1. Delivery of the Best Products and Services

Music City Nuclear Pharmacy is staffed by licensed nuclear pharmacists with advanced education, training and experience in the preparation, distribution, and pharmacology of radiopharmaceuticals.Our pharmacist staff has  combined experience of over 70 years in the practice of radiopharmacy.We are always available to answer your questions, research requested information, and immediately respond to any problems that may arise. Our products are prepared in a aseptic environment under a laminar air flow hood. Some radiopharmaceutical kits are capable of supporting bacterial growth, so adherence to strict aseptic procedures to assure sterility is very important. To satisfy JCAHO requirements and ACNP quality assurance standards, quality control test results on patient doses are supplied to your department daily. We can make available to your department the most progressive therapies and diagnostic tests in areas that we serve. For example, you now have Cell Labeling Capabilities and many of the forthcoming radiopharmaceuticals will be slightly more laboratory intensive and may require additional work to prepare and a more difficult Q.C. process. Summary: Preparation and procurement of radiopharmaceuticals  and outstanding customer service is our specialty.

2. Maximize Your Efficiency

Music City Nuclear Pharmacy services are designed to allow you to offer your patients the most complete line of the highest quality products available. Our services are designed to maximize your department's overall efficiency and thus, improve your patient satisfaction and profitability. Dose preparation, labeling, q.c., disposal, and record keeping is performed at the radiopharmacy, so technologists are free to concentrate fully on performing studies and delivering quality patient care. Invoicing is performed per your specifications thus simplifying your paperwork. Your drug cost per patient is fixed and remains constant even when your patient load changes, so administration may project or budget your costs and revenues much more accurately. Summary: Our services are designed to provide your patients with the best care and to save you time and money.

3. We Offer Products from Multiple Sources

We offer the widest product line available. We are the preferred distributor for other products which translates to better pricing. No other radiopharmacy or manufacturer offers such a complete product line. Each manufacturer has products that are unique and a number of new companies with unique products will be entering the nuclear medicine marketplace in the near future. Music City Nuclear Pharmacy serves as a one-call source for all nuclear medicine products and for information about new, existing, and investigational products. We are a full member of the independent radiopharmacy group, UPPI. Through our association with UPPI and its 100+ members nation-wide, we are able to enjoy volume discounts that we are able to pass along to your department. Summary: Utilize our buying advantages to benefit your department by saving money and gaining access to the resources that all manufacturers provide. 

4. Dispense Patient Specific Prescriptions

Music City Nuclear Pharmacy's unit dose (single patient) pricing allows you to know exactly what the drug expense will be for each patient. Individual patient prescriptions are invoiced at the end of each week with a summary of your weekly activity. Each individual patient dose comes with a prescription copy that facilitates approval for third party reimbursement for the drug in addition to the procedure. In contrast to you buying the raw materials form a manufacturer and preparing the drugs yourself, MCNP dispenses individual prescriptions ready for administration to your patients. Such prescriptions are guaranteed by a licensed pharmacy to meet all required federal and state standards for quality, purity, sterility, and labeling. Music City Nuclear Pharmacy also accepts payment through credit cards. We accept VISA, MasterCard and American Express to help you consolidate your expenses.  Summary: Simplified patient billing documentation to third parties

5. Retrieval of Radioactive Waste

Music City Nuclear Pharmacy retrieves all radioactive and biohazardous waste resulting from injections within your nuclear imaging department. This not only saves you the direct cost of paying someone to dispose of your radioactive and biohazardous waste, but also the more expensive indirect costs associated with staying abreast of OSHA, DOT, and NRC regulations, or hiring a consultant to do so: or storing your waste on site and paying a technologist to oversee and of assuming your waste disposal program the full liability of storing and handling radioactive and biohazardous waste.

Summary: Radioactive and biohazardous waste disposal responsibilities are minimized at your department.

