What tips or strategies can you offer related to managing our supplemental security income (SSI) ratio as it relates to maintaining our 340B drug assistance status?
Answer 1: The March issue of hfmmagazine has an article, “Maintaining 340B Qualification Through Population Eligibility Management” that addresses this question.
This question was answered by: Christoph Stauder, president, Stauder Consulting, LLC, Beaverton, Ore., and a member of HFMA’s Oregon Chapter.
Answer 2: There a number of firms that offer data mining to identify SSI patients that you may not have captured. Also, a number of firms will work with your patient population to assist them with SSI qualification.
This question was answered by: Caswell Samms, network CFO, Lincoln Medical Center and Harlem Hospital, New York City.
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