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.

Featured Articles

The Hidden Problem (and Opportunity) with PBMs

Phillip Berry | Dec 29th, 2021
Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) have taken a beating over practices that continue to leave a really bad taste in the mouths of many self-funded employers. For anyone following the headlines, the issues have become familiar: – Spread pricing – Withholding hidden manufacturer rebates – Withholding data – Layers and layers of hidden administrative fees – … more »
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A Better Kind of Health Spend Stewardship

Phillip Berry | Dec 8th, 2021
Excerpt below from Nexus of Care: Fulfilling the Promise of Employer-Sponsored Health Centers by Phillip Berry When you think about stewardship, as it relates to a self-funded employer’s spend on health benefits, the goal is to convert that spend into an investment. Do you look at your portfolio annually and adjust just once a year? … more »
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Strategic Rx Stewardship: P is for Purpose

Phillip Berry | Nov 18th, 2021
Week 13 – R X S T E W A R D S H I P Moving Toward STRATEGIC RX STEWARDSHIP™ Why do we do what we do? Organizations often position themselves as “mission driven.” What does this mean? The implication is that the mission of that particular company is in some way to do good. All organizations are “mission driven.” For some, … more »
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Employee Health: Playing the Long Game

Phillip Berry | Mar 22nd, 2021
Here we are at the beginning of the 2021 NCAA Tournament and employers are starting to see the results of the Q4 benefits renewal bets they placed. You picked your bracket, how will those picks perform in 2021? Late last year, large employer’s surveyed by Business Group on Health (BGH) expected health plan costs to rise 5.3% in 2021. … more »
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