PharmMD in the News

Join Cyndi Barham, Senior Director of Quality Initiatives at PharmMD, at the Star Ratings Symposium on February 27-28, 2012 in Anaheim, CA.

Join PharmMD's Chief Clinical Officer, Brad Tice, PharmD at the 9th Annual Medicare Congress taking place February 6-8, 2012 in Orlando. This is the largest and most sought after conference focused solely on Medicare Advantage.

Nashville Medical News, By: SHARON H. FITZGERALD, Medication therapy management is on the upswing, gaining in popularity with patients, providers and payers alike. That’s according to a 2011 MTM Industry Trend Report released in late September by Nashville-based PharmMD.

Ingram Industries Cuts Healthcare Costs and Achieves Multi-Year ROI With Innovative Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Program Summary Ingram Industries Inc., based in Nashville, Tennessee, is one of America’s largest privately held companies. It consists of diversified businesses in marine transportation, aggregate supply, book distribution, print on demand book manufacturing, and digital storage, management and distribution services. Ingram’s businesses are in two operating units: Ingram Marine Group and Ingram Content Group. It’s also a trendsetter when it comes to employee benefits, offering a suite of innovative wellness programs to help its staff lead healthier lives. Despite such forward-thinking practices, Ingram found itself wrestling with rising healthcare costs in 2007. In fact, the company had averaged significant increases across its 5,000-employee population several years in a row, and prescription drug use was a contributing factor.

BY: Joanne Makosinski Will a GMC report raise serious concerns about the accuracy of prescribing in hospitals turn the tide in favour of e-Prescribing? Stephen Goundrey-Smith, author of the seminal Principles of Electronic Prescribing, speaks about where we go from there.

PharmMD offers a comprehensive MTM program that exceeds the requirements for MTM set forth by CMS and pharmacy professional organizations. Clients working with PharmMD receive customizable MTM solutions that support the healthcare strategy provided through existing health benefits.

JULY 19, 2010: By R. Pete Vanderveen wsj.com Many worry there won't be enough physicians to care for the estimated 30 million more patients who will be insured under the health law passed earlier this year. The Association of American Medical Colleges estimates a shortage that could reach 150,000 doctors by 2025.

November 3, 2010 by April Wortham Three days after being discharged from the hospital, a man learns the insulin he is taking to control his diabetes is five times too strong. The physician had written the right dosage on the prescription. But because of a disconnect between the hospital and the pharmacy, he was given the wrong syringe. For PharmMD's CEO Samuel "Bo" Bartholomew, it's more than a story. It's a real-life example of the kind of intervention that his Brentwood-based medication therapy management company does every day.

Oct. 31, 2010 abcnews.go.com By Emily P. Walker MedPage Today Washington Correspondent The report, released by the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) found that there was a major increase in hospital discharges from effects of both prescription and over-the-counter medications, as well as illegal drugs, among adults ages 45 and older.

Thursday, December 10, 2009, 12:54pm CST | Modified: Thursday, December 10, 2009, 12:57pm Nashville Business Journal - by April Wortham Staff Writer Brentwood-based PharmMD Solutions LLC revealed today a $8.8 million infusion from private equity investors The Riverside Company and FCA Venture Partners IV. Harpeth Capital served as financial advisor to PharmMD on the funding round, which closed in early November.