Robert E. Fleckenstein

Allion Healthcare, Inc. provides pharmacy and disease management services. It offers specialty pharmacy and disease management services focused on HIV/AIDS patients as well as specialized biopharmaceutical medications and services to chronically ill patients. The company was founded by Derace L. Schaffer and John Pappajohn in 1983 and is headquartered in Sharon Hill, PA.

US Oncology, Inc. engages in the provision of cancer care servicers. It offers therapies, depending on such things as type of cancer, stage at diagnosis and the patient’s overall health such as chemotherapy, radiotherapy, surgery, hormone therapy, and immunotherapy. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in The Woodlands, TX.

Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA) is the largest community for Business Events Strategists in the world. PCMA is headquartered in an undisclosed location and has 17 North American Chapters, regional communities in EMEA and LATAM, and members in 59 countries. The American company provides senior-level education, networking, and market intelligence for the business events industry. The CEO of the private company is Sherrif Karamat.

Sigma Chi Corp. operates as a collegiate leadership development organization that promotes the cultivation, maintenance and promotion of the core values of friendship, justice and learning. The company was founded on June 28, 1855 and is headquartered in Evanston, IL.

Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc. engages in the provision of specialty pharmacy and infusion services. It operates under the Specialty and Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) segments. The Specialty segment includes dispensing prescription drugs for home delivery at the time the drugs are physically delivered which is the point in time when control transfers to the customer. The PBM segment focuses on providing pharmacy benefit management services including mail order pharmacy and specialty pharmacy services. The company was founded by Dale Hagerman and Philip R. Hagerman in 1975 and is headquartered in Flint, MI.

The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association is a national association that represents pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) in America. The non-profit company is based in Washington. The association provides services to patients, health plans, insurers, state and federal governments, and drug manufacturers. The Rx Research Corner is a blog written by the Research Team at PCMA, which covers topics related to the PBM and prescription drug space, ranging from pricing to policies and patient issues such as access and equity. The association's groundbreaking research by University of Chicago Economics Professor Casey Mulligan estimates that PBMs create $145 billion in value annually. Some of the association's members include CVS Health, Optum Rx, Evolve Pharmacy Solutions, Cigna Pharmacy Management, and more. PBMs are working to improve the lives of patients living with diabetes and their families by reducing insulin costs.