Tag: specialty pharmacy

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...

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...

NASH, Texas – CSI Pharmacy plans to open a location in Enfield, Conn., its first on the East Coast, according to a local news outlet. The 4,000-square-foot location will allow the company to navigate complex payer and regulatory requirements more effectively in the region and to provide redundant pharmacy services, distribution and medication storage capabilities in the event of localized service disruptions. "The opening of our Connecticut pharmacy signals the next step in CSI Pharmacy’s...

FRISCO, Texas – Soleo Health has added AMVUTTRA (vutrisiran) to its specialty pharmacy portfolio to treat adults with the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated (hATTR) amyloidosis. Soleo Health offers newly FDA-approved AMVUTTRA injections to patients in their homes (after an evaluation and recommendation by the treating physician) or at one of its ambulatory infusion centers (AICs) nationwide. “This marks the fourth therapy Soleo Health now offers from Alnylam Pharmaceuticals’...

DEERFIELD, Ill. – Walgreens Boots Alliance has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining 30% stake in Shields Health Solutions for approximately $1.37 billion, giving WBA full ownership of the company. Shields is a health system-owned specialty pharmacy integrator. “Our full acquisition of Shields will complete another major milestone as part of our consumer-centric health care strategy to drive sustainable long-term growth, and we are very pleased with our partnership...

HOUSTON – Virtis Health, a division of Soleo Health, a provider of complex specialty pharmacy services, has opened an ambulatory infusion center in Houston near Texas Medical Center. “We are bringing a highly personalized care and service model to patients and providers throughout greater Houston with our new Virtis Health AI,” said Shahram Badrei, regional business leader for Virtis Health Houston. “Since our model brings additional resources and options to patients, providers...

FRISCO, Texas – Soleo Health has received specialty pharmacy reaccreditation from URAC, earning a score of 100% for its pharmacy locations in Chicago, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Columbus, Ohio. “The latest URAC reaccreditation further validates Soleo Health’s unrelenting commitment to clinical excellence and the persistent delivery of the highest levels of quality patient care,” said Drew Walk, CEO, Soleo. “URAC offers an important barometer for evaluating the success...

HONOLULU – Pharmacare Hawaii, a diversified pharmacy company serving thousands through community pharmacies, a home infusion pharmacy, a specialty pharmacy and a long-term care pharmacy, has signed a multi-year contract with Inovalon, a provider of cloud-based platforms. Pharmacare Hawaii will use ScriptMed Cloud, an eight-module, end-to-end solution powered by the Inovalon ONE Platform, to manage patient care across its rapidly growing specialty and infusion pharmacy network. “We’re...

NORCROSS, Ga. – Soleo Health has relocated its Atlanta pharmacy four miles to a new 7,200-square-foot facility in Norcross, Ga. The new facility, double the size of the former facility, features an expansive specialty pharmacy with a custom-built ISO 5 clean room and five private ambulatory infusion suites for patients receiving complex biologic and infusion therapies. “Our expansion in the Atlanta area directly results from our need to better accommodate the increased patient demand...

FRISCO, Texas – Soleo Health has achieved accreditation through the Accreditation Commission for Health Care as a specialty pharmacy with distinction in rare disease and orphan drugs. It’s one of only six nationally to earn the distinction. “Soleo Health prides itself on delivering the highest quality care and bringing innovative specialty pharmaceuticals to patients,” said Drew Walk, Soleo Health's CEO. “This accreditation is indicative of our abilities to consistently...