URAC and HOSP Announce Strategic Relationship
Independent healthcare accreditation organization URAC (Wakefield, MA) and the Health System Owned Specialty Pharmacy Alliance (HOSP), a non-profit trade association dedicated to integrated specialty pharmacies, have finalized a new partnership with the goal of improving quality of care, patient outcomes and safety in health systems, with a focus on pharmacies and telehealth.
URAC-HOSP Partnership to Focus on Specialty Pharmacy, Telehealth Accreditation
A new partnership between Health System Owned Specialty Pharmacy Alliance (HOSP) and the accreditor URAC will make specialty pharmacy and telehealth accreditations more affordable for HOSP members while fostering collaboration between the organizations.
URAC and HOSP announce strategic relationship
URAC has finalized a new partnership with the goal of improving quality of care, patient outcomes and safety in health systems, with a focus on pharmacies and telehealth. HOSP is the only organization of its kind focused on the unique needs of the health system-owned, integrated specialty pharmacy community, and the improved care they provide to patients.
Association between health system specialty pharmacy use and health care costs among national sample of Medicare Advantage beneficiaries
Health care expenditures are growing rapidly. There is a growing body of literature showing that health system specialty pharmacy is associated with improvement in clinical outcomes; however, there is a lack of data on its effect on health care costs and utilization.
Disparities in Chronic Disease Outcomes Require Solutions
Pharmacy Times, Health-System Edition, January 2022 , Volume 11, Issue 01. Finding ways to eliminate barriers to care helps narrow the gap, by Neil A. Gilchrist, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, DPLA.
Supreme Court to hear case challenging Medicare cuts to 340B
Medicare reimburses hospitals that buy drugs at discounts less than hospitals paying full price. Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether that’s legal. In this episode, hospitals say profits from this 340B program used to fund charity care and specialty pharmacy programs are now at risk.
Little Things Can Cause Big Issues in Patient Care
The November issue of Pharmacy Practice News includes an interview with HOSP Board Members Gary Kerr, PharmD, MBA, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Baystate Health, and Tim Affeldt Vice President of Specialty/Infusion Pharmacy Operations, Fairview Health Services, speaking about little things that can improve patient outcomes.
How a health system alliance is advocating for hospital-owned specialty pharmacies
Gary Kerr, PharmD, MBA, chief pharmacy officer at Baystate Health an president of the HOSP Board of Directors was recently interviewed by Becker’s Hospital Review for an update on what has been happening with HOSP this past year.
A challenge for health-system specialty pharmacies Little Things Can Cause Big Issues in Patient Care
Gary Kerr, PharmD, MBA, chief pharmacy officer, Baystate Health, and president of HOSP, and Tim Affeldt Vice President, Specialty/Infusion Pharmacy Operations, Fairview Health Services and HOSP board member were interviewed in this Specialty Pharmacy Continuum article about Baystate Health and HOSP.
Health System Owned Specialty Pharmacy Alliance: A Voice for Integrated Specialty Pharmacies
Health System Owned Specialty Pharmacy Alliance issues open letter outlining three needed industry actions to improve patient care and outcomes.