Press Releases | Pro Pharma Pharmaceutical Consultants, Inc.™

2020

6/24/20 Point-of-Sale Savings for The New Fiscal Year Are Possible

Pro Pharma's Suite of Tools and Targeted Action Plans Have Proven to Improve Budget Control and Reduce Trend, both Financially and Clinically for Over 32 Years!

2/19/20 Pro Pharma Announces the Latest and Greatest Version of JCode Calculator

Major Upgrades and Enhancements of Pro Pharma's Billing and Coding Web-Based Cloud Program

2019

12/11/19 Design and Maintain a Custom Cost-Based MAC for Oversight and Control of Generic Drug Pricing

Pro Pharma Announces MAC Pricing Solutions for Health Plans Providing a Transparent Solution Based on Cost with the Goal to Pass All Savings to the Plans and Their Patients

11/13/19 Pro Pharma Announces New Medical Specialty Rebates Program for Payers and Manufacturers

Announcing Our New Medical Specialty Rebate Program Which Provides Clients Complete Transparency to Medical Specialty Rebate Collections to Lower the Cost-of-Goods Sold

8/7/19 Looking Back to Predict the Future

Pro Pharma's philosophy is that you need to have a benchmark of utilization and performance by conducting a Retrospective Audit, in order to measure and set the bar for improvement.

7/8/19 Medical Specialty Analytics Can Work for You

Medical Specialty Management is Attainable with Targeted and Focused Analytics! Make Analytics work for you to increase efficiencies and decrease costs for Medical Specialty.

6/4/19 Fraud Waste & Abuse: Vigilant Oversight and Management Will Dictate Success!

Medical Specialty is Not the Management Problem That Is Advertised! Employers and Health Plans can review performance to make Specialty Rx more efficient, accurate and less costly.

3/5/19 Managing Medical Specialty is Not Complicated

Medical Specialty is Not the Management Problem That Is Advertised! Employers and Health Plans can review performance to make Specialty Rx more efficient, accurate and less costly.

2018

10/2/18 Pro Pharma Announces New Compliance Audits for Pharmacy Programs

Announcing Our State-Specific Compliance Audits for Pharmacy Programs to Ensure Consistency with State Rules and Regulations

9/25/18 Pro Pharma Announces New Medical Specialty Rebates Program for Payers and Manufacturers

Announcing Our New Medical Specialty Rebate Program Which Provides Clients Complete Transparency to Medical Specialty Rebate Collections to Lower the Cost-of-Goods Sold

5/23/18 Pro Pharma Announces Presentation of PBMI Webinar

Pro Pharma, in collaboration with PBMI will be presenting: "Headaches No More…Improving Parity in Medical Specialty Reimbursement." Learn what steps a Health Plan can take to make Medical Specialty Rx more efficient, accurate and less costly.

5/8/18 Pro Pharma Announces New Find–Target–Fix Method

Financial Analysis – Payers can identify cost drivers, prioritize targets, develop actionable solutions and options to get results and measurable savings utilizing their own data

3/2/18 Innovative Analyses to Solve Medical Claims Reimbursement Headaches

Medical Specialty Claims Reimbursement Should Not be a Problem for Employers and Health Plans. The objective is to review Health Plan performance to make Specialty Rx more efficient, accurate and less costly.

2017

12/13/17 Pro Pharma Announces Medical Specialty Pharmacy Analytics for Quick Problem Resolution

Announcing Our New Medical Specialty Pharmacy Analytics Which Allow Clients to Move Medical Specialty Pharmacy Problems to Solutions for Quick Cost Savings to Better Manage the Benefit

11/17/17 Assisting Clients with Actions for Change, Financially and Clinically

Pro Pharma Has Provided Management Tools for Benefit and Budget Management for Over 31 Years! Action Plans for Change Can Improve Budget Control and Reduce Trend

10/11/17 Pro Pharma Announces Their Specialty Injectable/JCode Calculator™ Pricing Update 3Q 2017

Pro Pharma is announcing major price changes in Specialty Injectables for 3Q 2016 vs. 3Q 2017 as brought about by the high cost of prescription drugs which drive up the cost of health care spending.

08/29/17 Fraud Waste & Abuse: Keep an Eye on the "Prize" for Oversight and Management

Pro Pharma Provides a Multidisciplinary Approach to FWA Detection to Deal with a Growing Problem Affecting Healthcare Budgets Today!

07/26/17 Analytics at Your Fingertips - Let Us Guide You to Becoming Your Own Analyst

Pro Pharma Has Provided Analytics for our Clients for over 30 Years. With Our New Custom Reporting, Now You Can Be an Analyst and Design Your Own Custom Reports.

05/25/17 Pro Pharma's Pro Pharma Talks Expands to Twitter

On Wednesday, May 31th, 2017 at 12:00 pm (Pacific) Pro Pharma will be broadcasting its first Pro Pharma Talks Twitter Live on @ProPharma, hosted by Alex Hernandez with commentary from Dr. Craig Stern.

04/11/17 Pro Pharma's Pro Pharma Talks Expands to YouTube Live

After 25 episodes on Facebook Pro Pharma Talks expands to the YouTube Live Platform, with a new host.

