With double DIR fees ending, it’s a great time to implement automation in your pharmacy.

Whether your goal is to increase script volume or optimize payroll the opportunities that come with automation are fruitful.

In this episode of The Bottom Line Pharmacy Podcast, Darin Gleason, National Sales Director for Retail and Chains with ScriptPro joins us to share his insights on:

• What’s next for pharmacies after double DIR fees
• Using automation to transition techs into profit centers for your pharmacy
• The importance of analyzing your scripts

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More about our guest:

Darin Gleason is the National Sales Director for Retail and Chains with ScriptPro. He has 17 years of experience working with independent pharmacies and automation.

In his 17 years of work with independent pharmacies, Darin has seen many changes including changes in Medicare Part D reimbursements, COVID, and DIR fees.

ScriptPro is a pharmacy automation system that is built and installed to the custom specs of the pharmacy.

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In this episode of The Bottom Line Pharmacy Podcast, we explore the world of 503B and 503A pharmacies! We sit down with Dae Y. Lee, PharmD, Esq., CPBS and Partner at Frier Levitt to discuss the latest regulations, compliance requirements, and best practices for both 503B outsourcing facilities and 503A compounding pharmacies, trends in PBM audits, marketing semiglutides, and more!

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More about Dae Y. Lee and Frier Levitt:

Dae Y. Lee, Pharm.D., Esq., CPBS is a pharmacist attorney in Frier Levitt’s Life Sciences Department. Dae’s practice focuses on pharmacy operations, Plan Sponsor operations and compliance, and Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) regulations. Dae co-chairs Plan Sponsor Practice Group with Frier Levitt co-founding partner, Jonathan E. Levitt, Esq. He advises clients in a wide range of matters including insurance and PBM audits and termination, wrongful recoupment, wrongful network exclusion, and governmental investigations. For Plan Sponsors, Dae provides full panoply of legal services ranging from PBM contract negotiations to contract disputes to enforce Plan Sponsor Agreement terms and conditions. In addition, Dae prosecutes reimbursement disputes on behalf of healthcare providers and facilities against health insurance companies. Dae has extensive experience litigating high profile commercial and personal injury cases.

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Podcast - Driving Independent Pharmacy Profitability in 2024

One of the ways many independent pharmacies are differentiating themselves is by implementing prescription discount card programs.

Under the right circumstances, this can mean significant savings to the patient and an increase in gross margins for the pharmacy.

In this episode of The Bottom Line Pharmacy Podcast, Greco De Valencia, Senior Loan Officer with Live Oak Bank, Ripal Patel, Independent Pharmacy Manager and Founder of SaveonRx, Bonnie Bond, CPA, and special guest, Austin Murray with Sykes & Company, P.A. Share insights into how a discount card program can increase gross profits per script, how to market it, and its impact on valuations.

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More About Our Guest:

Ripal Patel is a former independent pharmacy owner, and now the founder of SaveonRx a discount card program that helps patients save money on prescription drug cost while at the same time allowing the pharmacy to increase its gross margin and differentiate itself from other pharmacies.

Want to learn more about Ripal Patel, Greco De Valencia, and SaveonRx? Click below to check them out!

Greco De Valencia LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grecodevalencia/

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