Pharmacy Buying Groups Report

Pharmacy Buying Groups were formed to provide independent pharmacies purchasing power with drug wholesalers. These groups have evolved to become full-service organizations to help independent pharmacies succeed in a market dominated by pharmacy benefit managers and chain drug stores.

A Pharmacy Services Administrative Organization (PSAO) interacts with healthcare insurers and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) on behalf of independent community pharmacies. A majority of the nearly independent community pharmacies in the U.S. voluntarily outsource some administrative services to a PSAO.

AMI’s 2022 Pharmacy Buying Group Report offers comprehensive intelligence on the leading pharmacy buying groups, both national and regional. Each buying group profile includes: company background, executives, programs and services, wholesaler and vendors, and recent activities.

Table of Contents

Pharmacy Buying Groups – pgs. 5-8

• Background
• Buying Group/Member Number/Preferred Wholesaler

Pharmacy Buying Group Profiles

• AAPA – pgs. 10-11
• Alliance GPO – pgs. 12-13
• AlliantRx – pgs. 14-16
• American Associated Pharmacies (AAP) – pgs. 17-19
• American Pharmacy Cooperative, Inc. (APCI) – pgs. 20-23
• American Pharmacy Purchasing Alliance (APPA) – pgs. 24-25
• American Pharmacy Services Corporation (APSC) – pgs. 26-27
• American Pharmacies (APRx) – pgs. 28-29
• AmerisourceBergen/Good Neighbor Pharmacy – pgs. 30-31
• Ascent Health Services – pgs. 32-33
• Asembia – pgs. 34-35
• Cardinal Health – pgs. 36-38
• CARE Pharmacies – pgs. 39-40
• Compliant Pharmacy Alliance – pgs. 41-42
• CVS Health/Zinc Health Services – pgs. 43-44
• EPIC Pharmacies – pgs. 45-47
• Federation of Pharmacy Networks (FPN) – pgs. 48-49
• Independent Pharmacy Alliance (IPA) – pgs. 50-51
• Independent Pharmacy Buying Group (IPBG) – pgs. 52-53
• Independent Pharmacy Cooperative (IPC) – pgs. 54-57
• Keystone Pharmacy Purchasing Alliance/PARD – pgs. 58-59
• Legacy Pharmacy Group (LPG) – pgs. 60-62
• Managed Health Care Associates, Inc. (MHA) – pgs. 63-65
• McKesson Corporation/HealthMart – pgs. – 66-69
• Nexus Pharmacy Alliance – pg. 70
• Northeast Pharmacy Service Corp. (NPSC) – pgs. 71-72
• Omega Pharmacy Group – pg. 73
• OptumRx/Emisar Pharma Services – pgs. 74-75
• PBA Health – pgs. 76-78
• Pharmacy Owners Alliance (POA) – pgs. 79-80
• Pharmacy Management Partners (PMP) – pgs. 81-82
• Pharmacy Providers of Oklahoma (PPOk) – pgs. 83-85
• PPSC USA LLC – pgs. 86-89
• Prescription Supply, Inc. – pgs. 90-91
• QualityCare Pharmacies – pg. 92
• Retail Procurement Alliance – pg. 93
• RxPlus Pharmacies, Inc. – pgs. 94-95
• Rx Sourcing Strategies – pgs. 96-97
• Smart-Fill Management Group – pgs. 98-99
• Southern Pharmacy Cooperative – pg. 100
• Thrifty White Affiliated Pharmacy Program – pgs. 101-102
• Trxade Health, Inc. – pgs. 103-105
• United Pharmacy Network (UPN) – pgs. 106-107
• Value Drug Company – pgs. 108-110
• VMC Pharmacy Program and Buying Group – pgs. 111-112
• Well-Served Pharmacy Community (WSPC) – pgs. 113-115