DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

1.DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries (the “Company”) is the largest independent provider of specialty pharmacy and infusion services in the United States of America (“U.S.”). The Company is focused on improving the lives of patients with complex chronic diseases while also delivering unique solutions for manufacturers, hospitals, payers and providers. The Company’s patient-centric approach positions it at the center of the healthcare continuum for treatment of complex chronic disease states, including oncology, specialty infusion therapy, immunology, hepatitis, multiple sclerosis and many other serious or long-term conditions. Beginning after its acquisition of LDI Holding Company, LLC, in December 2017, the Company operates in two reportable segments — Specialty and Pharmacy Benefit Management (“PBM”). The Specialty segment offers a broad range of innovative solutions to address the dispensing, delivery, dosing and reimbursement of clinically intensive, high-cost specialty drugs and a wide range of applications and the PBM segment provides services designed to help the Company’s customers reduce the cost and manage the complexity of their prescription drug programs. The Company dispenses to patients in all U.S. states and territories through its advanced distribution centers and manages centralized clinical call centers to deliver localized services on a national scale.