MAITLAND, Fl., January 6, 2025 – CarepathRx, a leader in pharmacy and medication management solutions, is proud to announce a specialty pharmacy partnership with Nashville General Hospital (NGH), a 150-bed, essential hospital and health system based in Nashville, Tenn. As part of this agreement, CarepathRx will partner with (NGH) to build and execute a comprehensive specialty pharmacy program with staff services including financial assistance, counseling, prior authorizations, and more.
Serving as the index teaching hospital of Meharry Medical College, NGH is a cornerstone of healthcare in Nashville. The hospital features a Level III Trauma Center, a Cancer Center, and offers over 25 primary and specialty service lines. Annually, NGH serves more than 35,000 unique patients and facilitates over 80,000 visits across its emergency room and clinics. Guided by its mission to improve the health and wellness of the Nashville community, NGH is committed to providing equitable access to coordinated, patient-centered care – including specialty pharmacy services.
“For more than century, Nashville General Hospital has provided comprehensive healthcare services built on integrity, accountability and accessibility,” said Joseph Webb, D.Sc., MSHA, FACHE, Chief Executive Officer, at Nashville General Hospital. “This new partnership with CarepathRx expands our patient services to improve continuity of care with access to specialty therapies from providers our patients know and trust.”
“Expanding pharmacy services to include the industry’s most clinically advanced, profitable specialty pharmacy program allows Nashville General Hospital to broaden the exceptional care they provide to the community,” said Jonathan Van Lare, PharmD, Vice President of Specialty Pharmacy Services, CarepathRx.
CarepathRx and Nashville General Hospital will officially launch specialty pharmacy services in February 2024.
About CarepathRx
CarepathRx is transforming pharmacy care delivery for health systems and hospitals, delivering improved patient outcomes that drive clinical, quality, and financial results. Through the industry’s most comprehensive, end-to-end hospital pharmacy care delivery model, CarepathRx is turning hospital pharmacy into an active care management strategy and revenue generator while providing support across the patient’s complete healthcare journey. The company takes an enterprise approach, providing a powerful combination of technology, market-leading clinical pharmacy services, and wrap-around services that optimize pharmacy performance across the enterprise for fully integrated pharmacy operations, expanded healthcare services, improved ambulatory access, minimized clinical variation and new health system revenue streams. Today, CarepathRx serves more than 20 health systems and 600 hospitals, with more than 900 employees nationwide. For more information about CarepathRx, visit www.carepathrxllc.com.
About Nashville General Hospital
For more than a century, Nashville General Hospital has been serving the community as a steadfast beacon of care and compassion — making outstanding, comprehensive health care accessible to all. Here, all are welcomed, and all are treated equally. We serve as a lifeline for the health needs of our Nashville community. Your well-being is our primary concern — and our experienced and skilled professionals are here to nurture both health and hope. Every day, we earn the trust of our neighbors through our integrity, accountability, and accessibility. We look forward to another hundred years of providing the care and respect our patients and their families deserve. For more information, visit: https://nashvillegeneral.org/