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Contents
Industry Expert Q&A, 340B
Resources & Software
Solutions Market Leaders
Buyer’s Guide, and more.
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340B RESOURCES & SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS Buyer’s Guide
340B RESOURCES &
SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
Buyer’s Guide
340B Health
1101 15th Street NW, Suite 910
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 552-5850
www.340bhealth.org
ACI 340B Management
824 W. Franklin Street
Boise, ID 83702
(208) 258-8139
www.aci340b.com
Apexus
290 East John Carpenter Freeway
Irving, TX 75062
(888) 340-2787
www.apexus.com
Avella Specialty Pharmacy
SourceB
24416 N 19th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85085
(651) 983-0677
www.avella.com/sourceb
Blue & Co, LLC.
500 N. Meridian Street, Suite 200
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 633-4705
www.blueandco.com
CaptureRx
219 East Houston Street, Suite 100
San Antonio, TX 78205
(888) 345-6424
www.capturerx.com
Codonics
17991 Englewood Drive
Middleburg Heights, OH 44130
(800) 444-1198
www.codonics.com
Comprehensive Pharmacy
Services
6409 Quail Hollow Road
Memphis, TN 38120
(800) 968-6962
www.cpspharm.com
Curant Health
200 Technology Court SE, Suite B
Smyrna, GA 30082
(866) 460-8040
www.curanthealth.com
ELEVATE340B
1210 S 300 E, Suite #1752
Draper, UT 84020
(385) 273-0604
www.Elevate340b.com
Equiscript
1360 Truxton Avenue, Suite 300
North Charleston, SC 29405
(877) 568-4115
www.equiscript.com
ExceleraRx Corp
2100 Summer Street NE, Suite #260
Minneapolis, MN 55413
(612) 293-0378
www.excelerarx.com
Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP
1129 20th Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 466-8960
www.feldesmantucker.com
Healthclarity
800 S Dakota Avenue #315
Tampa, FL 33606
(800) 541-6923
www.healthclarityrx.com
Liberty Software
3205 E. Southlake Boulevard
Southlake, TX 76092
(800) 480-9603
www.Libertysoftware.com
Maxor National Pharmacy
Services Company
320 South Polk Street
Amarillo, TX 79101
(800) 658-6146
www.maxor.com
Macro Helix
2 National Data Plaza NE, 4th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 965-3040
www.macrohelix.com
NewTech/340B Optimizer
410 Kay Lane
Shreveport, LA 71115
(281) 292-9180
www.340boptimizer.com
PatientCraft, LLC
306 Thunderbird Drive
El Paso, TX 79912
(800) 682-5216
www.patientcraft.com
PharmBlue
40 Pennwood Place, Suite 300
Warrendale, PA 15086
(855) 779-4720
www.pharmblue.com
Pharmacy Healthcare Solutions,
an AmerisourceBergen Company
1300 Morris Drive
Chesterbrook, PA 19087
(877) 892-1254
www.pharmhs.com
QS/1
P.O. Box 6052
Spartanburg, SC 29304
(800) 845-7558
www.QS1.com
RCTECH Solutions Inc
4293 Diamond Terrace
Weston, FL 33331
(877) 215-5675
www.Rctech.org
RPh Innovations, LLC
1401 Branding Avenue, Suite 360
Downers Grove, IL 60515
(630) 963-0024
www.rphinnovations.com
ScriptPro
5828 Reeds Road
Mission, KS 66202
(800) 606-7628
www.scriptpro.com
Secure340B
P.O. Box 15257
Philadelphia, PA 19125
(888) 732-3402
www.secure340b.com
Sentry Data Systems, Inc.
800 Fairway Drive, Suite 400
Deerfield Beach, FL 33441
(800) 411-4566
www.sentryds.com
SUNRx
3220 Tillman Drive, Suite 104
Bensalem, PA 19020
(267) 525-3430
www.sunrx.com
Trellis Rx, LLC
1175 Peachtree Street NE
10th Floor, Suite 1000
Atlanta, GA 30361
(800) 503-5420
www.trellisrx.com
Verity Solutions
12131 113th Avenue NE, Suite 200
Kirkland, WA 98034
(425) 947-1922
www.verity340b.com
Visante
101 East Fifth Street #2220
St. Paul, MN 55101
(866) 388-7583
www.visanteinc.com
Vizient
290 East John Carpenter Freeway
Irving, TX 75062
(800) 842-5146
www.vizientinc.com
Walgreens 340B Complete®
102 Wilmot Road
Attn: Ken Kring MS1244
Deerfield, IL 60015
www.walgreens.com/
businesssolutions/
payer/340BComplete.jsp
Q A
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340B RESOURCES & SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS Q&A
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Steven Miller, Vice President of Pharmacy
Services, 340B Health
Q. What is the 340B Drug Pricing
Program?
