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

April 19, 2024340B, 340B ESP, Contract Pharmacy, Covered Entities, Drug Manufacturer Restrictions, News Updates, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Pharmacy, Specialty Pharmacy

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 the drug manufacturer restrictions that have devastated many hospitals’ programs, every … Read More

Enhancing Patient Care and System Revenue: The Case for Onsite Specialty Pharmacies in 340B Hospitals

April 4, 2024340B, 340B ESP, Bedside Prescription Delivery, Compliance, Covered Entities, Drug Manufacturer Restrictions, Meds To Beds, Prescription Discounts, Requirements, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Pharmacy, Specialty Pharmacy

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

Best Practices For A 340B Hospital Looking To Build An Onsite Specialty Pharmacy

March 28, 2024340B, Outpatient Tracking, Retail / Outpatient Pharmacy, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Pharmacy

ProxsysRx 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

Your Hospital’s 340B Contract Pharmacy Network Is Not What It Should Be.

February 15, 2024340B, Contract Pharmacy, Covered Entities, Drug Manufacturer Restrictions, Patient Eligibility, PBM, Prescription Discounts, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Pharmacy, Specialty Pharmacy, TPA / TPAs, Uncategorized

Based on our experience, it’s a claim we can make with 100% certainty. Since 2019, when ProxsysRx launched its 340B Support Services division, we’ve managed the 340B programs of 18 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

The 2023 Guide To Implementing An Effective 340B Program

May 24, 2023340B, 340B ESP, Bedside Prescription Delivery, Compliance, Covered Entities, Drug Manufacturer Restrictions, Meds To Beds, PBM, Requirements, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Pharmacy, Specialty Pharmacy, TPA / TPAs

The 340B-program landscape has changed dramatically. For the 340B program’s first 28 years after its 1992 inception, the basic list of Best Practices for eligible entities (the 340B basics, if you will) remained largely unchanged — aside from the dramatically-increased importance of using specialized software. But since the June, 2020 introduction of 340B ESP — … Read More

Why 340B Hospitals Should Now Build Their Own Specialty Pharmacies

May 3, 2023340B, 340B ESP, Covered Entities, Drug Manufacturer Restrictions, Retail / Outpatient Pharmacy, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Pharmacy, Specialty Pharmacy, TPA / TPAs

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

Brick Walls: Dealing With 340B Manufacturer Restrictions.

February 23, 2023340B, 340B ESP, Contract Pharmacy, Covered Entities, Drug Manufacturer Restrictions, PBM, Requirements, Specialty Pharmacy, Specialty Pharmacy, TPA / TPAs

A ProxsysRx Team Member Speaks Out. I joined ProxsysRx in early 2021, and I’ve been devoted to 340B program management full-time since early 2022. I’m no stranger to heavily regulated programs. Nearly my whole professional career has been in some aspect of public health — preclinical, clinical and now post-clinical. I’m currently fully devoted to … Read More

Use Your Hospital’s Retail Pharmacy 340B Drug Savings To Build A Specialty Pharmacy

September 12, 2022340B, Compliance, Covered Entities, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Pharmacy

For 340B-eligible hospitals dealing with increasingly tight bottom lines (which essentially means all 340B-eligible hospitals), 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 do in traditional retail / outpatient or contract pharmacy 340B revenue. What is … Read More

340B Best Practices You Need To Know

April 1, 2022340B, Audit, Bedside Prescription Delivery, Compliance, Contract Pharmacy, Covered Entities, Meds To Beds, Overview, Patient Eligibility, Requirements, Specialty Pharmacy, Specialty Pharmacy

If your hospital is 340B-eligible, you may be missing-out on millions of dollars in prescription reimbursements. Savings and revenue which, for some hospitals served by ProxsysRx, actually make the difference between solvency and closure. Any list of Best Practices for running a 340B program starts with maintaining compliance. Tips for maintaining 340B Program Compliance The … Read More

How Do I Take Advantage Of The 340B Program With A Specialty Pharmacy?

March 9, 2022340B, Compliance, Covered Entities, Specialty Drugs, Specialty Pharmacy

Getting started with the 340b program If your hospital isn’t already 340B registered and eligible, you might want to refer to our previous blog post, Are you ready to enroll in the 340B program? What is a Specialty Pharmacy? The National Association of Specialty Pharmacy defines a specialty pharmacy as a state-licensed pharmacy that solely … Read More