For covered entities that have a 340B ESP account and have made designations while submitting claims, there are a variety of quality assurance exercises to complete that will ensure 340B ESP is facilitating the manufacturer restrictions appropriately.
Gen Zers, also referred to as Zoomers, are the first digital natives — a generation that grew up with the internet and smartphones. They’re highly mobile, they’re racially diverse, and many are immigrants or children of immigrants. Ranging in age from the early teens to the mid-twenties, Gen Zers are rapidly moving into the job market — and into their first retirement plans.
Why Relationships Matter Relationships play a pivotal role in the sustainability and growth of community hospitals. Why? Because alliances allow resource-constrained facilities to tap into a wealth of information, technology and expertise that may otherwise be cost prohibitive. In some situations, partnerships allow community hospitals to expand services, such as introducing telemedicine and offering specialized care like cardiology and podiatry,…
Understanding Provider Panels Provider panels are lists used by 340B Third-Party Administrators (TPAs) to determine which providers’ claims are 340B eligible. At a minimum, a provider panel should include: CEs must consistently maintain their provider panel to reflect changes in provider status. Provider Types and Capture Logic Accurately categorizing providers by type is essential for applying the appropriate claim capture…
Hospital executives need to be involved in data breach defense. Here’s how they can facilitate active engagement with IT/IS teams.
Instead of focusing only on prevention before a breach and response after a data breach has occurred and is reportable to HHS OCR, hospitals should consider the time in between – to evolve an institutional focus on proactivity by understanding Early Awareness of possible data breach activity. The Challenge of Early Detection Understandably, most attention today is on prevention measures.…
Texas health care providers are facing mounting pressures that threaten the quality and continuity of patient care. Staffing shortages, financial constraints, and fragmented data systems are creating gaps in care coordination—particularly during critical transitions between acute and post-acute settings. As a result, hospital readmission rates are rising, straining already limited resources. Texas’ 30-day hospital readmission rate currently stands at 15.4%,…
Hospitals face significant risks from data breaches that are exacerbated by existing financial and operational pressures. Hospital executives must prioritize automated IT security solutions to enhance defense without overwhelming already strained resources.
This article is sponsored by PointClickCare. For health care professionals, especially those working in emergency departments (EDs), the risk of being physically attacked by a patient is no longer a rare occurrence. Alarmingly, most nurses have experienced workplace violence and nearly half have seen a rise in rates in the past year. In response, Texas is stepping up with Senate…
It might be the most common question asked by retirement savers: How much money do I need to save for retirement? There’s no one-size-fits-all answer to this question — it will be different for everyone based on a number of factors: time horizon until retirement, anticipated income in retirement, longevity and desired retirement lifestyle.
