PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pharmaceutical Strategies Group (PSG), the nation’s largest independent pharmacy benefit and strategic consulting firm, has hired Dr. Ritu Malhotra as Senior Vice President of Pharmacy Benefits Consulting.
Malhotra, who has more than a decade of experience in the industry, will oversee the company’s fast-growing Pharmacy Benefits Consulting group.
Malhotra has clinical expertise in multiple managed-care settings and with assisting clients in vendor selection, implementation, contract negotiations and clinical program development. She also has extensive experience with the managed-care industry, including hospital-sponsored health plans, pharmacy benefit management, Medicaid health plans and employee benefits consulting.
“Ritu is a successful benefits consultant who has the experience of working with all of our market segments,” said Kevin Host, President of PSG Consulting. “She has a passion for providing clients with innovative pharmacy benefit designs, cost-containment strategies, clinical management strategies and insightful market trends. I’m looking forward to working with Ritu to develop, expand and lead the Pharmacy Benefits Consulting group.”
Before joining PSG in December, Malhotra spent seven years at Segal Consulting, most recently serving as National Pharmacy Benefits Practice Leader. She also spent four years as a pharmacy benefit consultant for Hewitt Associates.
Malhotra earned a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Penn.
“I am looking forward to building on the success of PSG’s Pharmacy Benefits Consulting group and working with our many clients,” Malhotra said. “I’ve learned a great deal during the past decade, and will use that experience to help our clients reach their goals.”
About Pharmaceutical Strategies Group
Pharmaceutical Strategies Group (PSG), based in Plano, Texas, is the largest independent pharmacy program consulting firm in the U.S. PSG designs and implements custom and creative pharmacy benefit management, clinical and supply chain solutions that allow clients to greatly maximize the value of pharmaceuticals across their operations. PSG generated more than $2 billion in cost savings for its 300-plus clients, representing improved outcomes to 100 million lives in the last two years. The 21-year-old company’s clients include health plans, hospitals and health systems, labor unions, coalitions and self-insured employers. For more information, please visit www.psgconsults.com.
