Supply Chain
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability will take up the role of pharmacy benefit managers on Tuesday, May 23.
Big Pharma spends millions attempting to deflect blame, limit competition, and undermine patients' bargaining power, AHIP says.
While the intent is to ensure a steady supply of masks, some pharmacy partners may have limited or no remaining N95s for donation.
The B2B arm of Amazon is targeting the 20% of hospital nonclinical spend.
Reining in the 20-25% of revenue that goes to nonmedical spend could save hospitals millions, says Brain White of LogicSource.
The issue is one of demand, not supply, experts say.
Severe volume disruption to operations appears to be waning, but expense pressures are still elevated and pronounced.
HIMSS22
Anne Snowdon, HIMSS chief scientific research officer, reviews the effects of the pandemic on the healthcare supply chain and the lessons in agility that providers gained.
Beyond the pandemic, "Over the past several decades, supply chain disruptions have repeatedly plagued the U.S. healthcare system," report says.
The expectation is that customers will be able to minimize the risk of missing rebate program revenue targets and receive rebate funds more quickly.