The Specialty Pharmacy Solution for Health Systems
Acentrus Specialty enhances specialty pharmacy access and control for health systems and hospitals—from academic medical centers and community hospitals to integrated delivery networks. Participation is open to organizations of all sizes and types—regardless of GPO affiliation.
There is an opportunity for pharmacists to improve care whenever they fill a prescription at the same health system in which the prescription was written, explained Jen Simpson, PharmD, an ambulatory clinical pharmacist with UVA Health Specialty Pharmacy. According to Simpson, the challenges that can arise from insurance companies requiring patients to get their specialty medication from a large, offsite mail-order pharmacy can be considerable for the patient.CONTINUE READING
A new episode of Becker’s Healthcare Podcast spotlights how a growing specialty pharmacy model, Medically Integrated Dispensing, is delivering better care and lower overall healthcare costs. Learn how MID is benefitting patients, health systems, plan sponsors, and manufacturers from Acentrus Specialty Senior Director of Payor Strategies Steve Zabriski, BS Pharm, MBA.CONTINUE READING
Acentrus Specialty included in the annual listing of 10 companies that are at the forefront of providing Pharmacy Management solutions and impacting the industry.CONTINUE READING
Acentrus Specialty™ today announced a new partnership with Atlas Health, a market leader in philanthropic aid automation to improve access, affordability, outcomes and health equity for vulnerable populations. Atlas Health’s platform connects patients to patient assistance to support health equity initiatives, improve staff productivity and satisfy pharmacy accreditation standards.CONTINUE READING
Acentrus Specialty and ParcelShield have partnered to improve care for millions of patients who rely on the timely delivery of medications. ParcelShield’s predictive analytics and tracking services are providing health system specialty pharmacies in the Acentrus network with expertise that prevents delivery delays and disruptions to strengthen patient outcomes.CONTINUE READING
Acentrus Specialty is pleased to be recognized by the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP). The NASP Corporate Member Spotlight for August shares how the Acentrus network is helping health systems implement innovative specialty pharmacy solutions that integrate and improve care, enhance patient satisfaction, and strengthen financial performance. CONTINUE READING
Acentrus network’s focus on removing obstacles, is featured in a new Pharmacy Times article, HSSPs Untangle the Journey for Patients With Complex Specialty Diseases, which was inspired by a session I had the privilege of moderating during the Acentrus Specialty Conference in April.CONTINUE READING
Acentrus Specialty, an Integrated Care Network and health system solution for specialty pharmacy, and Loopback Analytics, a leading provider of data-driven solutions for hospitals and health systems, have established a new collaboration that will focus on capturing and sharing data to develop therapy-specific best practices. CONTINUE READING
Tom Renshaw and Sonia Kasam, Director of Multimedia and Content Strategy for Becker’s Healthcare, discuss how insights from real world data and real world evidence are transforming care delivery and clinical trials.CONTINUE READING
Acentrus Specialty™, a national network of health systems and hospitals committed to providing specialty pharmacy care for their patients, has finalized an agreement with Chiasma, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHMA) to provide qualified Acentrus clients access to MYCAPSSA® (octreotide), delayed-release oral capsules for long-term maintenance treatment in acromegaly patients who have responded to and tolerated treatment with octreotide or lanreotide.CONTINUE READING
Tune into a new episode of Becker’s Healthcare Podcast spotlighting specialty pharmacy opportunities and challenges with Burnis Breland of Acentrus Specialty and network clients Erica Diamantides, Specialty Pharmacy Manager at UW Medicine, and Jeff Reichard, Director of Pharmacy at UNC. CONTINUE READING
Acentrus Specialty hosted its first Acentrus Special Conference on January 12-13, 2021, which brought together pharmacists, manufacturers, and suppliers to examine the challenges, opportunities, and best practices in advancing health system specialty pharmacy practice.CONTINUE READING
A new episode of Becker’s Healthcare Podcast features Acentrus Specialty Vice President George Zula and Tufts Medical Center Vice President and Chief Pharmacist Ross Thompson talking about the important role that networks play in helping hospitals serve their patients’ specialty medication needs.CONTINUE READING
Acentrus Specialty, a national network of health systems and hospitals committed to providing specialty pharmacy care for their patients, has finalized an agreement with Puma Biotechnology, Inc. to provide qualified Acentrus clients access to NERLYNX® (neratinib).CONTINUE READING
Acentrus Specialty, a national network of health systems and hospitals committed to providing specialty pharmacy care for their patients, has surpassed the milestone of signing over 100 hospital clients with the addition of Southern Illinois Healthcare, Froedtert Health, and the University of Maryland Medical Center as the network’s latest clients.CONTINUE READING
The agreement between Acentrus and Bristol Myers Squibb provides qualified Acentrus health system and hospital clients with access to the long-awaited drug for the treatment of relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis.CONTINUE READING
Acentrus Specialty, an Integrated Care Network and health system solution for specialty pharmacy, announced a partnership with QuarterLine Consulting Services to provide Acentrus Specialty clients assistance to grow their operations by participating in federal- and state-sponsored bids for providers of specialty pharmacy servicesCONTINUE READING
Acentrus Specialty, an Integrated Care Network and health system solution for specialty pharmacy, and Maxor National Pharmacy Services have signed an agreement to provide health system clients contract and backup pharmacy services.CONTINUE READING
Acentrus Specialty, an Integrated Care Network and health system solution for specialty pharmacy, and Loopback Analytics, a leading provider of data-driven solutions for hospitals and health systems, have reached a collaboration agreement to build the nation’s largest network of health systems with specialty pharmacy operations.CONTINUE READING
Acentrus enhances specialty pharmacy product access and control for health systems and hospitals; participation is open to organizations of all sizes and types, regardless of GPO affiliation. CONTINUE READING
IRVING, TX., July 3, 2018 — Acentrus Specialty™, the health system solution for specialty pharmacy, announces a strategic partnership with Center for Pharmacy Practice Accreditation (CPPA) to provide specialty pharmacy practice accreditation to Acentrus clients.CONTINUE READING
IRVING, TX. — Acentrus Specialty™, the health system solution for specialty pharmacy, has signed a strategic agreement with LicenseLogix to provide license compliance services to Acentrus clients. CONTINUE READING
LAS VEGAS—Specialty pharmacies that are part of a health system or hospital have several advantages over independent pharmacies, a panel of experts told attendees at Asembia’s 2018 Specialty Pharmacy Summit...CONTINUE READING
Acentrus Specialty™, an Integrated Care Network and health system solution for specialty pharmacy, has signed a new agreement with ReCept Pharmacy, LP, a pharmacy management organization to provide onsite specialty pharmacy management services to Acentrus health system and hospital clients...CONTINUE READING
Acentrus Specialty™, an Integrated Care Network and health system solution for specialty pharmacy, has signed a new agreement that offers qualified Acentrus hospital and health system clients...CONTINUE READING
Asembia and Acentrus Specialty have signed an agreement to offer clients of Acentrus access to Asembia1, an industry-leading web-based technology workflow solution that enables and enhances specialty pharmacy capabilities. CONTINUE READING
More than 50 members of Congress recently sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) calling on the agencies to eliminate direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) fees...CONTINUE READING
