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Rx Savings Solutions
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Rx Savings Solutions
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Private
Founded yearint
2014
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Acquired
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Headcount rangeband
251–500
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HeadquartersOverland Park, United States
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Overland Park
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United States
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North America
Markets served

Serves global market

Offices1 record

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City, Country, Type, Description, Source

Keyword5 values
pharmacy benefits management, prescription cost transparency, healthcare consumerism software, pharmacy savings solutions, medication affordability platform
Industry3 codes
1PBM Technology Platforms (ePA/eRx/Real-Time Benefit Tools)
CodeHLAEAKALPrimaryYes
2Group Pharmacy Benefit (Rx) Coverage & PBM-Integrated Plans
CodeFSAIAFANPrimaryNo
3Customer Experience (CX) & Digital Experience
CodeBPAHAEACPrimaryNo
NAICS code2 codes
  • Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services5182
  • Custom Computer Programming Services541511
SIC code2 codes
  • Accident & Health Insurance6321
  • Services-Prepackaged Software7372
Product category
Pharmacy Benefits Management Software
GTM motion1 record

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Type, Description, Source

Revenue model1 record
1Health Plan and Plan Sponsor Services
TypeSubscription Recurring
Description

RxSS provides pharmacy transparency and cost savings services to health plans and self-insured employers. The company analyzes pharmacy claims and engages members to drive medication cost savings, with revenue derived from service agreements with plan sponsors.

rxss.com
Marketing channels7 records

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Distribution channels3 records

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Cost components5 values
Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure
GTM typeB2B
B2B
Offering typeSoftware
Software
Core offering1 text field

Rx Savings Solutions (RxSS) is a pharmacy cost transparency platform that connects health plan members and plan sponsors to real-time savings opportunities throughout the medication journey. The platform combines patented clinical technology that analyzes pharmacy claims and generates lower-cost medication alternatives with a pharmacist-led member engagement and support service that helps members navigate pharmacy benefits and switch to affordable options.

Differentiator
Functional benefit
Problem solved
Quantifiable outcome1 of 3 values shown
  • 1 in 3 engaged members change to a lower-cost option when presented with savings suggestions
+2 more records
Product overview1 text field

Rx Savings Solutions (RxSS) is a unified pharmacy cost transparency platform consisting of patented clinical technology, member engagement services, and support capabilities. The core RxSS platform serves as the central offering, connecting members and health plans to real-time transparency across the medication journey to identify lower-cost prescription alternatives.

Product and service1 record
1Rx Savings Solutions (RxSS) Platform
CategoryPharmacy Benefits Management Software
Scale indicator5 records

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Type, Value, Description, Source

Partnership3 partners
Strategic tierCoreTypeStrategic or Co-development Partner
Description

Select Health partnered with RxSS to implement pharmacy transparency solutions. The health plan believed that delivering the best care would drive cost savings, and found that RxSS's technology and engagement model delivered both clinical care quality and financial outcomes simultaneously.

Strategic tierCoreTypeStrategic or Co-development Partner
Description

Security Health Plan collaborated with RxSS to develop an innovative approach to member engagement that drives pharmacy savings. A case study documents their joint success in increasing member engagement and reducing pharmacy costs.

Strategic tierCoreTypeGTM or Marketing Partner
Description

Purdue University's AVP of Benefits & Payroll co-presented with RxSS at Conference Board '26, demonstrating a collaborative go-to-market relationship where the client serves as a reference and thought leadership partner.

Recent move6 records

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Date, Type, Title, Description, Source

Expansion highlight5 records

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Peers10 records
TypeDirect peer
Description

GoodRx is a consumer-facing prescription savings and transparency platform that helps individuals find lower-cost medications. It is the most direct comparand to RxSS in terms of driving medication-cost transparency and lower-cost prescription switching, although GoodRx is consumer-led and RxSS is enterprise-led.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Capital Rx operates a technology-driven PBM platform (Judi) that combines real-time benefit tools, transparency, and claims processing for self-insured employers and health plans. It is a direct competitor to RxSS in modern, transparent PBM technology for employer plan sponsors.

