There’s a lot going on in healthcare right now. The industry is changing more rapidly today than it has in decades, and every change has a ripple effect. In order to truly understand the nuances of what’s been happening in the 340B program…

It’s hard to believe that this month marks our 24th consecutive 340Buzz. We started back in August 2017 with a discussion of how rural hospitals depend on the 340B program to keep their doors open (a fact that remains true today), and have…

San Antonio, Texas is home to the Riverwalk, the Alamo, the largest medical center for the Department of Defense, and—as any true Texan will tell you—the best Tex-Mex on earth. And in July, it was also home to the Texas Healthcare Trustees…

Like every year, temperatures soared in Washington, DC and the debate continued at the 2019 340B Summer Coalition Conference. This year’s event drew more than 1,700 attendees and 66 exhibitors from various sectors of the healthcare industry,…

The theme of our June edition of the 340Buzz was “waiting games” – a trend that continues as we move into the summer months. This month, we recap a new OIG report on Medicare Part D rebates, reflect on how the outcome of the ACA lawsuit…

At Sentry, we’ve recently rolled out several new training initiatives to help our covered entity customers become experts on our 340B management and compliance software and help them make the most of their 340B savings.

As spring rolls into summer, covered entities find themselves in a holding pattern on many items related to 340B, waiting to see how things will shake out. This month, we cover updates and review news-yet-to-come on issues including new drug pricing legislation, the ongoing lawsuit against HHS, the proposed new IPI payment model, possible cuts to Medicare Part D, and more.

Leaders shared the challenges health systems face in the specialty pharmacy space, how to manage payer negotiations and other operational pearls of wisdom for health systems.

Sentry Data Systems recently sponsored and attended two spring conferences with a focus on rural healthcare – the Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals (TORCH) Annual Conference and Trade Show held in April in Dallas, and the National Rural Health Association (NRHA) Annual Conference held in May in Atlanta.