Specialty Pharmacy in Health Systems

Why Specialty Pharmacy?

As specialty pharmacy continues to expand in the healthcare space, health systems have a clear advantage when building patient-centered specialty pharmacy programs. Hospitals are uniquely positioned to integrate pharmacy services into the patient’s clinical experience and allow providers and members access to provider solutions that support continuity of care throughout the healthcare ecosystem. With nurses, physicians and pharmacists working together, health systems can provide better and more coordinated care for patients on complex therapies.

Partnering for Success

McKesson’s specialty pharmacy solutions offer valuable services that can help health systems achieve more, including:

• Atlas Specialty – To help navigate the complex specialty marketplace, McKesson created Atlas Specialty—a specialty-focused pharmacy services administrative organization (PSAO) that offers expanded medication access and helps to bridge the gaps between payers and providers.
• McKesson Plasma and Biologics – Through McKesson Plasma and Biologics, customers can access an expansive portfolio of plasma-derived products, biologics and other specialty drugs at competitive prices from a single source.
• EnterpriseRx®– EnterpriseRx can help customers improve patient care and manage pharmacy operations more efficiently through a fully hosted, cloud-based application that integrates every aspect of business, including workflow, clinical programs and pharmacy data and reporting.
• Pharmaceutical Group Purchasing Organizations – McKesson-owned pharmaceutical GPOs offer pharmacies and specialty medical practices a broad range of proven, flexible and scalable group purchasing service options.
• Advisory Solutions for Health Systems –  McKesson’s Professional & Advisory Services (P&AS) team comprises industry leaders, each with decades of strong clinical and business expertise, who have served as Chief Pharmacy Officers and Directors of Pharmacy at health systems across the nation. Our advisory team offers a diverse set of skills, tools and solutions to help our customers address key challenges, provide recommendations and deliver value in the following areas:
• Outpatient and ambulatory services – Provide feasibility analysis for an outpatient and/or specialty pharmacy, improve profitability, prescription capture, access to payers and LDD.
• Broad range of use cases, including the extensive list of services and solutions offered through McKesson to support health system customers.
• Contact the Professional & Advisory Services team today, and empower your health system pharmacy for a better tomorrow: pas@mckesson.com