TypeDirect peer
Description

SmithRx is a modern PBM serving self-insured employers with a tech-forward, transparent pricing model and real-time benefit tools. It directly competes with RxSS for self-insured employer pharmacy benefit spend and shares the thesis of disrupting traditional PBM economics.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Truveris provides pharmacy benefit analytics, audit, and transparency software used by employers, plans, and consultants. It is a direct comparand in the pharmacy transparency and benefits analytics category that RxSS targets.

TypeDirect peer
Description

RxBenefits is a PBM consulting and procurement firm that helps self-insured employers and brokers optimize pharmacy benefit programs. It competes for the same buyer (self-insured employer / benefits consultant) and overlaps with RxSS on transparency and cost-control tooling.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

OptumRx is the PBM arm of UnitedHealth Group and the largest U.S. PBM. It is a broad incumbent offering vertically integrated PBM services, rebate management, and member-facing tools that increasingly overlap with the transparency and member-engagement layer where RxSS operates.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Express Scripts (Cigna) is one of the three largest U.S. PBMs, providing pharmacy benefit management, mail-order, and specialty drug services to health plans and employers. As a broad incumbent, it competes for the same plan-sponsor wallet that RxSS addresses with its transparency and member-engagement platform.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

CVS Caremark is the PBM business of CVS Health and a leading U.S. PBM serving health plans and large employers. It is a broad incumbent that competes with RxSS by bundling pharmacy benefit administration, retail pharmacy, and increasingly cost-transparency functionality.

TypeEmerging player
Description

Healthcare Bluebook provides healthcare cost and quality transparency tools used by self-insured employers and health plans. It is an emerging player that intersects with RxSS in employer-facing cost transparency, though it is broader (medical + pharmacy) and less PBM-specialized.

TypeEmerging player
Description

HealthJoy is a benefits navigation and virtual-care platform for self-insured employers that includes pharmacy savings as part of a broader employee benefits experience. It is an emerging player that competes for the same benefits-decision-maker and overlaps with RxSS on pharmacy cost transparency.

Market position
Strengths5 records

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Weaknesses5 records

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Competitive moat5 records

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Key risks6 records

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Key highlights7 records

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Customer concentration

Classification, Details

Named customers10 records

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Segment5 records

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Ideal customer profile4 records

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Profile, Firmographic size, Sales motion, Sales cycle length, Buying structure, Purchase trigger, Buyer persona, Geography, Industry vertical, Primary use case, Description, Pain points, Evidence proof points, Target buyer

Technology focused
Yes
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Docs URL, Description

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App detail

Has app

Feature2 records

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Core technology
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Number of profiles
Profiles8 records

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Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

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Funding rounds2 records

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Round, Amount USD, Date, Pre money valuation, Total investors, Investors, News

Investors1 record

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Name, Type, Date of entry, Rounds participated, Website

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

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M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Rx Savings Solutions

Pharmacy Benefits Management Softwarerxsavingssolutions.com

Rx Savings Solutions firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Rx Savings Solutions
Legal name
Rx Savings Solutions
Website
https://rxsavingssolutions.com
Company type
Private
Founded year
2014
Operating status
Acquired
Headcount range
251–500 employees
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Rx Savings Solutions industry classification

Industry
Product category
Pharmacy Benefits Management Software
NAICS
Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)
SIC
Accident & Health Insurance (6321), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)
akta.pro primary industry
PBM Technology Platforms (ePA/eRx/Real-Time Benefit Tools) (HLAEAKAL)
akta.pro secondary industries
Group Pharmacy Benefit (Rx) Coverage & PBM-Integrated Plans (FSAIAFAN), Customer Experience (CX) & Digital Experience (BPAHAEAC)

