Pioneering contract pricing for the Specialty Pharmacy market!

Armada Health Care is the nation’s largest Specialty Pharmacy Group Purchasing Organization and is leading the industry in establishing “Specialty Pharmacy” as a separate trade class. In 2006, Armada members purchased over $6 billion in specialty pharmacy products, representing nearly 20% of the specialty pharmacy market. Armada’s unparalleled success is driven by its ability to deliver new, never-before-seen specialty pharmacy contracts that provide enhanced profitability to their members. These unique contracts are supported by Armada’s proprietary and sophisticated prescription management solutions that compliment this focus on the specialty market.

Armada members dispense life-saving therapies for patients in many clinical disease states, such as:

• Asthma
• Cancer/Oncology
• Chronic Fatigue
• Crohn’s Disease
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Diabetes
• Growth Hormone
• Hemophilia
• Hepatitis
• HIV/AIDS
• Infertility
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Organ Transplant
• Plaque Psoriasis
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Renal Dialysis
• And others…

Armada members have access to their complete account information at any time on-line. The Armada Web site offers their members easy access to the latest pricing on supplies and pharmaceuticals, reporting tools that analyze current as well as historical purchasing data including market share trends by product. All of these tools are web-based can be viewed through the Armada Members Only web-site 24 hours a day/365 days a year.

Armada places a high emphasis on the level of customer service provided to their members. By combining an in-depth knowledge of the industry, skilled customer care representatives and a responsive national sales force, Armada is able to meet the total needs of each and every member.

The percentage of specialty pharmaceutical products contracted by Armada more than doubled in 2006 and the number of committed Armada specialty pharmacy members has increased more than 20-fold. Through a collaborative effort with its Specialty Pharmacy members, Armada continues to pioneer additional specialty contracts for other biotech and high-cost specialty medications as it also forges ahead in creating this separate trade class.

Armada Health Care: Pioneering…Collaborative…Results

For additional information, please contact Armada Health Care or visit our website through the links below.

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At Integra we realize Specialty Pharmacy is rapidly growing and evolving. With special handling needs, emergency orders, time-sensitive deliveries and complicated pricing you need know that orders are being retrieved and processed efficiently and correctly.

High drug costs and complicated patient prescription files drive the need for streamlined order completion, secure and efficient delivery processes and a full audit trail of all orders and documentation.

Alongside these challenges is the rising need for specialty drugs. To thrive in this industry, specialty pharmacies must employ a proven workflow and document management system that will reduce costs, increase productivity, improve customer service and eliminate errors.

DocuTrack

As pharmacies are increasingly inundated with paper, a pharmacy document management system can greatly aid in the reduction of processing, filing and retrieval time. Handling all this paper costs time and money, plus it interferes with effectively servicing customers. A complete pharmacy workflow and document management solution is vital in retaining a competitive edge in today's cluttered marketplace.

With DocuTrack your pharmacy can:

• Reduce costs through the elimination of paper and paper-based processes while streamlining or centralizing your pharmacy operations.
• Increase productivity with instant access to all orders and the elimination or reassignment of paper related tasks while processing more orders per FTE and re-tasking staff to more important jobs.
• Improve customer service with no more lost faxes, fewer and shorter telephone calls and the ability to provide immediate responses to inquiries.
• Minimize errors with instant access to all orders, complete document history with one click and an intuitive workflow created specifically for your pharmacy.

DeliveryTrack

An innovative delivery solution specifically tailored to pharmacies managing their own delivery. With DeliveryTrack you can gain full control of your delivery process through:

• Electronic signature capture
• Real-time proof of delivery
• Full integration with DocuTrack
• Barcode scanning of delivery manifests
• Cell phone connectivity
• GPS positioning of driver locations
• Route optimization
• Real-time synchronization of data back to the pharmacy

No more lost delivery manifests. No more hassles with proof of delivery—just a simple-to-use, cost-effective solution that will streamline your operations and provide the features most critical to self managed delivery services.

DeliveryTrack provides electronic signature capture for enhanced compliance and electronic tracking of returns for improved audit reports. Pharmacy delivery costs are significantly reduced through optimized routing, reducing excess fuel expenses and overtime pay, while tote scanning eliminates re-delivery issues.

The healthcare industry's 8th Annual Specialty Pharmacy Summit will return to the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 1 - May 4, 2012.

Armada Health Care established its Annual Specialty Pharmacy Summit in 2005 to provide a central forum for the rapidly evolving special pharmacy industry. The Summit is now considered the premier event for specialty pharmacy in the country. It enables channel participants across all disciplines to meet and share information and strategies on key topics and industry trends, including changes in therapies, regulatory concerns, reimbursement challenges, and more.

Attendees are able to evaluate new products and network with peers, payors and vendor partners. Participating specialty pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers have the unique opportunity to present their products, review pipeline developments, and secure mutually beneficial relationships with key decision makers in the fastest growing segment of the pharmaceutical industry. Attendees representing PBMs, major insurers, national distributors, and financial institutions have also recognized the value of establishing relationships within this dynamic segment of health care.

For more information on the Annual Specialty Pharmacy Summit visit our website by clicking on the link below, email summit@armadahealthcare.com or call (866) 766-4002.