Mid-America Highlights
Volume 6, Issue 10 ... April 29, 2016
New Business WINS
Monthly Volume $230K
~Hoffman Drug / Mark Amundson
Monthly Volume $100K
~Red Cross LTC Pharmacy / Jason Simmons
Monthly Volume $500K
~Redline Pharmacy Solutions / Jeff Beins
Monthly Volume $25K
Congratulations to...
Great work Lance!
New Program Enrollments
Mark Amundson / Julie Thibodeau
- Marsden Pharmacy
- Waconia Clinic Pharmacy
Mark Amundson / Victoria Rostratter
- Hoffman Drug
Managed Care
Mark Amundson
- Marsden Pharmacy
- Waconia Pharmacy
Med Sync
Lance Mindt
- Medicine Shoppe Jamestown
Recon Complete
Jason Simmons
- Infinity Endeavor
Reimbursement Consulting Services
Mark Amundson
- Roger's Family Pharmacy
Darcia Anderson
- Medicine Shoppe #2065
Mike Hope
- Elk Horn Pharmacy
First Script
David Burnett, Lance Mindt & Jason Simmons
- Genoa, A QOL Healthcare (5 sites total)
Jason Simmons
- Partners Pharmacy
Drake Pharmacy School Interviews
Last Friday three members of the KC North Team, Ginger Hibbert, Mike Hope and Julie Thien, were onsite at Drake Pharmacy School to participate on the Cardinal Health Independent Pharmacy Scholarship panel. There were many applicants for the two $25,000 independent pharmacy scholarships given by Drake Pharmacy School.
In an effort to narrow down to the the best of the best five candidates were interviewed for the scholarship. They are happy to say they awarded one to a student who is working under a junior partnership today and has plans to purchase the pharmacy in the next few years after graduation. His ideas for the future of pharmacy were what won them over and how he had great business ideas to implement for outcomes and profitability.
The second recipient is someone is a female with great aspirations to own her own pharmacy. She had excellent people skills and is currently interning as a remote MTM advisor for NuCara Pharmacies. She attended the PTS townhall and is eager to learn more.
PTS Town Hall - Grand Island, NE
Tuesday night was the kick-off for the Kansas City North teams PTS tour staring in Grand Island, NE.
Genevieve Johnson coupled with Toby Yearms from Wealth Advisors. They took the stage to present ideas and strategies pertaining to transitioning in ownership and wealth strategies.
For about an hour, the audience of 9 stores frantically took notes. This was a great event for the state of Nebraska and Jeff Beins was able to recruit not only current customers but 2 additional MCK prospects.
PTS Tour - Stop #2
Again, Gen Johnson and Toby Yearms were instrumental in talking about strategies pertaining to transition and wealth.
On this stop, there were approximately eight accounts in attendance, along with many Pharm D candidates from Drake University.
Tulsa and OKC Town Halls
Cardinal Health sponsored Managed Care Town Halls in Tulsa and Oklahoma City in April. The Town Halls gave customers and prospects a comprehensive look at how to improve pharmacy performance, medication adherence, and much more.
Sarah Yandell and Matt Gardner covered the Medicare Star Ratings process as it relates to the quality of medication use; explained the implications of Star Ratings on Health Plans and PBMs and how they are responding; defined Medication Adherence, typical barriers to adherence, and the impacts of poor adherence; described strategies for elevating patient care and improving performance; and discussed the potential for a competitive advantage for community pharmacies that focus on quality.
Both Tulsa and Oklahoma City had wonderful attendance at the Town Halls. There were around 35-40 customers, prospects, and Cardinal Health employees at each event.
The Kansas City South team would like to thank Sarah Yandell, Matt Gardner, and Katlynn Bey for helping pharmacy owners better understand the complexity of managed care so they can thrive, not just survive.
FEC is FUN!
Stay tuned for the next Highlights which will feature some of the key points / takeaways from our LMCs.
Customer Service News
From the desk of Jerry Murrel:
"The latest survey from sales revealed teams are spending less time performing customer service work. The survey revealed just about an hour was returned to the sales team. This is a sign that the quick wins that were put into place are working. The black belt is in the analyze phase of the DMAIC process and the team is confident that we will reveal other tasks and activities that will further reduce the amount of time sales spends on customer service activities.
We understand there is a problem with our emails to our customers. Customer service is beginning the process of looking into this issue and finding out what our major pain points are with emails. Once again, we are confident that we will find the necessary resolutions."
Take Your Child to Work Day, Volume 2
Jason Simmons had such an AHMAZING day yesterday with his oldest daughter Olivia.
This was their second year to participate in the National Take Your Child To Work Day, and they spent a wonderful 12 hours together!
In that span of time they visited 5 pharmacies, and saw another whopping 120 road Kill!
From the desk of Jason......
"This more than an opportunity to visit my accounts. It is a yearly opportunity to reconnect with my daughter with some much needed one-on-one time. We laughed, sang, ate Chinese, had some ice cream and had the great opportunity to show how women stack up in the world as business owners.
It is so important to me to instill in her at a young age that she can and will do anything that men can do. She informed me that she was aware of this because just on Wednesday some boy at school gave her a hard time about running in PhyEd and so she beat him in the sprinting exercise they had to do.
She was very bored with my job as she has no intention to follow in my footsteps but she gets the idea that I am trying to lay out for her. She is a tough, strong, intelligent 12 year old girl and I am excited to see what she does in the world!
The fortune cookie fortune was an added bonus. This is something I didn’t even know I was learning! It’s so true that when we don’t get what we want (which is more often than not) we learn a new way to get what we want or find a new path.
We had such a great day and can hardly wait till next year."
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!
You have definitely been an instrumental part of the Mid-America team, and will be missed tremendously! Your knowledge, passion, humor and hard work will be extremely hard to replace. We all know you will take your Cardinal wings and soar where ever your career takes you. <3
Happy (belated) Birthday and Anniversary to........
and
Becky Gillenwater whose 8th year Cardinal anniversary was on 4/25/08.