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Sentry celebrates women in HIT: Lisa Scholz, PharmD, Head of Industry Relations

September 25, 2019 / by Dionne Bourque, Marketing Specialist

This week, HIMSS is celebrating National Health IT (NHIT) Week. One of the areas of focus this year under the overarching theme of “Supporting Healthy Communities” is “Accelerating Workforce Development – encouraging women in HIT and…

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Sentry celebrates women in HIT: Kim Jacques, Chief Information Officer

September 23, 2019 / by Dionne Bourque, Marketing Specialist

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Transparency – is it “transfairency”? Part 2: Two sides of the transfairency coin

September 10, 2019 / by Lisa Scholz, Head of Industry Relations

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. For the 340B program, those changes have led to an increased call for transparency that…

Transparency – is it “transfairency”? Part 1: Navigating changes in the 340B program

September 10, 2019 / by Lisa Scholz, Head of Industry Relations

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…

August 340Buzz: HHS continues to pursue Medicare Part B cuts

August 21, 2019 / by Lisa Scholz, Head of Industry Relations

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…

Conference recap: Texas Healthcare Trustees Healthcare Governance Conference 2019

August 13, 2019 / by Lisa Scholz, Head of Industry Relations

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…

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Conference recap: 340B Summer Coalition

August 6, 2019 / by Lisa Scholz, Head of Industry Relations

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,…

July 340Buzz – An uncertain future

July 23, 2019 / by Lisa Scholz, Head of Industry Relations

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…

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Sentry’s certified training team sets 340B customers up for success

July 16, 2019 / by Dionne Bourque, Marketing Specialist

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.

June 340Buzz: Waiting games

June 26, 2019 / by Lisa Scholz, Head of Industry Relations

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.

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