Hey guys!

I met with a rep from our wholesaler the other day, and he mentioned that sometimes GPOs will have in their contract that if a product is unavailable due to manufacturing reasons, that you can actually request to be reimbursed for the difference you had to pay to purchase it on the secondary market.

I'm meeting with my GPO rep next week and I'm going to ask him about it, but I'm just wondering if anyone has tried this with any drug? (IVIG perhaps...???)

Thanks!

Name of Facility: Catawba Valley Medical Center - 270 beds

City, State: Teaching

Years as a Buyer: Less than 1!!!

Colleen,

I don't know about GPO's but Baxter has that policy in place. It takes some digging through but once the paperwork is done, they send the reimbursement check in about 6-8 weeks.

Munira

Name of Facility: Kern Medical Center--222 beds

City, State: Trauma II

Years as a Buyer: 4

If you are a Novation member, you can go to the website and find the reports. There is one called "Failure to Supply" and it will show you all the mfgs that have an agreement with Novation.
I run this report every month and fax to the various companies. Some send a check and others give a credit to my wholesaler (AmerisourceBergen).
I can recoup up to $200-$300 per month and that is just going after amounts more than about $10.00. It's not that productive to pursue those small amounts.
I hope this helps. If you are a Novation account, your rep should be able to show you this report and some others that are really helpful.
Ruth

I have never used it for IVIG because that line is so hard to predict. I go on the Novation website and print everything I need to fax the mfg and can usually collect my money - I have had good luck with it.

Name of Facility: 450

City, State: Acute Care Hospital

Years as a Buyer: 6

I know that Broadlane has quite a number of Failure to Supply agreements. There are several things you need to know about failure to supply to make it as easy as possible to collect. (1)If your wholesaler is out, make sure the manufacturer is really out. Many times the manufacturer has back stock they can allocate to hospitals. (2) Every manufacturer has a different form that you must fill out. This is probably the hardest part of collecting the money. I ask that they send it to me electronically if possible and then put in my electronic file. Easy access that way and I do not loose them. (3) The manufacturer will require that you provide the invoice where you tried to order it ( & they were out)and the invoice where you were able to buy the competing product. Make sure you can show both of these invoices.

We keep track on a spread sheet of when reported, all the pertinent information for the transaction and when we actually get the money. We total this up each year to see what we have gained.

Name of Facility: 330

Years as a Buyer: 4 in hospital pharmacy and 25 years in hard goods

Sounds like you do an excellent job at this!! Congragulations on your success in this area

Name of Facility: 450

City, State: Acute Care Hospital

Years as a Buyer: 6

Yes our GPO (VHA) has a reimbursements in place. They have a form that is filled out and is submitted to the manufacturer that has the item shorted.

I have submitted the forms for Abraxis, formerly American Pharmaceutical Partners, since their Cefazolin was backorded.
Hospira also has mfr out reimbursement.

Our GPO VHA has mfr reimbursements agreement with most of their contracts with a few exception. Again,
check the GPO contract agreement for each of the manufacturers.

Name of Facility: Sutter Infusion and Pharmacy Services

City, State: Home Infusion

Years as a Buyer: 20years