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Specialty Oncology Network Pharmacy
and Dispensing Program
You can generate practice growth and increase convenience for your patients with
ION Solutions’ Specialty Oncology Network (SON). The number of oral oncology
medications and supportive care products continues to grow. Your practice can capture
the revenue that is being lost to retail and specialty pharmacies. ION Solutions has a
dispensing program that meets the needs of your oncology practice, regardless of size.
With 800 physicians in SON, 12 pharmacy benefit contracts in place, and a nine-year
history of market-leading pharmacy services, ION Solutions’ Specialty Oncology Network
is positioned to help you recognize additional revenue, improve efficiencies, and
advance patient care. Our team of pharmacists will work with you to determine and
implement one of two options:
The SON exists to help community oncology practices successfully optimize in-practice
dispensing services. In fact, 80 percent of all dispensing oncology practices are part
of SON. For more information, please visit
iononline.com
or email
> Licensed Pharmacy
> Physician Dispensing
> Both options enable practices to:
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Generates revenue
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Saves patients travel time while increasing compliance
Although this option depends on individual state regulations and requires a
pharmacist on staff, ION Solutions can help you determine if your practice
writes enough prescriptions to support an onsite retail pharmacy.
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Physicians choose which medications to stock and dispense in the office,
without an on-staff pharmacist
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Available in all states except Massachusetts, Montana, Texas, and Utah
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Provide medications under the pharmacy benefit of a patient’s insurance
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Forge new avenues for growth while creating a one-stop care environment
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Increase provider visibility
Why consider physician
dispensing?
> More than 30% of oncology
drugs in the pipeline are oral
> It increases patient
convenience
> It improves outcomes
through better compliance
and side effect management
> Insurance companies are
driving more items to the
pharmacy benefit
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