The automated approach to optimizing 340B savings & patient care while overcoming manufacturer restrictions NOTE: The purpose of this article is to highlight features and functionality any 340B platform needs to optimize a health system’s 340B savings and revenue. That said, we determined that the easiest way to report those features was to describe the … Read More
POST OUTLINE 1) What we’ve learned. What it means for your 340B program. Overview of VytlOne 340B Team experience and successes Dealing with frequent, unexpected changes 2) Potential 340B developments for 2024 National legislation prospects State regulatory changes 3) Legislative & court updates Bill introduced into House Of Representatives Supreme Court overturns 340B restriction cuts … Read More
Why a Specialty Pharmacy? (Overview) As chronic illnesses become increasingly common in the United States, the number of specialty medications for managing these conditions has skyrocketed. According to a report by The American Hospital Association, the number of Americans with chronic medical conditions will grow by a projected 9% between 2020 and 2030, an increase … Read More
Congress established the 340B program in 1992 to help non-profit hospitals fill-in the significant revenue gaps inherent to their business models. What the bill’s supporters did not foresee, and what very few eligible health systems realize — even today — is that 340B can function as the central hub of a multi-point program. One that … Read More
It’s no secret that the 340B Drug Pricing Program has been a lifeline for eligible health systems, enabling them to fill-in the massive revenue gaps inherent to the non-profit-hospital business model (and, in the process, support their mission of providing quality care to our nation’s most vulnerable patients) through access to discounted prescription refills. At … Read More
Based on our experience, it’s a claim we can make with 100% certainty. Since 2019, when VytlOne launched its 340B Support Services division, we’ve managed the 340B programs of 21 health systems. Altogether, we’ve generated more than $500 million in 340B Savings and Revenue for those health systems — $98M in the first 10 months … Read More
In late 2022, VytlOne’s team initiated 340B Program-Management support for a 198-bed, full-service, community and regional non-profit medical center located in the Northeast. After weeks of laying all the necessary groundwork to manage its 340B program, we began actively submitting eligible prescriptions this past January. By the end of Q1, the hospital’s 2023 340B savings … Read More
In the past week, no less than three articles have called attention to the restrictions drug manufacturers have imposed to evade their legal responsibility to honor 340B program prescription discounts — as well as the impact those restrictions have had on 340B-eligible nonprofit entities’ ability to serve their patients and communities. “Don’t believe drug companies: … Read More
Since the advent of 340B ESP in 2020, drug manufacturers have imposed a raft of unlawful restrictions on 340B program savings. Nowhere have those restrictions been more punitive than with specialty pharmacy medications; drugs which typically represent the most expensive (and profitable) in manufacturers’ product lines. 340B restrictions from the drug manufacturers’ perspective That said, … Read More
Based on our experience, it’s a claim we can make with 100% certainty. Since 2019, when VytlOne launched its 340B Support Services division, we’ve managed the 340B programs of 18 health systems. We’ve generated more than $500 million in 340B Savings and Revenue. And yet, we’ve never served (or seen) a 340B health system with … Read More