Keywords

  • Pharmacy benefits management
  • Prescription cost transparency
  • Healthcare consumerism software
  • Pharmacy savings solutions
  • Medication affordability platform

Where Rx Savings Solutions is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Overland Park
HQ country
United States
HQ region
North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

Rx Savings Solutions business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Software
Cost components
Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

  1. Health Plan and Plan Sponsor Services: RxSS provides pharmacy transparency and cost savings services to health plans and self-insured employers. The company analyzes pharmacy claims and engages members to drive medication cost savings, with revenue derived from service agreements with plan sponsors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Rx Savings Solutions product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Rx Savings Solutions (RxSS) is a pharmacy cost transparency platform that connects health plan members and plan sponsors to real-time savings opportunities throughout the medication journey. The platform combines patented clinical technology that analyzes pharmacy claims and generates lower-cost medication alternatives with a pharmacist-led member engagement and support service that helps members navigate pharmacy benefits and switch to affordable options.

Product overview

Rx Savings Solutions (RxSS) is a unified pharmacy cost transparency platform consisting of patented clinical technology, member engagement services, and support capabilities. The core RxSS platform serves as the central offering, connecting members and health plans to real-time transparency across the medication journey to identify lower-cost prescription alternatives.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • Rx Savings Solutions (RxSS) Platform

Quantifiable outcome

  • 1 in 3 engaged members change to a lower-cost option when presented with savings suggestions
  • +2 more outcomes

Companies that use Rx Savings Solutions

Customer profile

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Rx Savings Solutions technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API
No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Rx Savings Solutions partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

  • Select HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSelect Health partnered with RxSS to implement pharmacy transparency solutions. The health plan believed that delivering the best care would drive cost savings, and found that RxSS's technology and engagement model delivered both clinical care quality and financial outcomes simultaneously.
  • Security Health PlancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSecurity Health Plan collaborated with RxSS to develop an innovative approach to member engagement that drives pharmacy savings. A case study documents their joint success in increasing member engagement and reducing pharmacy costs.
  • Purdue UniversitycoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPurdue University's AVP of Benefits & Payroll co-presented with RxSS at Conference Board '26, demonstrating a collaborative go-to-market relationship where the client serves as a reference and thought leadership partner.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Rx Savings Solutions competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

  • GoodRx: GoodRx is a consumer-facing prescription savings and transparency platform that helps individuals find lower-cost medications. It is the most direct comparand to RxSS in terms of driving medication-cost transparency and lower-cost prescription switching, although GoodRx is consumer-led and RxSS is enterprise-led.
  • Capital Rx: Capital Rx operates a technology-driven PBM platform (Judi) that combines real-time benefit tools, transparency, and claims processing for self-insured employers and health plans. It is a direct competitor to RxSS in modern, transparent PBM technology for employer plan sponsors.
  • SmithRx: SmithRx is a modern PBM serving self-insured employers with a tech-forward, transparent pricing model and real-time benefit tools. It directly competes with RxSS for self-insured employer pharmacy benefit spend and shares the thesis of disrupting traditional PBM economics.
  • Truveris: Truveris provides pharmacy benefit analytics, audit, and transparency software used by employers, plans, and consultants. It is a direct comparand in the pharmacy transparency and benefits analytics category that RxSS targets.
  • RxBenefits: RxBenefits is a PBM consulting and procurement firm that helps self-insured employers and brokers optimize pharmacy benefit programs. It competes for the same buyer (self-insured employer / benefits consultant) and overlaps with RxSS on transparency and cost-control tooling.

Broad incumbents

  • OptumRx: OptumRx is the PBM arm of UnitedHealth Group and the largest U.S. PBM. It is a broad incumbent offering vertically integrated PBM services, rebate management, and member-facing tools that increasingly overlap with the transparency and member-engagement layer where RxSS operates.
  • Express Scripts: Express Scripts (Cigna) is one of the three largest U.S. PBMs, providing pharmacy benefit management, mail-order, and specialty drug services to health plans and employers. As a broad incumbent, it competes for the same plan-sponsor wallet that RxSS addresses with its transparency and member-engagement platform.
  • CVS Caremark: CVS Caremark is the PBM business of CVS Health and a leading U.S. PBM serving health plans and large employers. It is a broad incumbent that competes with RxSS by bundling pharmacy benefit administration, retail pharmacy, and increasingly cost-transparency functionality.

