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Hospital CEO tells Juneau finance committee 340B outpatient expansion is feasible but complex and years away
Summary
Bartlett hospital representatives told the committee that expanding 340B benefits to outpatient prescriptions would require an on‑site pharmacy or carefully structured contract pharmacies, substantial contracting, HRSA compliance and likely a two‑year implementation timeline; costs were not specified.
The Finance Committee heard a detailed briefing May 6 about what the packet described as the "3 40 b" hospital drug‑pricing program and what it would take for Bartlett to secure outpatient drug pricing benefits.
Bartlett’s chief executive (identified in the transcript as Mister Warner) told the committee: "This is a super complex process that is heavily, heavily regulated. And so HRSA does audits on these programs on an annual basis, and they'll come in and they'll go down to the patient level. You have to have contracts in place. So a lot of this work isn't gonna be done with on‑site talent that we have today." He said hospital staff would likely need specialist…
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