by SpendMend Team | Jan 21, 2021 | Blogs
Written By: Joe Heminger, SpendMend Marketing Manager The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in conjunction with the Office of Inspector General (OIG) have announced their intention to recoup over $1 Billion in improper payments. Your organization will...
by SpendMend Team | Jan 6, 2021 | Blogs
Written By: Jake Thompson, PharmD, MS, jthompson@spendmend.com Over the past 18+ years in pharmacy, I have constantly been changing roles within the sector. I have held pharmacy technician and intern roles in both retail and hospital settings. I have been a PGY1...
by SpendMend Team | Dec 22, 2020 | Blogs
The 340B Program is complicated. It’s intimidating, and let’s be honest, at times downright confusing, for newcomers and veterans alike. Those of us in the 340B world know that managing a successful 340B Program requires the juggling of what feels like a...
by SpendMend Team | Dec 20, 2020 | Blogs
The end of 2020 is upon us, for better or worse, and the healthcare industry as a whole is envisioning a brighter 2021 ahead of us, especially with the availability of two new COVID-19 vaccines that could signal an end to the pandemic. But we want to make sure our...
by SpendMend Team | Dec 17, 2020 | Blogs
Written by: Rob Heminger, President SpendMend partners with more than 100 healthcare systems spanning over 2700 hospitals across the U.S. In a given quarter, we receive several terabytes of client spend data comprising billions of dollars in transactions while at the...
by SpendMend Team | Dec 11, 2020 | Blogs
Written by: Alan Brander, FACHE, abrander@spendmend.com As a follow up to previous audits of hospital compliance with Medicare requirements for reporting cardiac device credits between 2004 and 2016, the OIG conducted a new audit to assess if hospitals had shown...