Emerging players

  • Healthcare Bluebook: Healthcare Bluebook provides healthcare cost and quality transparency tools used by self-insured employers and health plans. It is an emerging player that intersects with RxSS in employer-facing cost transparency, though it is broader (medical + pharmacy) and less PBM-specialized.
  • HealthJoy: HealthJoy is a benefits navigation and virtual-care platform for self-insured employers that includes pharmacy savings as part of a broader employee benefits experience. It is an emerging player that competes for the same benefits-decision-maker and overlaps with RxSS on pharmacy cost transparency.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Rx Savings Solutions social profiles

Digital presence

Rx Savings Solutions compliance and trust

Trust signal

Compliance1 record

Rx Savings Solutions financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Rx Savings Solutions leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Rx Savings Solutions funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Rx Savings Solutions M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Rx Savings Solutions

What does Rx Savings Solutions do?

Rx Savings Solutions (RxSS) is a pharmacy cost transparency platform that connects health plan members and plan sponsors to real-time savings opportunities throughout the medication journey. The platform combines patented clinical technology that analyzes pharmacy claims and generates lower-cost medication alternatives with a pharmacist-led member engagement and support service that helps members navigate pharmacy benefits and switch to affordable options.

When was Rx Savings Solutions founded?

Rx Savings Solutions was founded in 2014. It employs 251 to 500 people.

Where is Rx Savings Solutions based?

Rx Savings Solutions is headquartered in Overland Park, United States, in the North America region.

How does Rx Savings Solutions make money?

One revenue line is on record: health Plan and Plan Sponsor Services.

Who are Rx Savings Solutions's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are GoodRx, Capital Rx, SmithRx, Truveris and RxBenefits. Broad incumbents are OptumRx, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark. Emerging players are Healthcare Bluebook and HealthJoy.

Does Rx Savings Solutions have an API?

No public API is recorded for Rx Savings Solutions.

What industry is Rx Savings Solutions in?

Rx Savings Solutions's product category is Pharmacy Benefits Management Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HLAEAKAL, PBM Technology Platforms (ePA/eRx/Real-Time Benefit Tools), with a secondary code of FSAIAFAN, Group Pharmacy Benefit (Rx) Coverage & PBM-Integrated Plans. Its NAICS code is 5182 and its SIC code is 6321.

