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Stellus Rx shares cost-savings results tied directly to pharmacist-led clinical support
Houston, we have liftoff. In this case, it wasn’t exactly sending astronauts to the moon … but amid the 4,000+ managed care pharmacy professionals on-site at AMCP 2025 in Houston this week, there was a palpable sense of growth, change and ascension in the role that pharmacy should play in improving health outcomes and costs.
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Tony Willoughby Of Stellus Rx On 5 Things We Must Do To Improve the US Healthcare System
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American Pharmacists Month: Moments that have mattered in my career as a pharmacist
My friend and colleague Amy Christen recently shared a couple reflections of her career as a pharmacist. It got me thinking about the 20+ years I’ve spent as a pharmacist: About how proud I am to have followed in my dad’s footsteps … about how my pharmacist mindset has stuck with me, even as I’ve transitioned to roles with less clinical, less patient-facing work … about the impact our pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are making in patients’ lives.
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American Pharmacists Month: Moments that have mattered in my career as a pharmacist
October is American Pharmacist Month. October 15 was National Pharmacy Technician Day. So if you’re an organization like Stellus Rx, which employs more than 115 pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, this is definitely a month to celebrate the role that pharmacists and pharmacy technicians play in the health of people throughout our country.
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Medical Economics: Expanding Pharmacy’s Role in Value-Based Care with CEO, Tony Willoughby
How can pharmacists propel value-based care performance ... all while improving patient health? CEO Tony Willoughby shares insights for what a pragmatic, scalable model looks like.
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MedCity News: Shifting Focus from Medication Costs to Medication Value with CEO, Tony Willoughby
To realize true, sustainable savings in total cost of care, the healthcare system needs to reconsider the support — or lack of support — it provides throughout patients’ medication experiences and the snowball effect that creates on a lifetime of healthcare costs.
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Physicians Group of Southeastern Ohio Drives Adherence Performance through Partnership with Stellus Rx
In this interview with Dr. Williams, we explore how her medical group continues to succeed in value-based care through adaptation, innovation and partnership.
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Dr. Stephen Buksh, Northeast Tarrant Internal Medicine Associates in Texas (Part 2)
In part two of this two-part interview, Dr. Stephen Buksh—a physician at Northeast Tarrant Internal Medicine Associates (NETIMA)— discusses the additional value his practice has received through its work with Stellus Rx, the value of team-based care and how he is able to reframe patients’ minds about receiving more high-touch care.
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Palmetto Primary Care Physicians Unlocks Medication Adherence Performance in Six Months with Stellus Rx
Working in partnership with Stellus Rx, South Carolina-based Palmetto Primary Care Physicians (PPCP) went from “year after year” of 2- and 3-star performance in HEDIS medication adherence measures to 4- and 5-stars in 90% of medication adherence measures within the first six months of work together.
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Dr. Stephen Buksh, Northeast Tarrant Internal Medicine Associates in Texas (Part 1)
In this new series from Stellus Rx, we’re exploring the perspectives and insights from our physician partners—healthcare providers who have dedicated their lives toward improving the lives of others. First in the series is Dr. Stephen Buksh, a physician at Northeast Tarrant Internal Medicine Associates (NETIMA), who has been in private practice in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for more than 25 years. In part one of this two-part interview, Dr. Buksh shares some of the common challenges his patients face in their health journeys … how he and his practice have worked to deliver a more connected and relationship-driven care experience … and the value that he and his patients have seen in their collaborative work with the pharmacists at Stellus Rx.