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
(Photo above: ProxsysRx’s pharmacy at Terrebonne General Health System, in Houma, LA) A Hospital Pharmacy’s Retail Component “Dawn Dobersztyn does not get enough credit,” says VytlOne COO Billy Calhoun. “When you think about it, retail is the face of our pharmacies. It’s the first thing people see when they walk in the door. And here’s … Read More
On June 12, VytlOne opened its pharmacy in Holyoke Medical Center — a 198-bed independent community hospital in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The pharmacy is currently offering full retail service, and some patient-discharge prescription support (Meds To Beds), but the Employee Prescription plan still has a few hurdles to overcome. It’s a still-unfinished process that began when … Read More
Few corporate ladders in the retail pharmacy world rise higher than Derel Smith’s did. As former Director of Pharmacy Operations for a major regional retailer, he managed oversight of nearly 600 pharmacies. It was a position nearly 30 years in the making, and one that afforded him an enviable lifestyle in Orlando. So why, you’d … Read More
MedServRx: No prescription card saves more. Or delivers more. Not only does MedServRx offer savings of up to 80% (sometimes even more), it gives participating self-insured companies access to prescription-fulfillment data that’s commonly lost when patients use other prescription-discount cards. The MedServRx card, and all of the prescription-data reporting it delivers, are available at no … Read More
340B ESP and drug manufacturer restrictions are only part of the reason As we noted in a previous post, for 340B-eligible hospitals dealing with increasingly squeezed bottom lines, an in-house specialty pharmacy offers enormous savings and revenue potential. Some covered entities generate as much as 600% in specialty pharmacy revenue from 340B drugs as they … Read More
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
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
In late 2022, VytlOne’s team initiated 340B Program-Management support for a regional non-profit medical center located in the Northeast. We began actively submitting eligible prescriptions in January, 2023. By the end of Q1, the hospital’s 2023 340B savings & revenue had surpassed its total for all of 2022. Below is a brief review of how … Read More
Two DOPs Deal With Operations, The 340B Program, And Drug Manufacturers’ Restrictions VytlOne 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 VytlOne pharmacist since 2018, she … Read More
