Pharmacies & Distributors
Partnering with clients to build connected, efficient, and resilient value chains to enhance access, outcomes, and performance
Our experts, clinicians, pharmacists, and data scientists help clients strengthen every aspect of their business for a more agile, connected, and resilient healthcare network. In the pharmacy space, we help organizations streamline operations, improve access and adherence, and deploy digital solutions. We also help distributors optimize supply chains, sharpen demand forecasting, and enable reliable delivery of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and ancillary healthcare sectors, like dental.
HOW WE CAN HELP
Strategy for a shifting value chain
We help organizations navigate the potential impact of regulatory change, competitive disruption, and evolving customer needs with strategies that drive growth and performance.
Excellence in pharmacy services
We support retail and specialty pharmacies, infusion providers, and pharmacy benefit manager organizations in improving patient care and operational efficiency through automation, process redesign, and clinical optimization.
Pharmacy cost planning and management
We partner with organizations to develop sustainable cost strategies that support access and affordability.
Innovation across the value chain
We help clients drive innovations designed to improve healthcare delivery and patient experience.
Enhancing distributor potential
We help distributors accelerate growth, efficiency, and effectiveness through innovative business models, advanced analytics, M&A optimization, and AI-driven sales and supply chain strategies.
pharmacy spend reduction for payers served
annual decrease in provider spend in pharmacy supply chain among clients
CAPABILITIES
Pharmacy price-variability tool
Our stock-keeping unit (SKU) algorithm uses proprietary analytics to evaluate and optimize purchase order databases.
Pharmacy profit pools model
Our dynamic proprietary model forecasts revenue and EBITDA growth across the pharmacy value chain.
Forward-purchasing tool
Our analytics solution helps providers optimize inventory management ahead of anticipated product price changes.
Global pharmacy consumer survey
Our annual survey of 13,000 pharmacy customers across more than ten countries offers insights into consumer mindsets.
IM Pro (Inventory Management Pro)
Our AI-powered inventory tool predicts demand and corresponding inventory needs across pharmacy and distribution networks.
DoseTrack
Our analytics engine identifies medications with frequent dose changes, helping payers and patients reduce waste and improve medication management.
Pharmacy price-compare tool
Our rapid diagnostic tool assesses pharmacy purchasing across facilities to help identify incorrect contract pricing.
Network performance tool
Our benchmarking tool compares network performance—rebates, guarantees, and other financial terms—to market peers.
Pharmacy claims database
Our advanced analytics engine for commercial and government pharmacy claims provides deep insights into utilization, market share, and rate dynamics.
Peer benchmarking tool
Our peer benchmarking platform calculates medication possession ratio (MPR) and proportion of days covered (PDC) to benchmark adherence in therapeutic areas, pharmacies, and patient segments.
EXAMPLES OF OUR WORK
Transforming specialty pharmacy growth
Helped a specialty pharmacy service provider to transform its health system engagement model, reduce hospital customer onboarding times by 50 percent, develop a comprehensive training program for staff, and implement a refreshed go-to-market strategy to double the number of enterprise customers.
Optimizing retail pharmacy operations
Partnered with a large national retail pharmacy chain to identify and implement value-creating initiatives across inventory optimization, contracting, and patient retention. A 10 to 20 percent Rx EBITDA improvement opportunity across growth and operational levers was identified.
Enhancing specialty pharmacy access
Helped a large academic health system strengthen its specialty pharmacy program through revamped patient outreach and provider engagement efforts, automation of key workflows, and the expansion of strategic partnerships, increasing access to care for 20 percent more patients within 12 months.
Scaling payer pharmacy services
Supported a national payer scale its pharmacy and infusion services by defining an end-state operating model and integrating acquired assets, enabling 400 additional team members to be hired and several dispensing and nondispensing centers to be set up nationally, increasing the number of patients serviced by fivefold.
Healthcare insights that power innovation at scale
Our latest thinking on how healthcare leaders can translate strategy into measurable impact: advancing clinical excellence, elevating patient and member experience, unlocking AI-enabled value, and strengthening performance across the full ecosystem.