HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05192009 - C.39RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of Health Services
Department, to execute a Purchase Order, in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 for the
purchase of pharmaceuticals designated as 340B drugs to replenish inventories dispensed
through ten (10) Rite Aid pharmacies located within Contra Costa County.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is budgeted and funded in the Enterprise Fund and is cost neutral. The
expansion of the Health Plan’s pharmacy program to ten (10) local Rite Aid pharmacies
will allow the Plan to maximize savings under the 340 B program.
BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa Health Plan (CCHP) has entered into a special 3430B pharmacy program
through a Federal waiver with the Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA). CCHP received OPA
approval to open 10 local Rite Aid Pharmacies into a special pharmacy program called
340B. This program supplies prescription medications to CCHP members at a greatly
reduced price structure governed by the OPA.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 05/19/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: George Washnak,
957-5440
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: May 19, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Celicia Nelson, Deputy
cc: Chris Giles, Tasha Scott, Barbara Borbon
C.39
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:May 19, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Sole Source Pharmaceutical Replenishment Provider for 340B Pharmacy Program
When any one of the ten
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
(10) Rite Aid pharmacies dispense a covered 340B drug to a CCHP member, the drug must
be replenished from a federally approved 340B pharmaceutical replenishment vendor.
McKesson is the OPA approved vendor that Rite Aid uses for 340B drug replenishment.
Rite Aid has also implemented electronic connections with McKesson to facilitate 340B
inventory order and management.