PharMerica


PharMerica is a Fortune 1000 company formed in January 2007 from the merger of Kindred Healthcare's pharmacy business with a subsidiary of AmerisourceBergen. The company is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, and operates a major customer support center in Tampa, Florida.
The new company is the second largest in the institutional pharmacy services market, with revenues of $1.9 billion and a customer base of 330,000 "beds" in 41 U.S. states.
In August 2011, pharmacy services provider Omnicare made a bid of $457 million for all outstanding shares of PharMerica. The Federal Trade Commission sued Omnicare to block the deal on the basis that the FTC believed the acquisition would lead to higher drug prices. In February 2012, Omnicare allowed its offer to the shareholders of PharMerica to expire.
In August 2017, CNBC reported that PharMerica was to be acquired by KKR, in a deal worth $1.4 billion, including debt.

Controversy

Pharmerica has faced numerous allegation of Medicare and Medicaid fraud and various states. Controlled substance violations and problems with many of their pharmacies. Most notable Pharmerica, Concord NH, is dying and under numerous investigations by local board of labor and pharmacy as well as control fraud with the FDA and DEA.