March 16, 2021 – McKesson Corporation announced a new collaboration with Vanderbilt Health Rx Solutions (VHRxS), a national leader in specialty pharmacy strategy and implementation, to offer VHRxS’s full suite of specialty pharmacy consulting services to McKesson’s health system clients.
The new service will offer customized specialty pharmacy services and growth strategies to hospitals and health systems in every phase of their maturity.
The company says that VHRxS’s portfolio of robust specialty pharmacy consulting services will help health systems improve patient and provider satisfaction while creating new revenue streams by fully integrating pharmacy services into specialty clinics.
McKesson’s pharmacy leaders and the VHRxS team of experienced, hands-on advisors understand the needs and challenges of health system specialty pharmacies. The teams have deep experience working with health systems in all stages of growth, from developing and implementing initial specialty pharmacy growth strategies to optimizing existing operations to reach the next level.
The VHRxS consulting services will be customized to meet the needs of each health system as they address their own unique challenges and look to create sustainable specialty pharmacy programs, including:
- Opportunity assessments
- Strategic planning and guidance
- Operating model design and implementation
- Pharmacy accreditation support
- Facility and workflow design
- Access strategies for limited distribution drugs and payer networks