I am always eager to learn new ways to help pharmacies stay on top of their compliance and prevent chargebacks and contractual terminations. That’s why I am excited to introduce you to PharmPilot.

It has four primary functions:

– Audit Pilot (my favorite): “proactive analysis of your pharmacy’s data to detect shortages and other problem areas well before they turn into audit findings.”

–AuditSignal: “AI-assisted anomaly detection to identify red flags and benchmark your pharmacy’s performance against others.”

– Buy/Sell & Valuation Support: “Providing prospective buyers and sellers with a full picture prior to pharmacy transactions.”

– DataVault: “Securely retrieving, converting and storing your pharmacy’s data to be used on demand for analytics and transactions.”

 

PharmPilot’s website also has a few useful publications relating to PBM audits and some interesting statistics:

– a typical retail pharmacy is audited on average 8 times per year;

– an average post-audit chargeback is $56,780;

– 2 out of 3 pharmacies are terminated by PBMs when invoice shortages detected.

Over my ten years of representing pharmacies in PBM audits, I have seen many contractual terminations and significant chargebacks based on inventory shortages and a pharmacy being an outlier. Very often, my clients are telling me that there is no chance that they will face a chargeback because everything was dispensed according to law and only based on the existing inventory. They are often surprised when a PBM comes back with a significant recoupment because the product was not purchased within the time-frame or the pharmacy ordered a different NDC. The pharmacy needs strong data to set aside such findings. Some pharmacies, however, do not even know how to perform an internal audit. That’s why I think this new product has potential and I wanted to share this information with you in case your pharmacy is seeking new ways to stay proactive in its audit preparations.