Thom Stambaugh, RPh
Chief Clinical Officer
Biography
Thom Stambaugh joined Altruix to develop partnerships with key healthcare stakeholders, improve patient outcomes and lead the clinical direction for Altruix’s innovative pharmacy platform. Thom brings to Altruix a passion for helping people on medications achieve the best outcomes for a fair price.
Prior to Altruix, Thom was the Chief Pharmacy Officer at Flipt, a high tech/high touch pharmacy benefit management company with a transparent and pass through business model. At Flipt, Thom led clinical, specialty, and benefit strategy. Thom also built Flipt’s sales team from the ground up, and partnered to win their largest clients, including Novartis, J&J and Medtronic.
Previously, Thom spent 23 years at Cigna, serving a wide range of roles, including Chief Pharmacy Officer, Vice President of Specialty Pharmacy, and Vice President of Value Based Partnerships. Thom’s accomplishments include developing solutions at Cigna to help people with complex psychiatric conditions and controlled substance abuse get expert clinical care from behavioral specialists. In addition, Thom created value-based contracts with physician groups, pharmacies, and pharmaceutical manufacturers that incentivized each stakeholder to improve clinical outcomes and cost of care for patients on medications.