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Excelera Network Welcomes Rush University Medical Center to Optimize and Innovate Specialty Pharmacy Services 204 115 Shields Health Solutions

Excelera Network Welcomes Rush University Medical Center to Optimize and Innovate Specialty Pharmacy Services

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, December 21, 2020 — Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) has partnered with Excelera®, the company behind the Excelera Network, making it the second Excelera Network member in the…

At-Home Cancer Care, Infusions Widespread Amid Pandemic 150 150 Shields Health Solutions

At-Home Cancer Care, Infusions Widespread Amid Pandemic

Specialty Pharmacy Times, a bi-monthly journal and daily news website serving the business and practice of specialty pharmaceuticals and therapy, has expanded its Strategic Alliance Partnership program with the addition of the Excelera Specialty Pharmacy Network, a unique national network of academic institutions and large integrated delivery systems-based specialty pharmacies providing coordinated care to drive higher quality outcomes with complex patients.
Finding a PBM niche partner may be the best employee benefit strategy in 2021 1024 517 Shields Health Solutions

Finding a PBM niche partner may be the best employee benefit strategy in 2021

Stability begets stagnation COVID-19 has left many companies feeling unstable this year, which has companies seeking stability through the deferral of employee benefit decisions to 2021 or beyond. For example,…

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Happy Patient, Happy Life

This week’s “Care Corner” story was provided to us by our Director of Support Operations, Angela Killay. As Director of Support Operations, Angela leads our Patient support team in providing…

The Growing Importance of Access to Health Systems and Integrated Delivery Networks 150 150 Shields Health Solutions

The Growing Importance of Access to Health Systems and Integrated Delivery Networks

Specialty Pharmacy Times, a bi-monthly journal and daily news website serving the business and practice of specialty pharmaceuticals and therapy, has expanded its Strategic Alliance Partnership program with the addition of the Excelera Specialty Pharmacy Network, a unique national network of academic institutions and large integrated delivery systems-based specialty pharmacies providing coordinated care to drive higher quality outcomes with complex patients.
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One Point of Contact

From a Patient Outreach Coordinator -After calling on a patient with no response for a couple of months, he finally answered the phone after receiving my voicemail. During our call,…

Specialty Pharmacy Rotations Address Education Gaps, Expand Career Horizons 150 150 Shields Health Solutions

Specialty Pharmacy Rotations Address Education Gaps, Expand Career Horizons

Specialty Pharmacy Times, a bi-monthly journal and daily news website serving the business and practice of specialty pharmaceuticals and therapy, has expanded its Strategic Alliance Partnership program with the addition of the Excelera Specialty Pharmacy Network, a unique national network of academic institutions and large integrated delivery systems-based specialty pharmacies providing coordinated care to drive higher quality outcomes with complex patients.
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On The Patient’s Side, Always

At Shields, we have many different teams and employees that focus on providing support to our patients and potential patients. One of those is our Patient Outreach Coordinators, whose role…

Building Bridges Between Payers and HSSP 150 150 Shields Health Solutions

Building Bridges Between Payers and HSSP

Health system specialty pharmacies have a great deal to offer commercial health plans and other payers. Unfortunately, there seem to be many misconceptions about the level of expertise that health…

IDN Summit 2020 Takeaways 150 150 Shields Health Solutions

IDN Summit 2020 Takeaways

By Philip Carroll, AVP of Sales Earlier this month, I attended the InformaConnect IDN BioPharma Summit 2020 where I was interested in several sessions on value-based contracting, the value of…