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STAT+: Senate panel clears PBM reforms, safety-net hospital payments

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WASHINGTON — A prominent Senate panel on Wednesday passed a new package of health policy reforms that would rein in certain pharmacy middlemen practices and ensure Medicare patients aren’t paying more than insurers do for medications. The package, crafted by Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

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STAT+: House panel passes PBM reforms, ratcheting up chance for passage

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WASHINGTON — Panels in both the House and Senate have now passed restrictions to drug middlemen business practices, increasing the chances of those measures being included in future government spending bills.

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STAT+: Senate panel advances PBM reform — but sidesteps anything controversial

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WASHINGTON — Senators on the Finance Committee on Wednesday nearly unanimously passed a bill to clamp down on drug middlemen, but kicked the can down the road on some of the more challenging policies. “It’s pretty hard to get 26 votes around here,” Finance Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said after the vote.

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Reclaim Your Clinicians' Time

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In a recent survey , Hospital CEOs' top concern wasn't finances for the first time in almost a decade. It's time to reclaim your clinicians' time by optimizing your medication management infrastructure to improve workflow and efficiency. Automating the pharmacy does not mean that employees are being replaced. Subscribe today.

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Advice For New Pharmacists: Lessons Form The Front Lines

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Relevant to this introduction, having worked at a Boston hospital for several years, for me DD and the pharmacy life just go hand-in-hand like chimichurri sauce and flank steak. If you want to know more about all the finance stuff, check out Your Financial Pharmacist. It is a great question and it inspired this post.

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Thank You for an Illuminating Experience

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Carol Kimura VP, Brand, Digital and Growth Marketing, Omnicell This week, thousands of attendees from across Pharmacy, Nursing, Finance, IT, and Leadership joined Omnicell and their peers for Omnicell Illuminate 2020 – the biggest digital event for technology-driven pharmacy supply chain.

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Building the Case for Dedicated 340B Program Management

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Lisa Armburger Director, Client Success Executive, Omnicell 340B The pressures of the last year have underscored the importance of the 340B program and its impact on hospital finances. Yet, based on our experience with covered entities that have a dedicated 340B program manager versus those that don't, the advantages are worth it.