Patrick Gleason

Patrick Gleason
President-elect

Pat Gleason began his career as a clinician at the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Minnesota, later serving as a Medical Liaison at Pharmacia. For the past 23 years, Pat has been with Prime Therapeutics, a pharmacy benefits manager (PBM), where he leads a health outcomes analytics team conducting research to support PBM product development, evaluate clinical program outcomes and economic value, and generate real-world evidence. Prime Therapeutics publishes its findings in the Journal of Specialty and Managed Care Pharmacy (JMCP) and presents them at AMCP scientific sessions.
 

Pat oversees pharmaceutical manufacturer value-based contracting and pharmacy quality metric reporting for Medicare Star measures and URAC accreditation. As product owner for HighTouchRx, he integrates medical and pharmacy data using more than 2,500 rules weekly to identify cost-effective therapy recommendations for prescribers.
 

As an Adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy, Pat advises PhD students, teaches, and mentors pharmacy students. He has served two terms on the AMCP Board of Directors and 12 years on the JMCP Editorial Advisory Board, including two years as Chair. His honors include three JMCP Awards for Excellence and the AMCP Spirit of Volunteerism Award. Most recently, Pat helped the AMCP Minnesota chapter join the Midwest Affiliate.