Rick Sage

Executive Vice President, Innovation & Standards at National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, Inc. (NCPDP)

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Richard Sage is Executive Vice President, Innovation & Standards Development with the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP). In this critical role, Sage brings his unique blend of broad and deep industry experience to cultivate a community of innovation within NCPDP to ensure our standards continue to support interoperability for new technologies, reforms, and advances to transform the future of healthcare in alignment with NCPDP’s 3-Year Strategic Plan. Sage additionally provides leadership in the development and implementation of research needed for NCPDP’s business development, strategic planning, budgeting, membership recruiting, outreach and sponsorships. In addition, Sage leads the organization’s standards development, information technology, database services departments and provides technical partner oversight.

Sage has shown a long-standing commitment to NCPDP’s vision to lead the industry in healthcare standards and solutions for the common good. Before joining NCPDP, he supported the Standardization Committee Co-Chair and was a member of the Bylaws Committee and Finance Committee. He also served as Co-Chair of NCPDP’s Work Group 11 ePrescribing & Related Transactions.

Sage is a well-known industry executive, most recently demonstrating success as Vice President of Retail Solutions at McKesson Corporation, where he led the development and implementation of a strategic roadmap to govern its retail pharmacy business. Previously Sage served as Vice President and General Manager at Supplylogix, a division of McKesson, managing the business unit and expanding market penetration into health systems and independent pharmacies in the U.S. and Canada. Sage was also Chief Executive Officer and Partner at Check-InMD, a health information technology start-up focused on patient access and transparency. Before that, as Senior Vice President of Pharmacy Services at Emdeon Business Services, Sage led the vision, strategy and execution of all facets of its Pharmacy Services unit, shifting the business model from a single product focus to a multi-product suite of services that served as the foundation for Emdeon’s revenue growth.

Sage earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management from Illinois State University. He also studied Business Essentials for Executives at the University of Pennsylvania’s The Wharton Business School and received Executive Management Training at the University of Michigan.