340B Pulse

 340B enrollment is the formal process by which an eligible healthcare provider registers with HRSA's OPAIS system to access discounted outpatient drug pricing, and it is far less straightforward than it sounds once patient eligibility and vendor coordination enter the picture.  340B eligibility sounds simple until you actually try to act on it. There's no clear HRSA definition of who qual...

Pharmacy leadership health equity is the operational practice of designing pharmacy strategy and workflows so patients can access, afford, understand, and continue prescribed care, especially during hospital discharge and ambulatory transitions. Darra M. Edwards describes this as embedding pharmacists in medication reconciliation, Meds-to-Beds, chronic disease management, and community partnership...

In this episode of 340B Pulse, Duanni Hurd, founder of Starlight Caregivers, breaks down how organizations can integrate high-tech systems thinking to empower caregivers and drastically improve long-term aging outcomes. Care team continuous improvement is the ongoing, systematic effort to enhance the delivery and coordination of patient care by shifting from reactive crisis-management to proactive...

If duplicate discounts sound like a narrow compliance topic, this episode will reframe the entire 340B program for you. Greg Doggett has spent roughly fifteen years in the 340B policy world, from 340B Health advocacy to Walgreens pharmaceutical pricing work to advising hospitals and grantees at Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville. He joins Muhammad Atif to explain why 340B today is not just conte...

340B Pulse is a NorthArc Health podcast powered by PureLogics, built for operator-level conversations about how the 340B program actually runs day to day. In this episode, hosts Muhammad Atif and Nadia Palwasha are joined by Kalvin Pugh, 340B Policy Director, for a grounded conversation on turning 340B savings into mission impact. The discussion explores what happens when savings move beyond finan...

340B claims-level data is the patient- and claim-level information covered entities must reconcile across split billing, contract pharmacy, TPAs, EHR outputs, and wholesaler feeds to defend eligibility and program performance. Bryan McCormick explains that most organizations do not have one source of truth, because retail partner mandates can force multiple TPAs, split billing and contract pharmac...

340B operational control is the covered entity’s ability to maintain audit-ready compliance while also sequencing cross-functional work across pharmacy, finance, informatics, and legal when policies and reimbursement mechanics change quickly. Katy Felice Lees frames this as a leadership and operating discipline problem, not a single-policy problem, because the same compliance words on paper can re...

340B operational readiness is the practical ability of a covered entity to execute 340B compliance, data visibility, and cross-team workflow ownership continuously, even as MFP and rebate-related responsibilities increase, without relying on last-minute scrambles. In this episode of 340B Pulse, Eric Mitchell explains why most failures are not caused by policy confusion, but by ownership, work desi...

340B operations management is the continuous tracking and execution of contract pharmacy claims, duplicate discount prevention, and inventory replenishment to maintain HRSA eligibility. In this episode of 340B Pulse, we break down exactly how leading covered entities manage operational complexity. Is your 340B program rapidly expanding while your compliance oversight lags behind? You are putting y...

What is a 340B contract pharmacy program? A 340B contract pharmacy program is an operational partnership where a covered entity utilizes an external pharmacy to dispense discounted outpatient drugs to eligible patients. To maintain compliance and profitability, entities must rigorously manage inventory, dispensing fees, and TPA audits. The friction between covered entities and contract pharmacies...

340B audit readiness is the operational ability of a covered entity to maintain explicit, trackable evidence of patient eligibility, pharmacy dispensation, and drug accumulation logic, proving immediate HRSA compliance on any given day. Are you relying on end-of-year mock audits to save your 340B program from HRSA scrutiny? This week on *340B Pulse* , host Muhammad Atif stands alongside Salman Asi...

Are your 340B operations fully optimized, or are you secretly missing massive savings? In this episode of 340B Pulse, Lisa Nezneski, Founder of 340B Orphan Drug Solutions, explains the "Orphan Drug Blind Spot." Many rural and community hospitals mistakenly assume orphan drugs are strictly excluded from their programs, but discretionary manufacturer pricing can unlock $200K to $450K in hi...

Are Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) saving your healthcare organization money, or are they a hidden operational cost driver? In this episode of 340B Pulse , hosts Muhammad Atif and Hassaan sit down with Dr. Jonathon Harrison, President and CEO of Wellyfe, to expose the realities of traditional PBM contracts. Dr. Harrison pulls back the curtain on how vertical integration has shifted the PBM model...