Heritage is a privately held company, owned by its founder, John Tripodi, R.Ph. It operates two divisions-Auditing Services and Clinical Management Services. The Auditing division specializes in healthcare auditing for all aspects of the pharmacy benefit.
Heritage evaluates drug and medical claims data to identify potential areas for quality improvement.
BMS RetroDUR Committee on a monthly basis for retrospective drug review and possible pharmacy lock-in review. The population-based interventions, which may include Disease Management Programs, Drug Usage Evaluations, or Therapeutic Interchanges, are initiated by assessing the patient population using economic and clinical indicators to identify quality issues. The last component of the quality improvement cycle is the analysis of each intervention's outcomes. This analysis evaluates changes in indicators for a specific intervention to measure the intervention's effectiveness. Heritage's goal is to assist WV BMS in attaining measurable quality improvement.