Community Health Care partners with SUNRx to provide discount medication program

Oct 21 2009

Community Health Care, a provider of comprehensive healthcare services to uninsured and underinsured residents in southern New Jersey, today announced a partnership with SUNRx, a Mt. Laurel-based health technology company, to offer discount medications to tens of thousands of families in the Garden State beginning in October.

“We are proud of the quality care we provide to families in our community,” said Gil Walter, Community Health Care’s Chief Executive Officer. “But too many patients are unable to afford the medications our doctors prescribe. Our new discount medication program will enable more patients to afford the prescriptions they need to get well and stay healthy.”

Created by the federal government to expand access to affordable medications, the 340B program discounts medications up to 60% below retail prices through qualified community health centers and hospitals. Despite the need, many community health centers have limited 340B programs – or none at all – due to the program’s complexity. SUNRx’s fully automated solution helps health centers manage 340B programs, reduce paperwork and provide more effective patient care.

Community Health Care will use new technology developed by SUNRx to offer prescription discounts through the following pharmacies:

With a staff of more than 260 highly trained professionals serving 43,000 patients at 18 sites across southern New Jersey, Community Health Care provides internal medicine, pediatric, dental, mental health and other services, and has been repeatedly recognized by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), the gold standard for healthcare quality.

While benefiting from access to high quality healthcare, Community Health Care patients are not unlike those nationwide who struggle to afford expensive medications. In a recent study by the Kaiser Foundation, more than a quarter of Americans said they have not filled a prescription because of the expense, and nearly one in five said they cut pills in half or skipped doses. Because Community Health Care’s patients receive an average of 2.7 prescriptions at each appointment, reducing the cost of medications was a priority for the organization.

“SUNRx is dedicated to expanding access to affordable medications through community health organizations across the nation,” said SUNRx CEO Tim Liebmann. “We are honored to be working with Community Health Care in New Jersey to help make a difference in the lives of families in our own community.”