Pharmacy forward
Our vision is a US healthcare marketplace that recognizes the credentials of pharmacy professionals making enrollment in healthcare provider networks within payers’ medical benefit a standard practice.
The future of pharmacy
As an NCQA-certified Credentials Verification Organization, we provide a one-stop repository of all of the professional and relevant personal information a pharmacy professional would need to achieve and maintain for success in the credentials marketplace.
Likewise, we want Pharmacy Profiles to be the resource for those who employ, contract with, or otherwise work with pharmacy professionals. A diverse array of industry stakeholders including pharmacy employers, pharmacy networks, and health plans require verified data about pharmacy professionals.
Advancing pharmacy together
Pharmacy Profiles is a limited liability company wholly owned by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA). As the oldest and only national professional organization representing all pharmacists regardless of practice area, APhA is dedicated to advancing the role of pharmacists as members of the health care team.
APhA believes that every patient receiving medication, regardless of where care is delivered, has a right to have access to the services of a pharmacist. As the healthcare system continues to incorporate pharmacists into provider networks, coordinated access to pharmacists’ credentials will be critical.
Pharmacy Profiles Executive Director Mark Pilkington, BS Pharm, MS, is driving the future of pharmacy professional credentialing with a vision for seamless, secure, and accessible professional data. With a long history of leadership and a passion for facilitating high-quality pharmacy services, he is building the pharmacy credentials marketplace for today and tomorrow.
“As healthcare evolves and the role of pharmacy professionals expands, the lack of a unified pharmacy-centric credentialing and data system creates unnecessary barriers to recognition and opportunity. Pharmacy Profiles is changing that. By providing a single-source, technology-driven repository for credentials, we are paving the way for a healthcare system that fully integrates and values pharmacy professionals. Our vision is a future where their qualifications are seamlessly recognized, making it easier for them to contribute to patient care and be included in provider networks as a standard practice.”
-Pharmacy Profiles Executive Director Mark Pilkington, BS Pharm, MS