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.

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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.

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Drug Topics

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The analysis revealed deeper issues created by payer and manufacturer lockouts placed on Integrated Health System Specialty Pharmacies.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Drug Store News

MAY 4, 2023

The Specialty Pharmacy Patient Choice Award honors specialty pharmacies’ commitment to patients.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 7, 2023

Real-world metrics demonstrate that using health-system specialty pharmacies (HSSPs) means everyone wins: health systems, clinicians, and patients.

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pharmaphorum

JULY 29, 2021

The use of specialty drugs in the U.S. Krishnanjan Alaparthi explores how tech-driven hub services can help manage the complexities of specialty pharma. The problem is, many specialty pharmacies don’t currently have the right tools to support their patients. Navigating the cost of specialty medications.

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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.

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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. Subscribe today.

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Fierce Healthcare

MARCH 1, 2023

Specialty pharmacy costs, mental health are top employer concerns. Here's why fdiamond Wed, 03/01/2023 - 15:43

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Omnicell

JANUARY 10, 2023

Kristen Dowd Director, Pharmacy Management Services, Omnicell If the 2022 NASP (National Association of Specialty Pharmacy) Annual Meeting and Expo is any indication, we are approaching a time when specialty pharmacy simply becomes pharmacy – when complex, high-touch biologics become nearly as ubiquitous as their broad-spectrum counterparts.

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Pharmacy Times

MARCH 28, 2024

Just as the pharmacy field is expanding its horizons, CE programs are offering new topics and learning strategies.

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Pharmacy Times

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

AON’s specialty pharmacy reports success in reducing drug waste like unnecessary and early prescription refills.

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Drug Topics

MAY 2, 2024

Collaboration between health system specialty pharmacies and manufacturers can benefit patients in the long run.

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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.

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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).

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Fierce Healthcare

APRIL 10, 2023

Walgreens, Cariloop bring MS care coaches into select neurology-specialty pharmacies aburky Mon, 04/10/2023 - 17:53

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Elevance Health to acquire specialty pharmacy BioPlus. Wed, 11/09/2022 - 12:36.

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Specialty Pharmacies 52

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.

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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.

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Pharmacy Times

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Many patients face significant challenges in accessing their specialty medications, which highlights the importance of pharmacy-deployed patient navigation programs designed to help resolve nonclinical, system-related barriers to care.

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Pharmacy Is Right For Me

JANUARY 3, 2024

Linda Gutierrez-Miller, one such student, embarked on a journey to answer these questions, ultimately choosing a career path that aligns with her goals of making a substantial impact and aiding a diverse range of individuals—clinical pharmacy. Dr. Gutierrez-Miller obtained her PharmD degree from the University of Mexico College of Pharmacy.

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Drug Store News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The three pharmacies acquired are Juniper Pharmacy in St. Louis; Lee’s Summit Pharmacy in Lee’s Summit, Mo.; and Willowbrook Pharmacy in Carmel, Ind.

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Pharmacy Times

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Lack of access to novel therapies, especially within the cancer space, initiated the road to patient navigation.

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Drug Store News

OCTOBER 3, 2022

By achieving this status, Thrifty White has demonstrated a comprehensive commitment to quality care, improved processes and better patient outcomes.

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Pharmacy Times

JANUARY 16, 2024

It’s essential that health care providers across the patient journey demystify the costs of treatment and provide solutions to overcome the financial barriers.

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Drug Topics

MAY 12, 2023

Parcel tracking technology that used predictive analytics can help with real-time package delivery monitoring and ensure on-time delivery.

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Pharmacy Times

MAY 2, 2024

Elizabeth Cherry discusses the need to break down silos between manufacturers and health systems specialty pharmacies through more transparent collaboration to better serve patients.

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Pharmacy Times

APRIL 2, 2024

Advanced analytics will continue to make health care more accessible and empower pharmacists with the ability to personalize treatments.

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Drug Store News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A report by the International Pharmaceutical Federation calls for formalized and quality education on sports pharmacy for a system of credentialling sports pharmacists.

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Drug Topics

JANUARY 26, 2023

Spending on specialty drugs fueled a 11% increase in Medicaid drug spending from 2020 to 2021, says Magellan's seventh annual Medicaid Pharmacy Trend Report.

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