Last week, McKesson announced the formation of Health Mart Atlas (HMA), a joint venture between McKesson’s Access Health business and American Pharmacy Network Solutions (APNS). Click here to read the press release.
The combination extends McKesson’s position as the largest pharmacy services administrative organization (PSAO). PSAOs are the awkwardly named intermediaries that operate between smaller pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), per our U.S. Distribution and Reimbursement System flowchart.
When the Arete Pharmacy Network was formed, in 2016, I predicted that the fragmented PSAO sector would begin a long-overdue consolidation. Given the PBM titans now sitting atop Mt. Olympus, the remaining PSAOs can’t shrug off Health Mart Atlas.
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