Please join us on Thursday, January 28, 2010 from 1:00-2:00 PM (EST) for a webinar on important regulatory developments pertaining to contract pharmacy arrangements. 

As you may know, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently cleared the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) guidelines authorizing covered entities to dispense 340B drugs through multiple contract pharmacy arrangements. Current guidance only permits one contract pharmacy arrangement per site, so it is likely that the new guidelines will be published soon. In addition, HRSA has relaxed its interpretation of the current contract pharmacy guidelines such that contract pharmacy arrangements may be more attractive to 340B hospitals. Contract pharmacies have historically been permitted to dispense 340B drugs only to those hospital patients who receive services from the hospital site to which the pharmacy is linked. Patients of any other hospital site have not been eligible to use the 340B contract pharmacy arrangement. A recent HRSA clarification, however, now recognizes the right of a contract pharmacy to use 340B to fill any outpatient prescription pertaining to a patient of the hospital, regardless of which hospital site has the relationship with the patient.

The webinar will cover the following issues pertaining to contract pharmacy arrangements:

1. Risks and benefits;
2. Complexities pertaining to third party billing;
3. HRSA’s recent clarification that such arrangements are no longer limited to specific covered entity sites;
4. How to prepare to implement multiple new guidelines; and
5. The potential role of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and the possibility of capturing new revenue.

Registration:

Please Note: This event is for hospitals only.

This event is free for SNHPA enhanced level members (limit two site licenses* per hospital). SNHPA standard members may participate for a $50 site license fee* and non-member hospitals can participate for a $100 site license fee*.

* Site licenses includes one phone connection and one internet connection for unlimited attendees at one location.  If attendees can not attend all at one location, they must register and pay separately.

To begin your registration, please click on the Register Now! link below.  Instructions on how to join the webinar will be e-mailed to you prior to the event so please be sure to enter your e-mail address correctly. Registrations must be received by January 27 .

We hope you can join us for this event! If you have any questions, please contact Anna Mangum at (202) 552-5863 or anna.mangum@snhpa.org.