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Hospitals, pharmacists and insurers clash over 'white bagging' specialty drug rules
Summary
Supporters including hospital pharmacists urged the committee to pass HB 2011 to prevent insurer-mandated 'white bagging' of provider-administered specialty drugs, citing patient safety, waste and cost-shifting; insurers opposed the bill, arguing white-bagging and site-of-care programs can lower costs.
The committee heard sharply divided testimony on House Bill 2011, a proposal to restrict insurer-directed “white bagging” of specialty medications and to extend protections for provider-administered drugs beyond the 2024 law that covered certain settings.
Hospital and system pharmacy representatives, including Michael Millard of the Oregon Society of Health-System Pharmacists and representatives of hospital systems, described safety, timing and waste concerns when specialty medications are shipped by insurer-designated pharmacies…
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