About Us
UMass Medical School’s Clinical Pharmacy Services offers comprehensive prescription drug management services to state and federal agencies, pharmacy benefit managers, managed care organizations, and correctional health programs. First established in 1999 to provide drug utilization review services for Massachusetts Medicaid, we have become an industry leader in both service delivery and consultancy.
Clinical Pharmacy Services is recognized for providing unparalleled clinical expertise to a wide client base. Our flexible, customized solutions enable us to improve patient outcomes with effective cost-containment strategies.
Our pharmacists come to Clinical Pharmacy Services with backgrounds in public and private health care organizations, community pharmacy practice, institutional pharmacy, ambulatory care, the pharmaceutical industry, and academia. This experience enables them to better understand and focus on our clients’ specific needs, ensuring superior provider education and quality patient outcomes in a broad range of areas:
- Clinical drug information
- Clinical programs
- Market intelligence
- Operational support
- Quality assurance
- Utilization management
As a division of UMass Medical School, Clinical Pharmacy Services is in the unique position to benefit from the clinical and research resources of one of the nation’s leading academic health science centers. This valuable relationship has allowed us to expand our customizable service lines even while our client base has been growing exponentially.