PharMerica, Inc. completed the acquisition of OnePoint Patient Care (OPPC) yesterday.
OPPC is one of the nation’s largest (and the largest non-payer owned) provider of dedicated hospice pharmacy and pharmacy benefits management (PBM) services, serving more than 350 unique hospice providers. OPPC is the only hospice pharmacy provider of scale offering same-day local dispensing and delivery through owned pharmacies, a key differentiator and enabler of optimal customer service. OPPC operates 15 pharmacy locations across the United States today. Its hub-and-spoke approach, including large pharmacies in Phoenix and Chicago, has allowed hospices and patients in multiple regions to benefit from OPPC’s flexible, timely and patient-centric local pharmacy model.
“We are thrilled to become part of the PharMerica family,” said Jeffrey S. Hohl, OPPC CEO, who will continue to lead the business under the OPPC name. “While our PBM platform and clinical tools provide highly valued cost containment solutions for hospices, it is our owned and operated hospice pharmacies that ensure our customers have one accountable pharmacy partner when it comes to patient care and service. Having direct control guarantees the pharmacy stocks the right hospice medications, compounds needed prescriptions, has clinically trained hospice pharmacists performing the dispensing, operates the hours that hospices need, and makes timely deliveries and more.”
“High-quality patient care is the foundation of OnePoint Patient Care,” commented Jim Otterbeck, OPPC Founder and Former Chair. “I truly believe that every vulnerable, end-of-life patient deserves the superior care that comes with same-day, local hospice pharmacy service. Our service-centric mission has been highly successful, as we’ve earned and maintained each of our hospice partner’s trust. I’m thrilled to entrust PharMerica to continue and expand our service legacy with our combined commitment to patients, people and high-quality processes. PharMerica’s entire leadership team has shown the same commitment to care, culture and local service that has been our reason for being for over three decades now.”
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PharMerica President Bob Dries said,“As a leading hospice pharmacy services provider, OnePoint will further enhance the company’s leadership position and market-leading service levels across pharmacy end markets and customer types. With PharMerica’s national footprint, we will now be able to dramatically accelerate bringing a comprehensive, customizable local hospice pharmacy service model to communities across the country. Both OnePoint and PharMerica share strong values and a focus on people, quality and our customers and patients.”
Source: Biospace