Phillip Berry

CEO
Phillip Berry is Founder and CEO of Northwind Pharmaceuticals. A graduate of Butler University, he has served on the board of advisors for the College of Business and is an active Butler alum.

Driven by a desire to transform businesses and communities through creative problem-solving, Phil leads the strategic vision of Northwind. His commitment to improving population health reaches beyond the workplace to creating positive health outcomes for underserved groups in his home town of Indianapolis and globally.

Phil has served as board Vice President for Gennesaret Free Clinics and as a member of the board of directors for Timmy Global Health. A graduate of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Program through Babson College, he went on to serve as a Business Advisor to that program and a mentor to other entrepreneurs.

Phil currently serves as a Board Member for the National Association of Worksite Health Centers.

An active blogger on healthcare and business topics, Phil has authored three books: Nexus of Care, Stones Across the River, and Every Day is Gameday.

Phil is based in Indianapolis and offices out of Northwind's headquarters at the former St. Bernadette’s Church and School.

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Northwind Pharmaceuticals

Phillip Berry | Feb 22nd, 2012
Northwind Pharmaceuticals provides pharmaceuticals to clinics for in-office dispensing.  Founded in 1981, Northwind offers a variety of products to physicians interested in providing medication dispensing services to patients.  Based in Indianapolis, Indiana, Northwind is centrally located for quick shipping to locations across the United States. Here is a summary of our offerings: Prepackaged pharmaceuticals – … more »
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Atorvastatin Calcium (generic Lipitor) is on its way!

Phillip Berry | Nov 29th, 2011
Beginning tomorrow, Pfizer’s blockbuster treatment for high cholesterol comes off patent paving the way for less expensive generics.  The generic name for Lipitor is Atorvastatin Calcium and it presents another option for dispensing clinics to better serve their patients.  How big a deal is this?  There are currently 8.7 million Americans taking Lipitor.  Lipitor has … more »
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Trends to Follow for Medical Clinics

Phillip Berry | Nov 22nd, 2011
Laura Landro had an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal this morning talking about the growth of alternative clinics: retail, work, urgent care.   She quotes a study by Renee Hsia that shows patients seeking emergency care rose by 43% from 2000-2009 while hospital emergency room visits declined 27% over the same period. The trend … more »
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Healthcare Pay for Performance

Phillip Berry | Oct 29th, 2011
Pay for Performance – what do you think? www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2011/10/24/bisf1027.htm Here it comes…pay-for-performance sounds like a good concept but runs into problems with definitions and ultimately, who sets them. Patient satisfaction is about as vague a measure as possible and creates, like all incentives, unintended consequences when health systems try to comply.  Outcomes?  Is it reasonable to … more »
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Medications & Medical Weight Management

Phillip Berry | Oct 18th, 2011
Medications remain an important part of a clinical weight loss solution.  Northwind Pharmaceuticals works with many medically supervised weight loss clinics that offer medications as part of their solution.  Physician dispensing in a bariatric practice is a great fit for several reasons: Many patients are not good candidates for gastric bypass surgery and must therefore … more »
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