Given the challenges that often accompany specialty medication management, it is not surprising that 34% of health systems across the country have established their own specialty pharmacies. Nevertheless, the pressure to accept white and brown bagging with no increase in reimbursement continues apace. Few facilities have found success when requesting reimbursement for these practices.
While neither white bagging nor brown bagging are permitted in a majority of facilities, the pressure on hospital pharmacies to support these practices continues to increase.
A very small percentage of facilities have had success advocating for additional reimbursement for undertaking white and brown bagging practices.
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