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American City Business JournalsRx Savings parent McKesson will buy Precision Medicine for $2.25BMcKesson is planning an acquisition to strengthen one of its four business segments, while continuing layoffs as part of its restructuring, including at Overland Park-based Rx Savings. The article does not disclose the acquisition's target, price, or timing.American City Business JournalsRx Savings Solutions founder sues McKesson over $275M earnoutMichael Rea sued McKesson over up to $275 million in earnout payments, alleging the company sabotaged Rx Savings Solutions and terminated executives before they could earn retention bonuses. The dispute centers on the 2022 sale, which called for $600 million upfront plus contingent payments. McKesson denies wrongdoing and filed a counterclaim.BenzingaMcKesson Buys Rx Savings Solutions For $875M - McKesson (NYSE:MCK)McKesson Corp has agreed to acquire Rx Savings Solutions for up to $875 million, consisting of $600 million upfront and up to $275 million in contingent consideration tied to financial performance through 2025. The deal is expected to close in the second half of FY23, after which RxSS will be integrated into McKesson's Prescription Technology Solutions business. McKesson's CEO stated the acquisition is intended to accelerate growth in biopharma services by expanding the company's ecosystem of medication access solutions to patients.Business Wire BlogMcKesson Signs Agreement to Acquire Rx Savings SolutionsMcKesson signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rx Savings Solutions, a prescription price transparency and benefit insight company serving over 17 million patients. The deal is valued up to $875 million, including a $600 million upfront payment and up to $275 million contingent on performance through 2025. The acquisition is expected to close in the second half of fiscal 2023.PR Newswire2021 CLIENT RENEWALS AND 2022 LAUNCHES HELP RX SAVINGS SOLUTIONS CONTINUE FAST GROWTH TRAJECTORYRx Savings Solutions reported 76% revenue growth in 2021 and expanded access to its pharmacy cost transparency tool to 17 million members. The company renewed contracts with 21 clients covering 1.7 million members and launched with 18 new companies in early 2022 covering 663,000 additional members. Founded by a clinical pharmacist, RxSS celebrated its 10th anniversary while positioning itself to capitalize on the growing shift toward healthcare consumerism.PR NewswireRxSS Named NCPA Awarded Vendor for Pharmacy TransparencyRx Savings Solutions (RxSS) has been named an awarded vendor for pharmacy transparency by the National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance (NCPA), a government purchasing cooperative. The partnership grants 90,000 public and non-profit agencies affiliated with NCPA access to RxSS's prescription drug savings solution through the cooperative's purchasing contracts. RxSS, a healthcare consumerism software platform, currently serves 17 million members across nearly 50 Fortune 500 clients and more than twenty health plans.PR NewswireAvMed Partners With Rx Savings Solutions To Provide Members Access To Affordable Prescription DrugsAvMed, one of Florida's largest not-for-profit health plans, has partnered with Rx Savings Solutions to provide its more than 200,000 members with access to a prescription drug cost-savings tool. AvMed, headquartered in Miami with offices across Florida, is the first health plan in the state to launch this pharmacy transparency solution, which allows members to find the lowest-priced personalized prescription options through AvMed's member portal. Rx Savings Solutions, which serves 9 million members nationwide, will proactively notify members of savings opportunities via direct mail, text, or email.PR NewswireFormer Cerner Executive Mike Nill Joins Rx Savings Solutions as Strategic AdvisorRx Savings Solutions announced that Mike Nill, former Chief Operating Officer at Cerner, has joined the company as a Strategic Advisor to support its rapid growth and strategic expansion in the healthcare technology space. The Overland Park-based pharmacy transparency software company reported a five-year compounded annual growth rate exceeding 65%, currently serves 9 million members (projected to reach 17 million by year-end), and processed over $1 billion in pharmacy claims in May 2021. The company also disclosed a 99% revenue retention rate in 2020 and plans to hire an additional 100 employees as it scales for continued growth.PR NewswireRx Savings Solutions Joins Virgin Pulse Partner NetworkRx Savings Solutions announced it has joined Virgin Pulse's partner network as a certified partner, making its pharmacy transparency and cost-savings technology available to millions of Virgin Pulse members across the U.S. through the integrated Homebase for Health platform. The partnership enables Virgin Pulse members to access over 30,000 prescription drug suggestions and earn rewards for activating accounts and using prescription savings notifications. The companies stated the collaboration aims to help Americans become better educated healthcare consumers and improve medication affordability and adherence.PR NewswireRx Savings Solutions To Create 100 Jobs Through 2021Rx Savings Solutions has announced plans to hire 100 additional employees by December 31, 2021, driven by expected growth exceeding 80% this year and the launch of new product verticals including AdminRx for Care Coordination and Rx Home Delivery. The Overland Park, Kansas-based company currently serves 9 million members, expects to nearly double that to 17 million by year-end, and processed over $1 billion in pharmacy claims through its software in May 2021 alone. The company, which works with more than 40 Fortune 500 clients and reported a 99% revenue retention rate in 2020, is seeking candidates in engineering, sales, marketing, operations, customer success, and pharmacy technician roles.