Specialty Pharmacy Access Program

Specialty Medication Access
& Biologic Therapy Management

A compliance-first approach to managing high-cost, high-complexity therapies through URAC-accredited, 340B-covered specialty pharmacy partnerships — combining dispensing with patient management, quality oversight, and regulatory controls.

HIPAA-CompliantAudit-ReadyReferral-Neutral
13+
Specialties
19,000+
Medications
50+
ICD-10 Families
24hr
PA Submission

Program Purpose

Built to reduce friction, not add to it

Help physicians and patients gain safe, timely, and affordable access to high-cost medications through licensed specialty pharmacy partnerships — combining dispensing with patient management, quality oversight, and regulatory controls.

No cost to your practice

No fee, subscription, or financial commitment is required to participate.

Prior authorizations, eliminated

The pharmacy team owns PA and insurance verification end-to-end — your staff never has to file, track, or follow up.

Direct patient support

Patients work directly with pharmacy staff for delivery, coverage questions, and ongoing monitoring.

Electronic enrollment

The CDTM agreement is signed digitally in minutes. No in-person meeting or paperwork required.

Scope of Therapies

Biologics & Biosimilars
Complex protein-based therapies
Injectable Medications
Self-administered specialty drugs
Infused Therapies
Office or home-administered infusions
Immunotherapy & Oncology
Specialty immunology treatments

Coverage

13+ specialties supported

The program supports therapies across more than 13 specialty areas with formulary access confirmed by the dispensing pharmacy.

OncologyRheumatologyGastroenterologyDermatologyNeurologyPulmonologyCardiologyEndocrinologyImmunologyOphthalmologyNephrologyPsychiatryUrologyHematologyInfectious DiseasePediatrics

Compliance & Legal

Built on a compliance-first foundation

Every aspect of this program is designed to meet or exceed federal compliance standards.

Fair-market-value compensation — commercially reasonable and fully documented

No payment for referrals — no compensation tied to patient or Rx referrals

No percentage-based compensation — no revenue-sharing arrangements with physicians

HIPAA & data security — formalized privacy agreements (BAAs) and documentation controls

Anti-Kickback Statute — mandatory analysis for all federal program business

340B compliance — strict covered-entity and patient-eligibility rule adherence

URACACHCNABPAMCPASHP

Enrollment

How enrollment works

Simple, electronic enrollment — no in-person meetings required.

1

Physician signs collaboration agreement

2

Physician prescribes medication

3

Portal verifies insurance & obtains prior authorization

4

Patient has pharmacy telehealth visit

5

Medication shipped direct to patient with full tracking

For Pharmacy Partners

Turn pharmacy access into expanded clinical services

Community pharmacies are among the most accessible points of care in the country. Ellward Health helps independent, community, and specialty pharmacies do more with that access — identifying clinical service and payer program opportunities, confirming what each one actually requires, and building the operational workflow to deliver them.

Medicaid & commercial payer programsClinical pharmacy servicesMedication & disease managementPreventive care & immunizationsLaboratory servicesCare navigation & population healthProvider collaboration
1

Identify

Surface the clinical services and payer programs your pharmacy may be positioned to offer.

2

Confirm

Review state, payer, enrollment, credentialing, and billing requirements before committing resources.

3

Build

Stand up the documentation, workflows, and clinical capabilities participation requires.

4

Launch & grow

Begin delivering services, then expand into additional programs, services, and states.

Opportunities vary by state, payer, program, provider qualifications, and enrollment status — and requirements change. Ellward distinguishes confirmed, actionable opportunities from those that still require verification, so your pharmacy never commits resources on assumptions.

Providers evaluating clinical-service opportunities in their own practice data can learn more about our Provider Opportunity Intelligence assessment.

Ready to enroll your practice?

Contact our team — enrollment is electronic and there is no cost to participate.