by SpendMend Team | Mar 17, 2021 | Blogs
by Michael Koory, SpendMend, VP Sales – Mid-America Today marks St. Patty’s Day (a.k.a. the Feast of Saint Patrick) which is a cultural and religious holiday celebrated every year on 17th of March in Ireland and by Irish communities around the world. Over the...
by SpendMend Team | Mar 10, 2021 | Blogs
Written By: Rob Heminger, President The Impact of COVID Relief Credits Last December I wrote an article about the impact of “COVID-19 Relief Credits” on healthcare. At the time, we were seeing that a significant percentage of healthcare suppliers were generating and...
by SpendMend Team | Feb 12, 2021 | Blogs
A topic we have covered in our client newsletter in the past, but is long overdue for a full discussion is 340B actual acquisition cost (AAC) requirements for fee-for-service (FFS) Medicaid billing in many states. In 340B audits we perform for clients, we review the...
by SpendMend Team | Feb 10, 2021 | Blogs
Written by: Evan Katzman, OptiSave Demands on health systems’ Information Technology (IT) teams continue to grow exponentially. ERP and EMR implementations, integrations accompanying mergers and acquisitions, and securing an ever-expanding digital footprint are just a...
by SpendMend Team | Jan 28, 2021 | Blogs
Historically, HRSA auditors have requested a list of eligible providers from covered entities during HRSA audits. Recently, however, HRSA auditors have been requesting that covered entities upload documents demonstrating that, for each audited utilization record, the...
by SpendMend Team | Jan 27, 2021 | Blogs
Written by: Jake Thompson, PharmD, MS, SpendMend VP of Pharmacy Services, Growth and Optimization Industry Observations In the past two years, my team and I have worked with over 50 distinct hospitals on drug spend optimization projects ranging in size from $300K up...
