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About Walgreens Specialty Pharmacies
Nurse referrals to pharmacy can help reduce side effects as a result of deprescribing, improve patient medication adherence, decrease costs, reduce hospitalizations, and improve quality of life.1
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Oncology care and the role of specialty pharmacies
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Saving by the numbers
41 million
underinsured patients in the U.S.1
We team up with charitable assistance programs and other sources of financial aid to:
Prevent serious financial hardship
Support and encourage medication adherence
Alleviate a burden on the healthcare system
Up to
100%
copay costs covered2
$0-$51
mean copay per patient, per year2
Results of a study conducted in partnership with one charity partner involving 1,572 underinsured patients who received financial aid, facilitated by Walgreens.
$536M
in financial assistance
connected to eligible patients in 20243
For full study details, visit go.walgreenshealth.com/specialtyprovider
To learn more, contact your Walgreens specialty pharmacy representative.
Learn about Walgreens oncology-specialized pharmacies
1. Underinsured rate increased sharply in 2016; more than two of five marketplace enrollees and a quarter of people with employer health insurance plans are now underinsured [press release]. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund; October 18, 2017. http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/press-releases/2017/oct/underinsured-press-release. Accessed December 24, 2019. 2. Zhu J, Odebralski R, Boghani S, et al. A descriptive study of patients receiving foundational financial assistance through local specialty pharmacies. Am J Manag Care. 2018;24(suppl 5):S80-S84. 3. Combined data across all disease states for Walgreens and AllianceRx Walgreens Pharmacy. 2024.
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