Dana Felthouse MBA Email Address

Vice President of Business Development

MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc., founded in 1989 and headquartered in San Diego, CA, is a PBM that combines subject matter expertise with innovative technology and services to deliver better healthcare outcomes and improve its clients'positions in the market. MedImpact provides PBM services to 47 million members of health plans, hospitals and employers in the U.S. and abroad. MedImpact's model is unique: avoiding conflict of interest by not owning mail order or specialty pharmacies and instead deriving revenue from effectively managing client pharmacy benefits. MedImpact's results are quantified through detailed peer analysis, demonstrating how the company can help its clients be market leaders rather than followers.

Dana H. Felthouse is vice president of business development for MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. For much of her career, Dana has focused on the critical role of drug therapy in managed health care. Having worked with the primary stakeholders in the drug benefit arena including PBMs, pharmaceutical companies, pharmacies, physicians, and purchasers, she is well versed in all aspects of drug benefit design and administration. Former president of the Pharmacy Benefit Management Institute, she was the primary author of PBMI’s nationally recognized research studies—Prescription Drug Benefit Cost and Plan Design Survey Report and PBM Customer Satisfaction Report—from 2001 to 2010. Her work history includes positions of increasing responsibility at Baylor College of Medicine, ARA Living Centers, The HSM Group, Ltd., and PCS Health Systems. Dana has written articles and spoken on a variety of drug benefit issues at national meetings. She serves on URACs Pharmacy Advisory Group and the Allviant, Inc. Advisory Board. Dana is a member of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy and the Worldwide Employee Benefits Network. She has a bachelor of arts degree in journalism and business from Baylor University in Waco, Texas and a master of business administration degree from the University of Phoenix in Phoenix. Dana is an accredited business communicator by the International Association of Business Communicators. You can contact Dana at dana.felthouse@medimpact.com.Specialties: Pharmacy benefit management, strategic planning, business development, services marketing and positioning