Tina Rydland, PharmD
Executive Consultant and Founder
RxClarity Group, LLC

Tina Rydland, a pharmacist and visionary with 30 years deep business and clinical hands-on experience in the prescription supply chain.  She is on a mission to help HR leaders and CFOs ensure they get the best value from their pharmacy coverage vendors and suppliers.  Tina's career started with a passion for people, data and better care. 

Tina started her prescription coverage career in the early 90s working with CVS Caremark for 14 years in various leadership roles, including for the countries largest pharmacy fraud waste and abuse department.  Tina went on to co-develop and launch a leading medication therapy management department before 2006, that continues to help 30,000 federal employees annually.  Both services were models for CMS mandated programs for Part D in 2007. 

At the same time, Tina was using data to manage high-cost claim reviews, financial forecasting and modeling, and utilization and financial analytics for large employers.   

Tina wanted to learn the other side.  She started working in United Health Group, Care Management division consolidating failing disease management products into low-touch tools, partnered with specialty pharmacy teams to implement improved engagement approaches, and integrated pharmacy within care management services.  During this time Tina saw the rise of OptumRx and how vertically integrated pharmacy within a big insurance carrier had the potential to impact cost and care.  

After 16 years with PBM, Carriers, Dr. Rydland, took a leap and became a trusted pharmacy consultant to leaders across the supply chain.  She advised companies from big and small PBMs and specialty pharmacies to large and small employers, health systems, and technology companies.  She helped build care pathways for common and complex conditions and created support systems for people with heavy medication regimens who wanted to stay independent.  Dr. Rydland also helped build a cross-border pharmacy network between U.S and Canada. Tina became a pharmacy supply chain expert. 

However the work she loved the most- helping employers. 

Putting it all together, Tina led the launch of RxClarity Group.  Her passion for patient-centric care and her unwavering commitment to financial stewardship and transparency make her the ideal partner for HR leaders, CFOs and advisors seeking to optimize their prescription plans now and for the long run.