Specialty Pharmacy Services

When you live with a rare, chronic, or complex medical condition, choose a pharmacy service that specializes in your medication needs. With Essentia Health-Specialty Pharmacy, you’ll enjoy expert care and personal attention from a collaborative team that’s dedicated to helping you achieve the best outcomes and quality of life.

Do I Need a Specialty Pharmacy?

You may benefit from using a specialty pharmacy if you need medications that:

• Are unavailable through a local retail pharmacy
• Require special storage or handling
• Need close monitoring and regular check-ins with your care team

Conditions That May Need Specialty Care

Rely on Essentia Health for specialty medications to treat rare, complex, or chronic conditions, including:

• Ankylosing spondylitis
• Atopic dermatitis
• Cardiovascular disease
• Crohn’s disease
• Growth hormone treatment
• HIV
• High cholesterol
• Hepatitis C
• Infertility
• Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
• Multiple sclerosis
• Oncology
• Osteoporosis
• Psoriasis
• Psoriatic arthritis
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Ulcerative colitis

Coordinated, Expert Care

When you choose Essentia Health-Specialty Pharmacy, our specialty pharmacists, registered nurses, and pharmacy care navigators become part of your care team. Enjoy the ease of working with a pharmacy that can access your Essentia electronic medical record to help you get the right dose of the right drug at the right time. We work with your providers to offer you the best individualized care.

You can expect routine follow-up from your care team to coordinate your monthly refills and delivery. You can also communicate with us online through MyHealth.

Convenient Pickup & Delivery Options

Trust Essentia Health-Specialty Pharmacy to make sure you get your medications when you need them. If your medication needs approval from your insurance, we will work with your insurance company to ensure you get your medications in a timely manner. Once your specialty medication prescription is approved, you’ll receive your medication with 48 hours, unless otherwise requested.

Choose the free delivery option that’s most convenient for you:

• Pickup at an Essentia Health pharmacy near you
• Pickup at the Essentia Health Specialty pharmacy inside the Essentia Health St. Mary's Hospital-Superior at: 
  3500 Tower Avenue, Suite B
  Superior, WI 54880
  Hours: Monday - Friday: 12 - 5 pm
  Phone: 715-817-7145 or 844-380-5626
• Local delivery in communities with an Essentia Health pharmacy
  (Not available in Silver Bay, Minnesota or Hayward, Wisconsin.)
• Mail delivery to your home
  (You can have your prescriptions delivered by mail to Arizona, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Some restrictions may apply. Ask your pharmacy team if mail order is an offer for you.)

Paying for Your Prescriptions

Count on us to work with you, your physician, and your insurance company to ensure your medications are as affordable as possible. Ask our knowledgeable staff about financial assistance options from drug manufacturers, foundations related to your medical condition, and other sources.

To learn about your prescription drug coverage and any applicable copays, contact your health insurance provider.

Generic Medications

To save you money, we’ll substitute a less expensive, FDA-approved generic medication when possible. We make this substitution only if the medication is safely interchangeable with, and a therapeutic equal to the brand-name medication prescribed by your provider. Our pharmacies offer generic medications for as low as $5 a month.

If you object to a substitution, tell us when you order your medication or before you leave the pharmacy.