Thrifty White Pharmacy renews partnership with SureCost

Thrifty White Pharmacy, a regional pharmacy chain in the Midwest, announced the renewal of its partnership with SureCost. This renewed collaboration will continue to enhance Thrifty White’s Affiliated Pharmacy Program, providing independent pharmacies and small chains across the United States with access to advanced tools that optimize ordering, purchasing and supplier management.

“Since the beginning of our partnership nearly seven years ago, SureCost’s central ordering and supplier management technology has played a critical role in driving operational efficiencies by simplifying the entire drug purchasing process for our Affiliated Pharmacy partners,” said Scot Rewerts, director of procurement and strategic partnerships for Thrifty White. 

Rewerts continued, “By streamlining daily ordering, ensuring compliance with prime vendor contracts and maximizing savings, SureCost has and continues to deliver considerable value. The platform’s ability to integrate formularies across multiple suppliers allows users to seamlessly identify preferred products and direct purchases to the appropriate distributor. This not only ensures adherence to supplier commitments but also helps pharmacies meet essential agreement metrics, ultimately maximizing value for our partners. We continue to deploy innovative solutions like SureCost to help our Affiliated Pharmacies navigate a complex and evolving pharmacy landscape while maintaining profitability.”

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The renewed partnership will further empower independent pharmacy owners who partner with Thrifty White by simplifying and automating the ordering process across multiple supplier networks. SureCost’s intuitive ordering reviews each replenishment request and directs the purchase to the best available source, ensuring compliance with primary wholesaler agreements while driving cost-effective purchases from secondary sources. Independent pharmacies using SureCost have reported significant reductions in both time spent on manual ordering tasks and overall procurement costs, giving them more capacity to focus on patient care and improving operational efficiency.

“The renewal of this partnership with Thrifty White allows us to continue to work together and support their Affiliated Pharmacies across the country. With SureCost’s Compliance Insights and our other offerings, we continue to empower pharmacies by unifying their purchasing and inventory, optimizing daily buying decisions while saving time and money. Our concept has always been to give the pharmacy the controls needed, including real-time information, driving towards various compliance metrics and maximizing profitability," said Nathan Taylor, vice president of sales and business development for SureCost. “Since its beginning over 20 years ago, SureCost was created to provide effective tools to pharmacies to manage their purchases and inventory.”

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The SureCost SaaS solution provides independent pharmacies with significant advantages and support tools. These include but are not limited to:

• Purchase Manager - Single ordering system for purchasing and reordering items for each pharmacy across multiple suppliers.
• Purchase Manager - Single source for reporting and accurate cost accounting.
• Purchase Manager - Single source for contract management.
• Electronic order confirmation on every order.
• Notification of filtered lower-cost items.
• Reduces out of stocks.
• Substantial savings through informed product/sourcing decisions.
• Pharmacy Management Integration—Providing Daily updates of all prices from manufacturers, vendors and contracts.
• Rebate analysis and notification.
• Product selection compliance.
• Robust reporting.
• Effective and easy-to-use spend analysis.
• Seamless Mobile App for both purchasing, receiving and inventory.
• Smarter Inventory with Inventory Manager.
• DSCSA Compliance Packs – The Smarter, Simpler way to stay compliant