Summary of Contracted Pharmacy Services
Provided to Health Centers

1. Set up (on-line) purchasing account on behalf of Health Center with a 340B wholesaler/prime vendor.
   
2. Purchase, receive, inventory and prepackage (where necessary¹) all compounds on Health Center’s formulary, in unit-of-use, tamper-proof and pre-labeled² vials.
   
3. Transport, stock and maintain ongoing drug inventories for Health Center delivery sites through CCN’s automated (on-line) replenishment system.
   
4. Set up and maintain contracts with all Health Center third-party payors (and/or Pharmacy Benefit Managers) for on-line Drug Utilization Review (DUR) and claims adjudication.
   
5. Provide, set up, maintain and monitor HIPAA compliant on-line connectivity (DSL or equal) including routing and switching services, for DUR and real-time claims adjudication at all Health Center delivery sites.
   
6. Provide and maintain all hardware, software and equipment necessary to operate physician dispensaries at all Health Center delivery sites, including locking drug cabinets, labeled product bins, computer stands, terminals, keyboards, bar code readers, printers, labels, routers and software licenses.
   
7. Provide licensed pharmacist support services for all Health Center practitioners and patients during Health Center’s regular hours of operation and after hours with on-call support.
   
8. Set up and maintain lock-box account with local bank to receive and reconcile all third-party reimbursements, on behalf of Health Center.
   
9. Provide all regulatory, financial and operational reporting, audit and tracking services, as required by the Office of Pharmacy Affairs, the Food and Drug Administration, the Internal Revenue Service, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Health Center.
   
10. Manage, reconcile and provide monthly reporting for all accounts payable and accounts receivable functions, on behalf of and exclusive to the Health Center 340B Physician Dispensing and Mail Order Program, in aggregate and for each Health Center delivery site.
    
11. Provide comprehensive refill services, including local delivery and mail order operations, patient reminders and disease management support, as requested by Health Center practitioners.
    
12. Provide other services as may be required either by Health Center or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the program.

¹Approximately 50% of the current inventory is available from the wholesaler in unit-of-use quantities and therefore does not need to be prepackaged.

²Labels include contracted pharmacy name; quantity; compound name and strength; dosage form; NDC number; manufacturer name, expiration and lot number; date prepackaged with expiration date; and bar code for quality assurance.