How To Manage A Director of Pharmacy’s Responsibilities And An Optimized 340B Program. Without Hiring More Staff.

November 9, 2022340B, 340B ESP, Bedside Prescription Delivery, Compliance, Contract Pharmacy, Meds To Beds, Outpatient Tracking, Patient Eligibility, Retail / Outpatient Pharmacy, Specialty Pharmacy
How To Manage A Director of Pharmacy’s Responsibilities And An Optimized 340B Program. Without Hiring More Staff.

Two DOPs Deal With Operations, The 340B Program, And Drug Manufacturers’ Restrictions ProxsysRx recently organized an introductory Zoom meeting between the DOPs of two health systems we serve. Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center’s (SMRMC) Tiffany Poole earned her Doctorate of Pharmacy degree from the University of Mississippi in 2006. A ProxsysRx pharmacist since 2018, she … Read More

What Is Your Health System’s Potential ROI With An Optimized 340B Program?

October 24, 2022340B, 340B ESP, Contract Pharmacy, Overview, Patient Eligibility, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Pharmacy
What Is Your Health System’s Potential ROI With An Optimized 340B Program?

Introducing ProxsysRx’s 340B Program ROI Calculator The 340B program has often been described, and with good reason, as a black box. There are dozens of factors impacting an individual hospital’s relative success or failure in generating positive returns from a program. ProxsysRx has optimized dozens of 340B programs — generating tens of millions in savings … Read More

Specialized Software Can Only Do So Much For 340B Programs

October 6, 2022340B, 340B ESP, Compliance, Requirements
Specialized Software Can Only Do So Much For 340B Programs

Why specialized software is essential for successful 340B programs As we’ve mentioned in several previous posts, many hospitals taking full advantage of 340B programs’ discounts save millions of dollars a year on prescription costs. However, 340B programs cover thousands of discounted drugs, and, for most eligible entities, thousands — if not tens of thousands — … Read More

Avoid These Six Common Errors When Reporting 340B-Eligible Prescriptions Through 340B ESP

August 26, 2022340B, 340B ESP, Covered Entities, Requirements
Avoid These Six Common Errors When Reporting 340B-Eligible Prescriptions Through 340B ESP

As we noted in a previous post, 340B ESP is nothing less than a brazen and (in our opinion) unlawful ploy by the drug manufacturers to evade the discounts they are legally obligated to offer eligible entities — by placing extraordinary, and unnecessary, reporting burdens on hospitals submitting claims for 340B savings. That said, until … Read More

Understanding The 340B Program Requirements

November 8, 2021340B, 340B ESP, Bedside Prescription Delivery, Covered Entities, Drug Manufacturer Restrictions, Meds To Beds, Prescription Discounts, Requirements, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Pharmacy
Understanding The 340B Program Requirements

What Is The 340B Drug Pricing Program? The 340B drug pricing program was created by Congress in 1992 to help fill revenue gaps experienced by healthcare providers operating on very low, or negative, margins — by providing significant discounts on prescription drugs. In a March, 2023 Fact Sheet, The American Hospital Association (AHA.org) noted, “The … Read More

340B Outlook For 2024: Change. Change. And More Change.

October 4, 2021340B, 340B ESP, Contract Pharmacy, Covered Entities, Drug Manufacturer Restrictions, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Pharmacy, Specialty Pharmacy, TPA / TPAs
340B Outlook For 2024: Change. Change. And More Change.

What we’ve learned. What it means for your 340B program. Between late 2019 and the end of 2023, ProxsysRx’s 340B Support program went from Zero to more than $500 million in savings generated for the hospitals and health systems we serve. In spite of drug manufacturer restrictions, every one of the 13 health systems we … Read More