What is a specialty pharmacy?
A specialty pharmacy provides medicines that are different from traditional medicines. These medicines treat long-term, life-threatening or rare diseases. They work to slow down or reduce the damage caused by the condition, rather than just treating the symptoms.
URAC, an independent, nonprofit organization, is a well-known leader in promoting health care quality through its accreditation, education and measurement programs. URAC’s Specialty Pharmacy Accreditation provides an external validation of excellence in Specialty Pharmacy Management and provides Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) oriented processes that improve operations and enhance compliance What services are offered at Marshfield Clinic Specialty Pharmacy?
Insurance benefit coordination
Our team of pharmacy care coordinators is dedicated to verifying eligibility and obtaining approval from your insurance provider.
Payment assistance
Pharmacy Care Coordinators work with you to help identify possible payment assistance programs through a manufacturer or foundation related to your condition to help pay for your medicine.
Medicine adherence monitoring/Refill coordination
When you are due for a refill, a pharmacy care coordinator contacts you to check on how you are doing and coordinate delivery of your refill.
Education and support
Our specialty pharmacists speak with you to develop an individualized care plan and provide information regarding how to take your specialty medicine successfully. In addition, our pharmacists contact you for follow-up to ensure that your specialty medicine is safe and effective for you.
What are specialty medicines?
Specialty medicines may:
- Be given by injection or taken orally
- Cost more than traditional medicines
- Have special storage or handling requirements
- Need to be taken on a very strict schedule
- Have support programs and services available to help patients receive the most benefit from their medicine
Marshfield Clinic Specialty Pharmacy provides medicines for the following conditions:
- Arthritic disorders
- Blood disorders (Hematology)
- Cancer (Oncology)
- Crohn's disease
- Cystic fibrosis
- Growth Hormone Deficiency
- Hemophilia
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Organ Transplant
- Osteoporosis
- Psoriasis
- Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
- Viral Hepatitis
- and more!
Contact Specialty Pharmacy
To learn more about Marshfield Clinic Specialty Pharmacy or to find out if our services are right for you, call 1-800-782-8581 extension 18842 or fax 715-387-5608 or email
Specialty Pharmacy. Marshfield Clinic Specialty Pharmacy, 1000 N. Oak Avenue, Marshfield, Wisconsin 54449.