6. Supports Local Economy and Community

Because Music City Nuclear Pharmacy is a locally owned and operated independent pharmacy, the money you spend stays in your area,not to another state. When you buy direct from the radiopharmaceutical manufacturers or an out-of-state Corporate radiopharmacy, your dollars leave metro Nashville forever...but money spent with Music City Nuclear Pharmacy is recycled back into our community and back into your patient's pockets over and over again. Music City Nuclear Pharmacy creates jobs for our area, pays local taxes, supports other local businesses, and sponsors educational seminars and social functions for the benefit of our community. We are the only Nashville pharmacy for metro Nashville's customers. Summary: Music City Nuclear Pharmacy has vested interest in our community.

7. Compatible Computer Software System

Your nuclear medicine software system (BioDose) is fully compatible with our (BioRx) Pharmacy software system. This allows you to barcode all incoming products, thereby eliminating any manual entries into the computer system. Through this process, mistakes and mis-entries area minimized and less time will be spent on data entry. Because of our on staff programmers and custom software, we are readily available for training and or trouble shooting with any computer need. Special programing needs are rapidly addressed and updates are available on an ongoing basis.The Biodose team has also recently announced the introduction of "The Report Card" an ICANL-certified reporting software program to facilitate nuclear cardiologist reporting. Summary: Decrease your time and mistakes on data entry.

8. Value Added Services

• Experience means Quality - Our radiopharmacists have a combined level of 70 years experience in the practice of nuclear pharmacy. We know the importance of providing quality pharmaceuticals in a timely fashion for the best value available. We will never compromise our values and have no Corporate budgets or quotas to meet. We enjoy our jobs, enjoy working with you and appreciate your support.
• Continuing Education - we have provided our customers information on how to enroll in on-line CE courses that will help them meet their annual CE requirements .We will also continue to sponsor live CE presentations in support of the local MTONMT nuclear medicine society. We will also soon be able to provide SNM "VOICE" credits on line for our CNMT customers.
• Patient Information Brochures: This includes. Guidelines for patients receiving radioiodine. Patients guide to Nuclear Medicine Professional Service Department: Provides technical and educational assistance.
• Waste Disposal: Provides a mechanism for the pickup, decay and disposal of radioactive waste(only product provided by Music City Nuclear Pharmacy)
• Return Transportation Documentation: Documentation to comply with department of transportation regulations.
• Blood Handling Control System: First comprehensive blood handling control system for diagnostic imaging procedures requiring the radio labeling for patients blood samples.
• Reimbursement Hot-Line: Consultant to answer customer specific question concerning healt care reimbursement. Most question can be answered within seventy two hours.
• ICANL Accreditation Services: MCNP has aligned with an experienced,  local Nuclear Medicine professional to offer this service to its customers for approximately at a substantial savings to currently marketed programs. As more insurance companies require this certification, this service will be invaluable.
• Health Physics services: MCNP can provide or utilize Nashville Nuclear Physics to provide your department a complete Health Physics services package.  When a dose calibrator or survey meter needs to go out for repair, a MCNP loaner is provided at no charge. Our meter calibration charges are extremely reasonable and our turnaround time is the best available.

Summary: Additional savings/benefits for your department.

9. Compliance

Music City Nuclear Pharmacy is a licensed Radiopharmacy which is authorized to distribute radiopharmaceuticals to authorized recipients in the state of Tennessee. Our Tennessee Board of Pharmacy license number is 4120 and our RAM license # is R-19245-A15, expiration 1-31-2015. Summary: We adhere to all compliance issues that arrise.

Our Nuclear Pharmacy support Staff consist of:Bold Text

Donna Townsend, CFO and Vice-President;  

Heather A. Townsend, Sales and Operations

Suzie Collingwood, Nuclear Pharmacy Technician;  

Theresa Brownell, Nuclear Pharmacy Technician;

Grant Lane, Nuclear Pharmacy Technician;  

Dianne Emrick, Pharmacy Service Technician;

Heather Davidson, Pharmacy Service Technician;  

Anthony Petty, Pharmacy Service Technician

Jeremy Chapdelaine, Pharmacy Service Technician 

Joey Forrester, CNMT, ICANL Services Specialist

Ronald Bice,Attorney, Corporate Counsel

Douglas Jones, Attorney, Corporate Counsel