Shields Health Solutions and UnityPoint at Home Extend Collaboration, Providing Patients and Families Enhanced Specialty Pharmacy Services
30 Julio 2024 - 6:05AM
Business Wire
Expanded partnership to accelerate continued
growth of specialty pharmacy and improve community care
Shields Health Solutions (Shields), the premier specialty
pharmacy accelerator in the country, announced today its expanded
partnership with UnityPoint at Home, a subsidiary of Iowa-based
UnityPoint Health. Building upon the existing partnership that
began in 2017, the enhanced collaboration will focus on extending a
specialty pharmacy program that provides patients with complex,
chronic conditions access to specialized pharmacy services designed
to lower costs, broaden treatment options, improve medication
management, and overall health.
The collaborative partnership between UnityPoint at Home and
Shields will offer expanded support services to meet the unique
needs of patients with complex chronic conditions. Shields’
expansive access to payer networks and complex drugs, including
recently approved and newly available drugs, will allow patients to
receive all their services through UnityPoint at Home with
increased access to specialty treatment options. Shields currently
partners with nearly 80 health systems around the country, helping
partners reduce co-pays, promptly receive medication delivery, and
improve medication adherence.
“UnityPoint at Home has been a highly valued partner for years,
and we are excited to expand our relationship with an organization
dedicated to providing outstanding care for complex patients,” said
Stephen West, CEO of Shields Health Solutions. “By securing access
to 90 percent of the limited distribution drugs that complex
patients need and opening the door to restricted payer networks,
our accelerated partnership will continue to create access to
affordable care, while improving therapy management and care
coordination for UnityPoint at Home’s patients.”
Headquartered near Des Moines, Iowa, UnityPoint at Home
coordinates the services, support, and education necessary for
individuals to continue their care at home with its network of
physicians, hospitals and clinics. Its specialty pharmacy program
is accredited by both the Utilization Review Accreditation
Commission (URAC) and the Accreditation Commission for Health Care
(ACHC).
“We are committed to delivering exceptional care for all
patients. Our partnership with Shields enhances our efforts to
consistently deliver a positive patient experience, including those
who need the most specialized care,” said Jenn Ofelt, President of
UnityPoint at Home. “We’re pleased to build upon our existing
relationship with Shields and leverage its expertise in the health
system specialty pharmacy industry.”
About Shields Health Solutions Shields Health Solutions
(Shields) is the premier specialty pharmacy accelerator in the
country. The Shields Performance Platform, an integrated set of
solutions, services and technology, is intentionally designed to
elevate payer and drug access for specialty pharmacies, elevate
health outcomes for complex patients, and elevate growth throughout
the entire health system. As the foremost experts in the health
system specialty pharmacy industry, Shields has a proven track
record of success including access to over 90 percent of all
limited distribution drugs (LDDs) and most (health insurance)
payers in the nation; and a clinical model proven to lower total
cost of care by 13%. In partnership with more than 80 health
systems across the country through national-scale collaboration,
Shields has a vested interest in delivering measurable clinical and
financial results for health systems. For more, follow us on social
media, @ShieldsRX, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube. Shields Health
Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Walgreens Boots Alliance
and employs more than 2,000 people across the country.
About UnityPoint at Home Dedicated to making it easier
for people to live well, UnityPoint at Home provides home health
care services in communities across Iowa and western Illinois, as
well as a growing specialty pharmacy that can provide medications
to patients in Iowa and surrounding states plus Arizona and
Florida. Part of UnityPoint Health, one of the nation's most
integrated health systems, UnityPoint at Home works together with
its physicians and hospitals to coordinate the services, support
and education necessary for individuals to continue their care at
home. Services include adult and pediatric nursing, hospice,
infusion therapy, rehabilitation therapy and home medical
equipment. More at unitypoint.org/homecare.
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