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Our Mission

"To work cooperatively with our clients and business partners in order to achieve solutions that surpass all expectations while building mutually beneficial long term relationships."

Our Values

Comprehensive and innovative solutions for our clients while maintaining individual honor and corporate integrity

“Best in class” service in a timely and courteous manner

A culture that promotes a positive work environment thereby creating effective and innovative problem solving for our clients

Responsible as individuals for our performance as well as being responsible for accomplishing our corporate goals

Building Innovative Pharmacy Solutions

Our Team

Script Strategies leaders are experts in pharmacy benefits, pharmacy law, contracts, and financial aspects of pharmacy healthcare.

Principals

Patrick Beck, BS Pharmacy, JD
Expertise: Drafting, review and negotiation of contracts, compliance, and auditing, commercial rebates and state Medicaid supplemental rebate programs, pharmacy provider network development and maintenance, development and maintenance of Maximum Allowable Cost (MAC) lists, and legislation and litigation. Development of employer group, pharmacy chain and Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) business strategies, cognitive value and generic incentive programs.

Jim Purtell, BBA, MBA
Expertise: Negotiation, bid processes and savings programs, financial analysis including modeling, inflation studies, and utilization review, development of contract databases, and preferred drug lists and supplemental rebates. Administration, and analysis in all major areas of pharmacy benefit management including manufacturer rebates, mail service pharmacy, claims processing, pharmacy reimbursement, pharmacy audits, prior authorization programs, and benefit design. Kellogg Negotiation Program.

Consultants

In order to provide services in all aspects of pharmacy healthcare, Script Strategies also contracts with the following teams of individuals:

Clinical Consultants
Information Systems Consultants
Marketing, Sales, and E-commerce Consultants

Clinical Consultants - specialize in formulary, preferred drug list, prior authorization and drug utilization review program development and implementation as well as specialty pharmaceutical programs.Expertise: Bid processes and savings programs, financial analysis including modeling, inflation studies, and utilization review, development of contract databases, and preferred drug lists and supplemental rebates. Negotiation, administration, and analysis in all major areas of pharmacy benefit management including manufacturer rebates, mail service pharmacy, claims processing, pharmacy reimbursement, pharmacy audits, prior authorization programs, and benefit design.

Medinat Akinbi, PharmD, MBA
Expertise: Specialty pharmacy programs, formulary and preferred drug list management, drug utilization review programs, step therapy programs, clinical and pharmacoeconomic analysis.

Tracy Harrell, RPh, PAHM
Expertise: Formulary and preferred drug list development and implementation, pharmacy and therapeutics committee management, prior authorization programs, off-label pharmaceutical information.

Michael Howcroft, BS RPh
Expertise: Pharmacy and therapeutics committee management, prior authorization management, disease management and health promotion programs, pharmacy and pharmacy benefit management audits.

Information Systems Consultants - work with pharmacoeconomic modeling, strategy development, pharmacy financial review, financial modeling and databases development.

Brian Demarest, BS Computer Science
Expertise: Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) strategy development tools, pharmacy financial software development, pharmacoeconomic modeling, Maximum Allowable Cost (MAC) list analysis tools, financial modeling.

Scott Siebert, BA Information Systems
Expertise: Development and implementation of pharmacy and pharmacy benefit management systems, development of reporting and financial tools development of formulary and rebate reporting tools, management systems and predictive models.

Christina Solomon, BA
Expertise: Data and Business Analysis, Financial Report Development, Database Development and Support, Request for Proposal Development and Review, Marketing and Sales Material Development

Marketing, Sales and E-commerce Consultants - focus on analysis, satisfaction surveys, e-commerce and Web design, targeted demographic identification and segmentation, communications and sales material development.

Sona Bhatt, MA, MBA
Expertise: pharmacy product and service integration and management, account management, pharmaceutical marketing and sales strategies, marketing and sales training and pharmacy program financial analysis.

Amy Foley, BS Business Administration
Exeprtise: Marketing and sales material development, analysis, and training; client satisfaction surveys, client questionnaires, targeted client identification for Third Party Administrators (TPAs) and Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), network development

Patrick Jak, BS Business Administration, PAHM
Expertise: E-business strategy, Web site design and development, pharmacy and operations marketing strategies, project planning and management, discount card product development, communications collateral development