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Plain English writing for pharmacy owners.
Profitability, reimbursement, systems, and strategy, written for people who run a pharmacy rather than an accounting department.
The Future of Independent Pharmacies: Navigating Challenges with Smart Financial Tools
Thin margins, PBM pressure, and chain competition are real. So is the opportunity, when the financial side of the pharmacy runs on better data.
Is My Pharmacy POS the Right System for My Store?
How to tell whether your point-of-sale system still fits the store: integration, reporting, scale, support, and the features worth insisting on.
New Year Financial Checklist: 10 Things Every Pharmacy Owner Should Review in January
January is the cheapest month to fix a financial problem. Here is the short list of reviews that set up a clean year, from inventory valuation to payroll setup to DIR true-ups.
5 Profit Levers to Track in Your Independent Pharmacy
Most pharmacies have five levers that actually move profit. Pull them deliberately and margin improves without filling a single extra script.
The Pharmacists Fight Back Act
Proposed PBM reform would change how independents are reimbursed. Here is a plain English read on what the legislation contemplates and what owners should watch.
Navigating the Storm
Reimbursement pressure, delayed payments, and rising costs hit at the same time. Surviving the squeeze is a structure problem before it is a sales problem.
Pharmacy Metrics: What Should You Be Tracking?
Eight metrics that tell you how the pharmacy is really running, from prescription volume and inventory turnover to wait times and compliance readiness.
The Importance of Reconciliation and Keeping Good Receivables
Reconciliation and receivables are easy to postpone and expensive to ignore. Here is how both shape pharmacy cash flow, and when to hand them off.
What Should the Target Profit Be for Independent Pharmacies?
There is a defensible target range for owner profit in an independent pharmacy. Getting there starts with knowing which costs belong above the line and which do not.
Compounding and Other Revenue Streams in 2025
With tirzepatide off the shortage list, compounding revenue is shifting. Here are the revenue streams independent pharmacies can build on next.
Why Modern Pharmacies Need Specialized Accounting Services
Reimbursement reconciliation, controlled substance reporting, inventory turnover. The parts of pharmacy finance a general accountant was never built for.
Beyond the Ledger: How AI Powered Accounting Is Revolutionizing Pharmacy Growth
Automation is not about replacing the accountant. It is about deleting the data entry so the accountant spends the month advising instead of typing.
Measuring Financial Performance
Gross and net margin, inventory turnover, days sales outstanding, and operating expense ratio. The numbers that tell you whether your pharmacy is on solid ground.
Transforming Pharmacy Management: The Role of Modern Accounting Practices
Inventory chaos, billing bottlenecks, compliance churn, and unused data. What modern accounting practice fixes in a pharmacy back office.
The Ideal Accounting System for Modern Pharmacies
Pharmacies are complex businesses with third party reimbursements, tight margins, and heavy inventory. Here is what an accounting system needs to handle that work.