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Servicing over 2,300 independent pharmacies, Pharmacy First is a solutions resource as well as an informational hub. In addition to our contracting and credentialing services, offered through our PSAO, we offer additional solutions to help your pharmacy remain competitive.

PSAO partnership and support will be more important than ever for community pharmacies in the coming year, as they stay on the front lines of addressing the pandemic and continue to provide services that go beyond their traditional role. Pharmacy First has set the highest standard in the industry as the first and only PSAO to earn URAC accreditation as a Credentials Verification Organization.

At Arete Pharmacy Network, the quality department’s primary purpose is to coach member pharmacies on individual quality performance and the subsequent impact on the network. Want to learn how we add value to both individual and aggregate quality performance? Download our e-book.

Kraig McEwen, CEO of RedSail Technologies, LLC, spoke with ComputerTalk’s Maggie Lockwood about the company’s vision for the independent pharmacy market as its portfolio increases to include three major software players. With a long background in healthcare technology, McEwen sheds light on the importance of scale for independent pharmacy, as well as innovative technology platforms that respond to the healthcare trends toward value-based care.

A major contributor to the success of Memorial Hospital’s outpatient pharmacy expansion is also the smallest and simplest: a Kirby Lester KL1Plus verification-plus-counting device for prescription verification and counting.

TRHC's Farah Madhat and Robert Alesiani on the tools community pharmacies are deploying to support the unprecedented efforts to roll out COVID-19 vaccines. From patient scheduling and intake to second-dose management, reporting, and community education, learn about how pharmacists are making it all work.

Eyad Farah, a 10-year veteran of McKesson, was named president of Health Mart last October. Farah shares his optimism for the future of pharmacy and his thoughts on why it’s important that pharmacy owners adopt new practice procedures.

The reimbursement battle between pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) continues stronger than ever. PBMs continue to set predatorial maximum allowable costs (MACs). How has the industry responded to this, and are the responses of any help to independent pharmacies? Explore the benefits and utility of some of the programs.

Since graduating from pharmacy school, Chrissy Barr, Pharm.D., owner of the Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy in North Little Rock, Ark., has used the RxMaster system and continues to be impressed by the customer service and the company’s commitment to adding new features.

Vaccines are severely underutilized in America, especially among adults and high-risk patients. Independent pharmacies can help combat this issue by providing vaccine education and convenient community immunization programs, while expanding their business, promoting well-being of their patients, and having a positive impact on the overall healthcare landscape.