The 340B program requires drug manufacturers to sell
outpatient drugs at a discount to safety-net providers
serving high numbers of low-income patients. Congress
created the program to allow these providers to “stretch
scarce federal resources as far as possible, reaching more
eligible patients and providing more comprehensive
services.” Savings from the program help fund free
and low-cost medications as well HIV/AIDS, diabetes,
cancer, dental, and primary care clinics that serve our
most vulnerable citizens.
Q. Who is eligible for the 340B
Program?
The 340B statute specifies a list of 16 types of “covered
entities” that are eligible for drug price discounts. Safety-
net providers eligible for 340B drug discounts include:
• Hospitals:
Disproportionate
Share
Hospitals,
Critical Access Hospitals, Children’s Hospitals,
Cancer Hospitals, Rural Referral Centers, Sole
Community Hospitals
• Clinics and Centers: Federally Qualified Health
Centers (FQHCs), FQHC Look-Alikes, Ryan
White HIV/AIDS Clinics, Black Lung Clinics,
Hemophilia Diagnostic Treatment Centers, Family
Planning Clinics, Sexually Transmitted Disease
Clinics, Tuberculosis Clinics, Tribal/Urban Indian
Health Centers, Native Hawaiian Health Centers
Q. What kind of drugs are covered
by 340B?
All covered outpatient drugs as defined by section 1927(k)
of the Social Security Act, are included under the 340B
Program, such as drugs infused in an outpatient clinic
for cancer or other diseases, diabetes medications used
at home (insulin and pills), and most prescription drugs
dispensed by a retail pharmacy.
Q. Who benefits from the 340B
Program?
340B is a critical support for the nation’s healthcare
safety net. Hospitals, clinics, and health centers that
treat large numbers of low-income patients can use the
savings from 340B to offset uncompensated care and the
frequent underpayments by Medicaid and Medicare.
340B also provides support to patients through programs
that include free or heavily discounted prescription drugs,
medication management, transportation and translation
services, vaccinations, and other forms of care.
Q. How does 340B intersect with
programs like Medicare and Medicaid?
The 340B discount is the result of a national drug
rebate agreement between drug manufacturers and the
Secretary of the Department of Health and Human
Services, in exchange for state Medicaid coverage and
Medicare Part B coverage of their covered outpatient
drugs. The 340B discounts mirror those required under
Medicaid.
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Our consulting work with hospitals
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a wealth of expertise with
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pharmacy operations and deliver
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340B RESOURCES & SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
Case Study:
Reconciling
Irreconcilable
Differences:
A Time Study on
IntelliVault™
From GSL Solutions Inc.
CASE STUDY
www.gslcorp.com
Background
Pharmacists have been manually tracking and reconciling physical controlled drug inventory to a perpetual
inventory log since 1971 at the institution of the DEA’s Title 21. The importance of tracking controlled
substance inventory and dispensing history cannot be overstated, but has long been hampering the full
potential of outpatient pharmacy operations. GSL Solutions Inc., a company well-known for the IntelliCab™
pharmacy will-call system found throughout military pharmacies and community pharmacies across the
globe, has developed a new product, IntelliVault™. This unique product aims to replace the typical “gun
safe” type open-faced and open-access controlled substance cabinet with a real-time discrete storage and
tracking system based on Radio Frequency Identifcation (RFID). The IntelliVault™ system has successfully
eliminated diversion and drug loss while optimizing pharmacy operations and reducing labor costs.
It achieves this through shifting time consuming, yet non-clinical labor away from pharmacists to
pharmacy technicians. It also eliminates time required to reconcile inaccuracies associated with manual
logs via three steps:
1. Controlled Substance Stock Receiving
• Technician coupling of controlled substance stock bottles with a SmartBasket™ with entry of lot
number and expiration date.
• Multiple technicians receiving and fling stock simultaneously.
• Automatic reconciling of received stock with distributor drug invoice or form 222.
2. Drug Retrieval + Filling
• Scanning the Rx label prompts a pharmacy technician to retrieve the controlled stock bottle with the
Pick to Light™ System.
• Entry of lot number and expiration date at the receiving step allows for the oldest stock to be used
frst and allows for simplifcation of drug recalls.
• Returned to stock prescriptions will automatically be used on the next flls.
• Storing a given NDC in multiple SmartBaskets™ allows for multiple technicians to fll that same
medication without the inventory worry of managing a "lead bottle."
3. Stock Bottle Back Count + Return to Stock
• Once the technician flls the Rx, a blind back count ensures accuracy, accountability, and chain-of-
custody. Any discrepancies are reviewed by a pharmacist, who can utilize GSL’s reports to review any
potential issues with their associated users.
• Software uses Pick to Light™ Technology to prompt technicians to
complete return to stock in a matter of seconds.
Reconciling Irreconcilable
Diferences: A Time Study on
IntelliVault™ From GSL Solutions Inc.
Michael Kiso, Pharm D. RPh
MBA Candidate 2020
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