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Surescripts
Specialty Medications
Streamline prescribing & fulfillment for timely treatment
Reduce paperwork and costs with trusted health intelligence
Specialty medications can change lives—but they come with a high price tag and require unique expertise. Slow access to critical data, outdated technology and manual processes can all stand in the way of starting treatment.
Surescripts delivers the trusted intelligence healthcare professionals need to get specialty medications to patients quickly, with less paperwork and lower costs.
21 million
e-prescriptions processed for specialty medications in 20231
$785
average savings per specialty prescription with Real-Time Prescription Benefit1
Nearly 2 days
cut from average time to fill for one large specialty pharmacy with Specialty Medications Gateway2
Key products to simplify the specialty medication journey
Specialty Medications Gateway
Give specialty pharmacists clear, comprehensive patient information without relying on the prescriber. Expedite enrollment and manage therapy by automating clinical information gathering.
Eligibility
Let prescribers and specialty pharmacies check patient benefit coverage in real time within their workflows.
Formulary
Inform specialty prescribing with group-level formulary coverage insights, available in real time at the point of care.
E-Prescribing
Quickly and efficiently transmit specialty prescriptions to the pharmacy, including the complex patient directions often needed for these medications.
Real-Time Prescription Benefit
Empower prescribers to address specialty prescription cost concerns and make informed decisions by bringing patient information into the electronic workflow.
Electronic Prior Authorization
Help healthcare teams easily obtain specialty medication prior authorizations in real time, at the point of care through a fully integrated solution. Get prescriptions filled faster by bringing prior authorization insights, question sets and responses into clinical workflows.
The Surescripts Platform
Powering the future of healthcare
Health intelligence sharing at scale requires powerful infrastructure. The Surescripts Platform supports every Surescripts product and every Network Alliance participant with industry-leading reliability, security and scalability.
Real-world results
Keep pace with healthcare innovation
- Surescripts, “2023 National Progress Report,” March 2024.
- Surescripts, “Data Brief: Remapping the Specialty Medication Journey,” 2021.
- Surescripts, “Data Brief: Specialty medication experience: Obstacles & opportunities,” 2022.
- Jaime Y. Smith et al., “E-Prescribing with Decision Support Is Associated with Improvements in Medication Adherence," American Journal of Pharmacy Benefits (July/August 2016).
- Surescripts, “Simplifying the Delivery of Specialty Medications,” July 2022.