The Holistic Pharmacy Approach To 340B Patient Support

September 8, 2025340B, Bedside Prescription Delivery, Contract Pharmacy, Drug Manufacturer Restrictions, Meds To Beds, Patient Eligibility, PBM, Readmissions Reduction, Retail / Outpatient Pharmacy, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Pharmacy, Uncategorized, Value-Based Care

How to make Pharmacy “The Easy Part” of the patient experience. Anyone who’s ever been a hospital patient, or patient caregiver, knows that the mental strain of a serious illness can often match the negative impact of the physical trauma. Particularly when an illness is chronic and/or long-term, the stress involved in managing the details … Read More

The Definitive 340B Compliance Checklist For 2025

July 22, 2025340B, Audit, Compliance, Covered Entities, Readmissions Reduction, Specialty Pharmacy, TPA / TPAs

Download Our Free Compliance Checklist PDF   340B health systems have been under increasing scrutiny and regulatory oversight in recent years. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has indicated that it plans to increase the number and complexity of 340B program audits it conducts. Here’s how your health system can prepare every aspect of … Read More

Why A 340B Hospital Should Own A Specialty Pharmacy. Why Not.

July 8, 2025340B ESP, Bedside Prescription Delivery, Contract Pharmacy, PBM, Readmissions Reduction, Retail / Outpatient Pharmacy, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Pharmacy, TPA / TPAs

Before we begin, we’re going to be honest with you. A significant component of VytlOne’s business is guiding 340B health systems through the process of building, accrediting, funding, launching and managing on-campus specialty pharmacies. Many times in this space, we’ve maintained that every 340B hospital should consider owning a specialty pharmacy. We’re currently in the … Read More

How Recent 340B Changes Impact Specialty Pharmacies In 2025

June 4, 2025340B, Compliance, Covered Entities, Drug Manufacturer Restrictions, News Updates, Readmissions Reduction, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Pharmacy

The evolving legal and legislative landscape surrounding the 340B Drug Pricing Program has significant implications for hospitals’ specialty pharmacies. Here’s a breakdown of the new developments and their likely impacts: Recent 340B changes and their impact on specialty pharmacies 1. 340B contract pharmacy restrictions Drug manufacturers have increasingly restricted the use of contract pharmacies, especially … Read More

How To Use Your 340B Program As a Community Health Engine

May 13, 2025340B, PBM, Prescription Discounts, Readmissions Reduction, Retail / Outpatient Pharmacy, Specialty Drugs, Value-Based Care

The 340B Drug Pricing Program, established by Congress in 1992, was designed to enable eligible healthcare organizations to stretch scarce federal resources, reaching more eligible patients and providing more comprehensive services. Over the years, this program has evolved into a powerful tool that can significantly enhance a hospital’s ability to improve patient outcomes, and ensure … Read More

How One Clinical Pharmacist Can Impact Hospital Readmissions

December 12, 2024Bedside Prescription Delivery, Meds To Beds, Outpatient Tracking, Readmissions Reduction

There are so many reasons Brandi Henneman has had such a positive impact on participation rates for VytlOne’s Readmission Reduction program at South Carolina’s Conway Medical Center. Chief among them, her first-rate professionalism, and her genuinely caring disposition — which immediately tells patients she has their best interests at heart. It’s a sense of comfort … Read More

Reducing Hospital Readmissions, One Patient At A Time.

November 5, 2024Bedside Prescription Delivery, Meds To Beds, Readmissions Reduction, Value-Based Care

(Scroll to the bottom of the page to watch our Program Overview video) As noted in a 2018 study conducted by the National Institutes Of Health (NIH), one of the cornerstones of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the Hospital Quality Initiative for enhancing patient safety, reducing hospital readmissions, improving quality, … Read More

VytlOne’s MedServRx: The Prescription-Drug Advantage For Patients And Their Providers

March 23, 2023Medicare, PBM, Prescription Discounts, Readmissions, Readmissions Reduction, Retail / Outpatient Pharmacy, Value-Based Care

In the fall of 2022, VytlOne set-out to extend its pharmacy-based services to hospitals, their affiliated physicians and their patients by offering a multi-benefit prescription savings card. One that helps make unaffordable drugs more affordable, while increasing patients’ access to medications through prescription discounts. Just as importantly, a card that gives participating health systems access … Read More

How 340B Programs Can Positively Impact Value-Based Care Scores

March 9, 2023340B, Bedside Prescription Delivery, CMS Star Ratings, Covered Entities, Medicare, Medication Compliance, Meds To Beds, Meds To Beds, Outpatient Tracking, Overview, Patient Eligibility, Readmissions Reduction, Value-Based Care

It’s no secret that, for hospitals, one of the Affordable Care Act’s most far-reaching legacies is the impact that Value-Based Care has on the payments they receive. For many health systems, the lower their Value-Based Care scores, the lower the payments they receive from treating Medicare and Medicaid patients. What isn’t as commonly considered — … Read More

How To Avoid 30-Day Readmission Medicare/Medicaid Penalties

July 26, 2022CMS Star Ratings, Medicare, Medication Compliance, Outpatient Tracking, Readmissions, Readmissions Reduction, Retail / Outpatient Pharmacy, Value-Based Care

What is the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program? HRRP is a value-based Medicare purchasing program that encourages hospitals to improve communication and care coordination to better engage patients and caregivers in discharge plans and, in turn, prevent avoidable readmissions. According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, “Value-based programs reward health care providers with incentive … Read More