Michael Samojla
Chief Executive Officer, IMC Pharma
50+ Years in Pharmaceutical Inventory Management · Wood Dale, IL
Michael Samojla has spent more than five decades conducting and overseeing pharmaceutical inventory counts for retail pharmacies and health systems across the country. As CEO of IMC Pharma, he writes about the operational realities of pharmacy inventory management — accuracy, compliance, cost control, and what separates a count you can trust from one you cannot.
50+
Years in pharmacy inventory
4,000+
Inventories conducted
99%
Count accuracy rate
30%
Avg. cost reduction for clients
ABOUT MICHAEL
Five Decades of Pharmacy Inventory Expertise
Michael Samojla founded IMC Pharma on a simple conviction: a pharmacy inventory count is only worth doing if it is done accurately. Over fifty years, that conviction has shaped every process, every protocol, and every team member at IMC Pharma.
He has worked with independent retail pharmacies, regional chains, community health systems, and large academic medical centers. The problems he encounters are consistent across all of them: rushed counts, inconsistent methodology, variance data that nobody trusts, and compliance exposure that accumulates quietly until it becomes a crisis.
His writing in the IMC Pharma Insights Hub draws directly from that experience. No theory, no frameworks borrowed from other industries. Just what he has learned from walking into thousands of pharmacies and doing the work.
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What Michael Writes About
INVENTORY ACCURACY
Getting the Count Right
The methodology, technology, and discipline behind pharmacy inventory counts that produce data you can actually use.
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COMPLIANCE
Regulatory Readiness
DEA requirements, controlled substance accountability, TJC survey readiness, and what compliance actually looks like in practice.
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OPERATIONS
Running a Tighter Pharmacy
Cost control, reverse distribution, year-end planning, and the operational decisions that separate high-performing pharmacies from the rest.
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DEEP EXPERTISE
Where Michael Focuses
Physical Inventory Counts
Full-facility counts for retail pharmacies and health systems using CipherLab barcode scanning technology.
Controlled Substance Compliance
DEA accountability, biennial inventory requirements, and variance investigation protocols.
Diversion Detection
Identifying patterns in count data that indicate diversion risk before it becomes a crisis.
Reverse Distribution
Expired and recalled medication returns, credit recovery, and pipeline management.
340B Program Support
Inventory segregation, compliance documentation, and audit readiness for 340B-covered entities.
Health System Operations
ADC reconciliation, cycle counting programs, and year-end planning for hospital pharmacies.
WORK WITH MICHAEL
Ready to Talk About Your Pharmacy?
Whether you need a count scheduled, have questions about compliance, or want to discuss a custom solution, Michael and the IMC Pharma team are ready to help.