Continuing Education Programming Focuses on Specialty Pharmacy Skills
Pharmacy Times
MARCH 28, 2024
Just as the pharmacy field is expanding its horizons, CE programs are offering new topics and learning strategies.
Watch DSN: Walmart grows HIV-focused specialty pharmacy clinics
Drug Store News
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Walmart executive Aleata Postell discusses how pharmacists, technicians and community health workers are coming together to help HIV patients navigate their individual journeys.
PQA to Host Forum on Quality Medication Use in Rare Disease
Pharmacy Times
SEPTEMBER 23, 2024
Event will share patient, specialty pharmacy, pharmaceutical industry and payer perspectives
Expert Discusses A Health System Specialty Pharmacy Initiative: Abemaciclib Linkage to Care
Pharmacy Times
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Carly Giavatto, PharmD, discusses the CPS conducted study that highlights a first of its kind linkage to care initiative performed by health systems specialty pharmacists.
Patient Navigation in the Specialty Pharmacy Space
Pharmacy Times
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Lack of access to novel therapies, especially within the cancer space, initiated the road to patient navigation.
NASP, THE GAYLORD, AND FEELING SMALL
The Honest Apothecary
OCTOBER 12, 2024
The National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP) held their annual conference at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, TN this year. This post is about my experience at this event, and in particular, the feeling of being small and the benefit that has.
Workplace Flexibility Could Increase Quality of Life, Productivity for Pharmacy Employees
Drug Topics
JUNE 19, 2024
A survey of health system specialty pharmacy employees found that hybrid work significantly improved quality of life and workplace productivity.
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