Maximizing pharmacy’s role in your hospital’s revenue cycle The 340B landscape continues to evolve rapidly, with ongoing manufacturer restrictions, new compliance hurdles, and increasing financial pressures on covered entities. The average 340B-eligible hospital loses a substantial amount of money due to drug manufacturer restrictions on the program. Recent estimates indicate that hospitals and clinics collectively … Read More
How your health system can leverage visibility, your PBM and your pharmacies to achieve your financial and clinical goals. The systemic problem: Overview The U.S. prescription drug market is a textbook case of waste and inefficiency — one that, in recent years, has disproportionately benefited a handful powerful corporations at the expense of providers, … Read More
POST OUTLINE Introduction: Overview Review of Johnson & Johnson’s drug rebate payments in 2023 J&J’s 2023 profit margin Johnson & Johnson’s real rebate problem 340B and the drug industry as a whole Estimated percentage of drug sales supporting 340B health systems Why the actual number is lower than reported The importance of 340B savings & … Read More
POST OUTLINE PHASE ONE: Organizing 340B data, coordinating teams Connecting and educating 340B system providers Requalifying all eligible, but unreimbursed, 340B scripts Retrieving 340B eligible-script data Establishing communication lines between internal and external 340B teams Why specialized software is essential for successful 340B programs The central problem with most 340B programs’ data Why 340B software … Read More
Far too many 340B hospitals overlook pharmacy’s overall potential in their health systems’ revenue cycles. Below is a graphic overview of VytlOne’s integrated approach to optimizing a health system’s pharmacy services, savings and revenue. In 340B support alone, we’ve generated over $500 million for the hospitals we serve — revenue those systems have used to … Read More
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
Why 340B vendors charging Percentage Of Revenue is wrong. The United States Congress established the 340B statute in 1992 to help non-profit hospitals fill-in the often-backbreaking revenue gaps inherent to their business models — enabling covered entities to replenish eligible prescriptions at significant savings. Savings which they can then pass-along to their patients, many of … 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
VytlOne recently gathered three of its corporate executives for an in-depth discussion of how an eligible health system can optimize revenues from its 340B program and its retail pharmacy, to help build and fund an onsite specialty pharmacy. Below is a lightly-edited transcript of that discussion. NOTE: If you’d prefer to watch the complete video … Read More
