BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy’s Successful ‘Pay It Forward’ Community Partnering Campaign Reaches Initial Goals; Program Extended
Altamonte Springs, FL (PRWEB) July 25, 2013 -- BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy (BioPlus), one of the nation’s leading specialty pharmacies, offers patients and prescribing physicians the 2-Hour Patient Acceptance Guarantee program that notifies physician offices in less than two hours whether referred patients are admitted (pending insurance qualifications) or are non-admitted and triaged to another pharmacy. This quick intake guarantee is paired with a community partnering “Pay It Forward” campaign in which BioPlus donates to non-profit patient foundations for every referral. The initial launch of Pay It Forward so quickly and successfully met internal goals that BioPlus is announcing that this program will be continued, to the further benefit of patient foundations and patients.
The Pay It Forward campaign at BioPlus has been joined with the 2-Hour guarantee since its launch in April 2013. With Pay It Forward, for every referral exceeding two hours BioPlus makes a donation in the referring physician’s name to a non-profit patient foundation. (A smaller donation is still made for every referral processed within the guaranteed time.)
“Only at BioPlus, with our 2-Hour Patient Acceptance Guarantee program, are referred patients admitted in less than two hours,” shares Elvin Montanez, Pharm.D., Senior Vice President at BioPlus. Most patients and doctors wait days to find out if other specialty pharmacies can fill their prescription, creating anxiety for patients and wasted time in follow-up calls for the physicians.
“Pay It Forward exceeded our – and our non-profit partners’ – expectations for success, with BioPlus donations for referrals allowing the patient foundations to help an even greater number of patients who would otherwise be unable to afford their specialty medications,” says Dr. Montanez. The non-profit patient foundations benefiting from Pay It Forward include the Patient Access Network (PAN) Foundation, the Chronic Disease Fund, and CancerCare.
About BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy
BioPlus is a pharmacist-owned, national specialty infusion pharmacy providing high-touch services and specialty pharmaceuticals for bleeding disorders, cancer, hepatitis C, immune deficiencies, neuromuscular disorders, and other complex, chronic conditions. BioPlus is licensed in all 50 states and accredited by URAC, VIPPS, and Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC). BioPlus is one of the nation’s largest independent specialty pharmacies; patients can contact the pharmacy toll free at 1-888-514-8082.
For information: http://www.bioplusrx.com or
Contact: info(at)bioplusrx(dot)com
Phone: 1-888-292-0744
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Denise Houston, BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy, http://www.bioplusrx.com, 407-830-8820 4275, [email protected]
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