Redefining the Role of Health Systems as a Specialty Pharmacy Solution for Drug Manufacturershttps://www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/shields-blog-icon-case-whitepaper.svg204115Shields Health SolutionsShields Health Solutions//www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/shields-logo-white.svg
This white paper discusses how a specialty pharmacy acceleration company allows drug manufacturers to access the expertise of health systems and their specialty pharmacies through a single point of contact.…
Addressing Total Cost of Care Across the Specialty Populationhttps://www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/shields-blog-icon-case-whitepaper.svg204115Shields Health SolutionsShields Health Solutions//www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/shields-logo-white.svg
This white paper describes the impact of health system specialty pharmacy utilizing an integrated care model on clinical outcomes and total cost of care.
How Specialty Pharmacy Can Drive Better Outcomes in Diabeteshttps://www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/shields-blog-icon-case-whitepaper.svg204115Shields Health SolutionsShields Health Solutions//www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/shields-logo-white.svg
This white paper explores the benefits of applying a high-touch specialty pharmacy care model, such as the Shields Diabetes Care Program, in reducing HbA1c levels and providing other clinical and…
How Specialty Pharmacy Can Drive Better Outcomes in Cystic Fibrosishttps://www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/shields-blog-icon-case-whitepaper.svg204115Shields Health SolutionsShields Health Solutions//www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/shields-logo-white.svg
This white paper explores how a high-touch integrated specialty pharmacy care model can help patients with cystic fibrosis manage the complexity of their treatment regimen and achieve their therapy goals.…
How Specialty Pharmacy Can Drive Better Outcomes in Multiple Sclerosishttps://www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/shields-blog-icon-case-whitepaper.svg204115Shields Health SolutionsShields Health Solutions//www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/shields-logo-white.svg
This white paper explores how a high-touch IDN (Integrated Delivery Network) specialty pharmacy model can help MS patients overcome barriers to medication access and achievement of therapy goals, including limited…
More Health Systems, More Data, More Access: Bridging Divides Among Specialty Pharmacy Stakeholders for the Benefit of Complex Patientshttps://www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/shields-blog-icon-case-whitepaper.svg204115Shields Health SolutionsShields Health Solutions//www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/shields-logo-white.svg
Drug manufacturers, payers and high-performing health system specialty pharmacies can leverage the size, scope and scale of a partner like Excelera to create efficiencies and improve the care of complex patients. Among the topics in this white paper:
Continuing Trends, Unexpected Changes: Optimizing Specialty Pharmacy in a New Environmenthttps://www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/shields-blog-icon-case-whitepaper.svg204115Shields Health SolutionsShields Health Solutions//www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/shields-logo-white.svg
This white paper describes the growth of health system specialty pharmacy in recent years, acknowledges the disruption caused by COVID-19, and discusses opportunities to optimize specialty pharmacy with data-driven solutions,…
How health system specialty pharmacies will help payers succeed in a value-based, data-driven futurehttps://www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/shields-blog-icon-case-whitepaper.svg204115Shields Health SolutionsShields Health Solutions//www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/shields-logo-white.svg
This white paper highlights the importance of collaboration between payers and health systems and the benefits of carving in specialty pharmacy access at the point of care. These partnerships are…
How Specialty Pharmacy Networks are Redefining the Role of IDNs for Drug Manufacturershttps://www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/shields-blog-icon-case-whitepaper.svg204115Shields Health SolutionsShields Health Solutions//www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/shields-logo-white.svg
This white paper points out that while complex patients usually receive care in a health system context, health systems often do not have access to specialty drugs those patients need. A network like Excelera connects drug manufacturers with health systems.
• Drug access is an issue for health system specialty pharmacies.
• Networks such as Excelera offer a high-quality, patient-centered specialty pharmacy solution.
• Robust, real-world data from Excelera Network members, aggregated into one data feed, is one advantage.
Integrated Health Systems Can Leverage Their Strengths to Offer an Alternative to Traditional Pharmacy Benefit Managementhttps://www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/shields-blog-icon-case-whitepaper.svg204115Shields Health SolutionsShields Health Solutions//www.shieldshealthsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/shields-logo-white.svg
This white paper provides a brief history of PBMs, describes what’s broken in the PBM industry, notes that the strengths of health systems support a realigned PBM model, and advises partnering with an outside resource when launching an integrated PBM.
• The PBM industry has consolidated into a handful of misaligned and dominant players.
• Consolidation has reduced competition and driven up prices.
• Health systems can leverage their unique strengths to create a better PBM model.
CommonSpirit / Dignity Health (San Francisco CA)
Keck Medicine of USC* (Alhambra CA)
Loma Linda University Health* (San Bernadino CA)
Providence Health (Burbank CA)
Sharp HealthCare (San Diego CA)
Stanford Health Care (Stanford CA)
Sutter Health (Sacramento CA)
UC Davis Health* (Sacramento CA)
Colorado
Centura Health (Colorado Springs CO)
SCL Health System* (Denver CO)
UCHealth (AKA University of Colorado Health) (Aurora CO)
Connecticut
Yale NewHaven Health System* (New Haven CT)
Connecticut Childrens Medical Center (Hartford CT)
Hartford HealthCare (Hartford CT)
UConn John Dempsey Hospital (AKA UConn Health Center) (Farmington CT)
Delaware
Nemours Children’s Hospital (Wilmington DE)
Florida
Orlando Health* (Orlando FL)
Tampa General Hospital (Tampa FL)
Georgia
Piedmont Healthcare (Atlanta GA)
Idaho
St. Luke’s Health System* (Boise ID)
Illinois
Northwestern Medicine* (Chicago IL)
Iowa
UnityPoint at Home* (Urbandale IA)
Indiana
IU Health* (Indianapolis IN)
Kansas
Partners coming soon.
Kentucky
Partners coming soon.
Louisiana
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (Baton Rouge LA)
Ochsner Health System* (New Orleans LA)
Maine
Partners coming soon.
Maryland
MedStar Health (Columbia MD)
Massachusetts
Baystate Health (Springfield MA)
Berkshire Health Systems (Pittsfield MA)
Boston Childrens (Boston MA)
Southcoast Health (New Bedford MA)
UMass Memorial Health Care (Worcester MA)
Michigan
Ascension Michigan* (Detroit MI)
Bronson Healthcare (Kalamazoo MI)
Henry Ford Health System* (Troy MI)
MyMichigan Health (Midland Michigan)
Minnesota
CentraCare Health (Saint Cloud MN)
M Health Fairview* (Minneapolis MN)
Mississippi
Singing River Health System (Pascagoula MS)
Missouri
BJC Healthcare* (St. Louis MO)
Montana
Billings Clinic (Billings MT)
Nebraska
CommonSpirit/CHI Health* (Omaha NE)
Nevada
Renown Health (Reno NV)
New Hampshire
Partners coming soon.
New Jersey
Cooper University Hospital (Camden NJ)
Hackensack Meridian Health* (Hackensack NJ)
The University Hospital (Newark NJ)
New Mexico
Partners coming soon.
New York
Albany Medical Center (Albany NY)
Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn NY)
Montefiore Health (Bronx NY)
Mount Sinai Health System (New York NY)
NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare (New York NY)
Northwell Health (New Hyde Park NY)
NYU Langone Health (New York NY)
North Carolina
New Hanover Health Network (Wilmington NC)
Novant Health* (Winston-Salem NC)
Vidant Health (Greenville NC)