The newly released 340B Office of Pharmacy Affairs Information System (340B OPAIS) is now available. With the release of this new system all covered entities should download the 340B OPAIS Public User Guide and review the webinar on OPAIS (links below). The goal of this new system is to increase the security, user accessibility, [...]
Draffin & Tucker's Matt Atkins, CPA, CIA, authored the article, "Auditing the Hospital 340B Drug Program," for the May 2017 Compliance Today. In his article, Matt states, "There are more than 3,500 hospitals currently participating in the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Along with the financial benefits of the program, there are numerous compliance risks. For this [...]
Draffin & Tucker was engaged by the National Association of Community Health Centers to develop its 150-page 340B Guidance Manual. The manual was published in March 2016 and can be purchased from NACHC at www.nachc.org. In addition to assisting with the publication, Cindy DuPree also presented a four-part webinar series for the Association in [...]
Since the Health Resources and Services Administration has drastically increased its audits of the 340B Drug Program, many organizations have sought assistance in assessing their compliance with the 340B Program requirements. Draffin & Tucker’s Cindy DuPree, partner, and Sarah Dekutowski, manager, recently presented a TruBridge webinar series on the 340B Drug Program. This series includes [...]
On June 27, 2014, Draffin & Tucker partner Cindy DuPree and manager Sarah Dekutowski presented a 60-minute session for a HELP webinar for the Rural Health Performance Improvement project. The presentation shared information learned at the January 2014 340B University and February 2014 340B Coalition meetings. The presentation also included discussion of the external audits [...]
Partner Cindy DuPree authored an article entitled, “340B Program Group Purchasing Prohibition – Changes in Patient Status,” for VHA Georgia, Inc.’s Spring 2014 newsletter. Under the 340B program, disproportionate share hospitals (DSH), children’s hospitals, and free-standing cancer hospitals that are registered on the Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA) database as participating in the program, are [...]
On April 16, 2014, Draffin & Tucker partner Cindy DuPree presented a 60-minute webinar to Georgia HFMA focusing on the 340B Drug Pricing Program. The presentation shared lessons learned at the January 2014 340B University and February 2014 340B Coalition meetings. The presentation also included discussion of the following topics: External audits of 340B program [...]