Pharmerica

What Pharmerica does

PharMerica is an institutional pharmacy services provider and a wholly-owned subsidiary of BrightSpring Health Services Corporation. The company dispenses pharmaceuticals and delivers clinical pharmacy services to long-term and post-acute care facilities, senior and independent living communities, behavioral health and I/DD programs, hospitals, home infusion patients, hospice providers, and specialty-care patients across 47-48 US states including Alaska and Hawaii. PharMerica operates 160-plus pharmacy locations and serves thousands of customer facilities, supported by a direct go-to-market model combining enterprise field sales and inside sales.

The service offering includes core LTC pharmacy dispensing, the Continue Care transitional care program, behavioral health pharmacy support, hospital pharmacy services, home infusion, hospice pharmacy, and specialty pharmacy operated under the Onco360 and CareMed brands. PharMerica runs proprietary client-facing platforms — ViewMasteRx, ChemLink, and Chem Plus for medication ordering and management, and Illuminate for clinician continuing education. These connect to customer eMAR (electronic medication administration record) and EHR (electronic health record) systems, binding dispensing workflows into facility-side medication administration and clinical documentation. Clinical programs include pharmacogenomic testing and opioid stewardship, and the company offers Specialty-Lite services to extend specialty pharmacy reach into adjacent facility segments.

Revenue is generated primarily through recurring per-bed and per-script contractual relationships with facility customers for core LTC dispensing, supplemented by transactional revenue from specialty and infusion services. Pricing is quote-based and contractually negotiated with institutional customers. PharMerica has operated for more than 30 years, completed a merger with CIPRx in March 2020, and reported full integration of CIPRx in January 2022.

Name

Pharmerica

Legal name

BrightSpring Health Services Corporation

Website

https://ciprx.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

PharMerica is a US institutional pharmacy services provider and wholly-owned subsidiary of BrightSpring Health Services, dispensing medications and clinical pharmacy services to thousands of long-term care, senior living, behavioral health, hospital, home infusion, specialty, and hospice facilities across 47-48 states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Institutional Pharmacy Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (623), Continuing Care Retirement Communities (623311)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Long-Term Care (LTC) & Skilled Nursing Facility Pharmacies (HLAFALAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hospital & Health-System Pharmacies (Inpatient/Outpatient) (HLAFALAB), Specialty Pharmacies (Complex/High-Cost Therapies) (HLAFALAC), In-Home Medication Administration (Nurse-Delivered) (HSABALAF)

Keywords

• Long-term care pharmacy
• Institutional pharmacy services
• Specialty pharmacy
• Behavioral health pharmacy
• Home infusion services

Headquarters

HQ city

Louisville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices127 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Long-Term Care Pharmacy Services: Pharmacy services provided to long-term care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, and post-acute care providers. Services include medication dispensing, delivery, and clinical pharmacy management.
2. Specialty Pharmacy Services: Specialty pharmacy services for patients with complex conditions including cancer, with services provided through Onco360 and CareMed Specialty Pharmacy subsidiaries.
3. Home Infusion Services: Home-based pharmaceutical products and clinical services for patients outside hospital settings, delivered through Amerita and other infusion subsidiaries.
4. Behavioral Health Pharmacy Services: Pharmacy services for individuals with behavioral health needs and intellectual/developmental disabilities, serving residential facilities and mental health agencies.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

PharMerica provides institutional pharmacy services to long-term care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, senior living communities, behavioral health facilities, hospitals, hospice providers, and home-based patients. The company dispenses and delivers medications, manages clinical pharmacy programs, and supports care transitions through a network of pharmacy locations across the United States and dedicated client technology portals.

Product overview

PharMerica is a long-term care institutional pharmacy services provider operating under BrightSpring Health Services Corporation. The portfolio consists of core pharmacy service lines (Long-Term & Post-Acute Care, Senior & Independent Living, Behavioral Health/I/DD, Hospitals, Home Infusion, Specialty Pharmacy, and Hospice) supported by operational technology portals (ViewMasteRx, ChemLink, Chem Plus), the Continue Care transitional care management program, and the Illuminate continuing education platform. Services are delivered through a network of ~160+ pharmacy locations across the United States, with subsidiaries including Amerita (home infusion), Onco360 and CareMed (specialty), Pharmacy Alternatives, OnePoint Patient Care, Blue Ridge, Blake Pharmacy, and others.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Long-Term & Post-Acute Care Pharmacy

Quantifiable outcome

• On-time delivery, every time
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• NADONA (National Association of Directors of Nursing Administration in Long-Term Care)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPharMerica partners with NADONA on educational content including The Successful DON 4-part webinar series and other professional development programs for directors of nursing in long-term care settings.
• New York State Office for People With Developmental DisabilitiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPharMerica serves individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through specialized pharmacy services in New York State, working with OPWDD-affiliated facilities and agencies.
• BrightSpring Health ServicescoreOthersPharMerica is a subsidiary of BrightSpring Health Services Corporation (d/b/a BrightSpring Health Services), which provides the parent company's healthcare services infrastructure and operational support.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Omnicare (CVS Health): Long-term care and institutional pharmacy services provider, now owned by CVS Health, serving skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities, and other care settings with comparable dispensing and clinical pharmacy offerings.
• Guardian Pharmacy Services: One of the largest independent LTC pharmacy networks in the U.S., providing institutional pharmacy services to assisted living, skilled nursing, behavioral health, and I/DD facilities—a direct competitor in core PharMerica verticals.
• ExactCare Pharmacy: Pharmacy services provider focused on patients with complex, chronic conditions, including those in home and facility-based settings; competes directly in chronic medication management and home delivery for high-acuity populations.

Broad incumbents

• Walgreens LTC (Pharmacy / Healthcare Segments): Operates institutional and LTC pharmacy capabilities as part of its broader retail pharmacy platform, offering overlapping services to senior living and LTC facilities while leveraging scale advantages.
• AmerisourceBergen (PharmaLex / LTC distribution): Pharmaceutical distribution and pharmacy services group with institutional/LTC customer touchpoints, supplying LTC pharmacies and competing indirectly in service offerings.
• Diplomat Pharmacy (Optum Specialty / OptumRx): Specialty pharmacy capability now embedded within Optum, competing with Onco360 and CareMed in oncology and complex-therapy specialty pharmacy with payer-owned distribution advantages.
• Specialty Pharmacy and Home Infusion Peers (e.g., BioScrip / Option Care): National home infusion and specialty pharmacy providers such as Option Care Health compete with Amerita, Onco360, and CareMed in delivering complex pharmaceuticals in home and community settings.

Regional players

• Amedisys: Home health and hospice provider that intersects with PharMerica's Continue Care transitional care model and hospice pharmacy services, addressing overlapping patient populations in post-acute and end-of-life care.
• BAYADA Home Health Care: Large home health and behavioral health services provider that intersects with PharMerica's in-home medication administration, behavioral health pharmacy, and senior care verticals through shared patient populations.

Others

• McKesson (LTC and Specialty Pharmacy Distribution): Major pharmaceutical distributor and pharmacy services operator with LTC and institutional customers; functions as both supplier and indirect competitor through its pharmacy services portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PharMericaCorp
• Facebookfacebook.com/PharMericaCorp
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pharmerica

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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