03/30/17 Pro Pharma Launches Newest Version of JCode Calculator™

Pro Pharma Launches JCode Calculator™ 3.0 – a Standardized Injectable Fee Schedule to assist with management of claims payment of injectables, vaccines, immunizations, cancer therapeutic agents, and enteral feedings.

02/28/17 Pro Pharma Launches Newly Updated and Redesigned Customer-Friendly Website

Pro Pharma's Website is designed to provide the ultimate user-friendly experience with improved navigation and functionality, allowing visitors to access service/product information but be able to share information across major social network.

2016

05/12/16 Pro Pharma Announces New Medical Specialty Analytical Report

Medical Specialty Analyses by Following Claim Adjudication Rules and Targeting Best Practices Leads to Significant Cost Savings.

04/27/16 Pro Pharma Introduces Information Exchange Hub: RxInfoX

Pro Pharma Pharmaceutical Consultants, Inc. is pleased to announce RxInfoX, the new information exchange hub.

03/03/16 Healthcare Data Analytics Internship Now Offered at Pro Pharma

Pro Pharma is proud to offer a new and unique internship for pharmacy students, entitled “Healthcare Data Analytics Internship."

2015

11/17/15 Pro Pharma Launches Newly Redesigned Mobile and User Friendly Website

Pro Pharma’s Website is designed to provide the ultimate user-friendly experience with improved navigation and functionality. Allowing visitors to not only access product information but be able to share information across major social networking

10/01/15 ICD-9 to ICD-10 Forward and Backward Conversion Tool

Pro Pharma's JCode Calculator™ offers ICD-10 codes for pre-certs and utilization management need

09/16/15 PhRMA Analytical Tools to Move From Targeting to Managing

Using math and science to solve healthcare problem. Make risk sharing less of a risk.

08/26/15 Specialty Rx Cost Savings through Utilization Management

Pharmacy Benefit Analyses Provide Thorough Explanations and Recommendations of Findings to PBM/Specialty Medication Contract Review and Negotiations to provide effective projections for the future.”

06/16/15 Underutilization of Data & Analytical Tools in the Health Care Industry

Improving efficiency and quality through analytics, the key is turning raw data into meaningful information.”

06/04/15 Pro Pharma’s Webinar on Specialty Program Design Now Available

Specialty Medication in Today’s Healthcare Environment” is now available for free download in both video and pdf format.

05/21/15 Establishing In-House Data Analytical Systems

Organizations are focusing more on utilizing relevant internal data and multiple resources to develop in-house analytical expertise, versus outsourcing

05/07/15 Pro Pharma’s Educational Team recognized for “Giving Back to Pharmacist Educational Practice”

“Introducing students to their role as a Pharmacist in the healthcare community can be the on of the most rewarding and satisfying experiences of your professional career”, states Dr. Craig Stern, President of Pro Pharma

04/13/15 Pro Pharma Announces Their Spring Educational Series

“Specialty Medication in Today’s Healthcare Environment,” an exclusive webinar presented by Craig Stern, PharmD, MBA.

04/08/15 Specialty Drug Decision Making Tool

Pro Pharma Announces Specialty Drug Decision Making Tool: More Than 20 Years of Experience -- Pro Pharma JCode Calculator™ is a complete and exhaustive Resource Guide of HCPCS/CPT codes, including all drug specific codes, including FDA Alerts.

03/25/15 Big Data Analytics Available to Everyone

The majority of healthcare organizations identify that analytics is a global industry weakness. Pro Pharma’s Analytical Team (29 years of experience) provides analytical expertise and solutions for managing Healthcare Medical & Pharmacy Benefit

02/18/15 Pro Pharma Announces MAC Pricing Solutions for Medicare/Medicaid Managed Care

Monitoring of Medicaid/Medicare benefits require timely interventions, including MAC compliance with State Medicaid MAC and the federal FUL. Part D variance in claim adjudication must be corrected more timely to avoid unnecessary penalties

02/03/15 Pro Pharma Announces JCode Calculator™ Comparative Pricing Update 2013 to 2014

Major price changes in Specialty Injectables for 2013 vs. 2014

2014

12/09/14 Pro Pharma Announces a Comprehensive Management Tool for Pharmacy Invoices

Pro Pharma’s Invoice Screens™ including Part D Workbook™ tracks all elements of Part D: every invoice monthly, quarterly, and yearly to ensure that clients are aware of Part D non-compliance in Claim Adjudication- almost as fast as it happens

11/19/14 Pro Pharma Announces Comprehensive Specialty Analyses™

Increase Efficiencies & Reduce the High Cost of Specialty Medication Utilization

11/04/14 Pro Pharma Announces JCode Calculator™ 3Q-2014 Pricing Update

This “Pricing Tool” is for claims and billing professionals and provides improved efficiencies with an up-to-date Crosswalk Tool which saves resources, time and money.

07/23/14 Pro Pharma Announces Tools for Increasing Quality and Decreasing Pharmacy Drug Spend

Pro Pharma’s Quality Management Program™ has demonstrated definitively that reducing Variance and thereby Improving Quality does lower Pharmacy Trend and Spend

03/13/14 Pro Pharma Announces Innovative Solutions for Organizational Analytical Deficiencies

The majority of healthcare organizations identify that analytics is a global industry weakness. Pro Pharma’s Transition Team for past 27 years provides analytical expertise for managing organizational Healthcare Medical and Pharmacy Benefits