Tag: specialty pharmacy
Lumicera, Costco partner to expand specialty pharmacy
April 28, 2025HME News Staff
MADISON, Wis., and ISSAQUAH, Wash. – Lumicera Health Services has announced a partnership with Costco Wholesale Corp. to expand cost-plus specialty pharmacy in the marketplace and offer a broad spectrum of specialty medications with patient support, pricing transparency and clinical expertise. The company, whose services include home infusion, will provide access to complex and often expensive medication therapies at an auditable cost to commercial employer benefit plan sponsors and pharmacy...
Soleo Health secures Qfitlia
April 14, 2025HME News Staff
FRISCO, Texas – Soleo Health has been named the exclusive in-network specialty pharmacy for Qfitlia (fitusiran) by Sanofi, the first antithrombin-lowering therapy for hemophilia. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved its use for routine prophylaxis to prevent or reduce the frequency of bleeding episodes in adult and pediatric patients with hemophilia A or B with or without factor VIII or IX inhibitors. "We are pleased to be selected by Sanofi to help bring its first-of-its-kind...
Soleo reaccredited by URAC
January 23, 2025HME News Staff
FRISCO, Texas – Soleo Health has earned its Specialty Pharmacy Reaccreditation by URAC. By earning this reaccreditation, the company was acknowledged for its dedication to patient satisfaction and ability to ensure positive clinical outcomes, while demonstrating the highest value and quality in delivering enhanced clinical services to its many patients, providers, payers and pharma partners. “This URAC reaccreditation underscores Soleo Health’s dedication to delivering the highest...
Specialty pharmacy group names new president
January 9, 2025HME News Staff
WAKEFIELD, Mass. – The Health System Owned Specialty Pharmacy Alliance (HOSP), a network of leading health systems and supporting businesses dedicated to advocating for superior patient care and outcomes through integrated health system specialty pharmacies, has appointed Tim Affeldt, PharmD, vice president of specialty/infusion operations for Fairview Pharmacy Services, as its new president. The alliance says Affeldt brings a wealth of experience and passion for advancing specialty pharmacy,...
CVS Health plans infusion exit
October 15, 2024HME News Staff
NEW YORK – CVS Health plans to exit its core infusion services business in the coming months, according to Reuters. The company also plans to close or sell 29 related regional pharmacies, it says. CVS Health on Oct. 8 stopped taking new patients seeking antibiotics, drugs supporting muscular health and intravenous nutrition services, Shelly Bandit, a senior manager of corporate communications, told Reuters. The company will continue to provide specialty medications and enteral nutrition, or...
Shields Health Solutions expands access to treatment through partnership
July 31, 2024HME News Staff
DES MOINES, Iowa – Shields Health Solutions, a specialty pharmacy accelerator, has expanded its partnership with UnityPoint at Home, a subsidiary of Iowa-based UnityPoint Health, to extend a specialty pharmacy program that provides patients with complex, chronic conditions access to specialized pharmacy services designed to lower costs, broaden treatment options, improve medication management and overall health. “UnityPoint at Home has been a highly valued partner for years, and we...
In brief: Walgreens creates new pharmacy biz, CQRC contributes to hearing, OIG contacts CGM providers
May 1, 2024HME News Staff
DEERFIELD, Ill. – AllianceRx Walgreens Pharmacy will become Walgreens Specialty Pharmacy effective Aug.1, 2024, in a move that Walgreens says will expand care for patients with complex, chronic conditions.
Walgreens will now have nearly 300 community-based specialty pharmacies nationwide, with more than 1,500 specialty-trained pharmacists, 5,000 patient advocacy support team members and dedicated Specialty360 teams that support all specialty conditions and therapies.
“With...
Soleo Health turns 10
March 7, 2024HME News Staff
FRISCO, Texas – Soleo Health marked its 10th anniversary on Feb. 24. Led by CEO Drew Walk and COO Craig Vollmer, Soleo Health was founded on the commitment to simplify complex care for patients, and over the past decade, it has become one of the fastest-growing independent specialty pharmacies. Notably, the company has collaborated with more than 22,000 prescribers and delivered care to more than 100,000 patients. “Looking ahead, we remain dedicated to defining the unique requirements...
Soleo Health opens Ohio location
August 2, 2023HME News Staff
FRISCO, Texas & CINCINNATI – Soleo Health, a national provider of complex specialty pharmacy services, has opened a new location in Blue Ash, Ohio, in the Cincinnati area.
Soleo Health Cincinnati provides a broad range of specialty infusion therapies and pharmacy services to patients in their homes, as well as administration on-site at its ambulatory infusion center. The centralized location reaches patients residing throughout Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.
“The extensive...
Option Care forms home infusion network
May 1, 2023HME News Staff
BANNOCKBURN, Ill. - Option Care Health has formed a nationwide home infusion nursing network and clinical platform called Naven Health that employs more than 1,500 nurses across the country with the ability to provide care in all 50 states. Option Care formed Naven Health as a wholly owned subsidiary through the acquisitions of Infinity Infusion Nursing in October 2021 and Specialty Pharmacy Nursing Network in April 2022. “Nurses are at the center of who we are at Naven Health,” said...