Barry A. Bunting

Barry A. Bunting, Distinguished Scholar National Academy of Practice.

His qualifications include over 25 years of experience in large acute care health systems serving as a clinical Pharmacist, clinical Pharmacy manager, P & T Committee Chair, Health Plan Design Committee member and has extensive experience with large self-funded health plans, Third Party Administrators and Pharmacy Benefits Management companies.

He has experience in grant writing and in Pharmacy network development. He is a founding ASHP Accredited ambulatory care Pharmacy residency director and also served for 10 years as a program director and project manager for a community Pharmacy-based disease management program known as the “Asheville Project”. This nationally acclaimed program received the APhA Foundation Pinnacle Award which recognizes significant scientific contributions or quality improvement in health care.

In 2017 Dr. Bunting started a clinical consulting business called PHM (Population Health Management) Consulting. In addition to consulting work with Pharmacy organizations, he is currently consulting with the government of India on a diabetes screening program for 5 million (BPL) Below Poverty Level citizens in Karnataka State, India, with a goal of expanding this screening program to the entire county of over 1 billion people.