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.
specialty-pharmacy 
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.
Join 18,000+
Insiders
Sign Up for our Newsletter
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Trending Sources
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.
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 (..)
5 Reasons to Upgrade Your Pharmacy Management Software
Advertisement
To achieve peak performance, it's time to explore other options for specialty and infusion pharmacy software. Streamline pharmacy operations and improve clinical performance with automated processing, real-time data exchange, and electronic decision support. Simplify your entire pharmacy workflow with ScriptMed.
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.
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.
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.
How Health-System Specialty Pharmacists’ Actions Impact External Pharmacy Patients
Drug Topics
DECEMBER 8, 2023
The analysis revealed deeper issues created by payer and manufacturer lockouts placed on Integrated Health System Specialty Pharmacies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
How tech-driven hubs in specialty pharmacy can improve the patient experience
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.
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.
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. Subscribe today.
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
NASP 2022 Reveals a Pharmacy Landscape Shifting to Specialty
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Importance of Patient Navigation in Specialty Pharmacy
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.
Prescribing Success: Dr. Linda Gutierrez-Miller’s Journey to Impactful Clinical Pharmacy and Inspiring Resilience!
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.
Insurance 
306
306 
OneroRx acquires 3 specialty pharmacies
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.
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.
How Specialty Pharmacies Can Increase Access Through Patient Financing
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.
Thrifty White Pharmacy receives URAC specialty pharmacy reaccreditation
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.
AI Tracking Can Increase Drug Delivery Efficiency for Specialty Pharmacies
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.
Data Analytics Help Specialty Pharmacies Personalize Health Care
Pharmacy Times
APRIL 2, 2024
Advanced analytics will continue to make health care more accessible and empower pharmacists with the ability to personalize treatments.
Sports pharmacy practice growing as specialty area
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.
94 
For the First Time Medicaid Net Drug Spending Hits Double-Digits
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.
201 
Focusing on the Patient Journey in Specialty Pharmacy is Essential
Pharmacy Times
JUNE 11, 2023
Denise Scarpelli, PharmD, MBA, discussed her presentation at the ASHP 2023 Summer Meeting.
Help Specialty Pharmacy Patients Access Out-of-Stock Drugs
Pharmacy Times
APRIL 14, 2023
Establish procedures, including training employees, to address shortages, back-order situations.
The Health Care World According to Dr. Adam Fein
Drug Topics
MAY 16, 2023
talked about some surprising trends in specialty pharmacy and healthcare at the 2023 Asembia Specialty Pharmacy Summit. The number of specialty pharmacy locations may be peaking. Adam Fein, Ph.D.,
Let's personalize your content