Ramsell Corp

Ramsell Corporation CEO Eric Flowers Joins Sutter Health East Bay Board of Directors Oakland, Calif., February 11, 2014 Ramsell today announced that Eric Flowers, chief executive officer of Ramsell, was elected to Sutter Health East Bay’s board of directors. Sutter Health East Bay includes: Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Eden Medical Center, Sutter Delta Medical Center, and Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation. Eric also sits on the Advisory Board of Saint Mary’s College S...chool of Economics and Business Administration and the ADAP Advocacy Association (aaa+), a non-profit that promotes and enhances AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) and improves access to care for people living with HIV/AIDS. Eric Flowers has been the CEO of Ramsell since 2008 where he has led the Company beyond its original roots in pharmacy and PBM services, expanding the company tools, technology and services in public health, and taking Ramsell into new markets such as corrections and education. Mr. Flowers has a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a MBA from Saint Mary’s College of California. http://www.ramsellcorp.com/newsroom/pr20140211.aspx

Save Money On Prescription Medication! Ramsell Free Drug Discount Card. The Ramsell Free Drug Card provides a 10 percent to 85 percent discount on prescription drugs lowering the overall costs of prescription drugs, and can be used at 58,000 pharmacies nationwide. http://www.ramsellcorp.com/DiscountCard/Common/Home.aspx

Ramsell is looking for a Product Manager to work out of Oakland, CA office and reporting to our COO. http://www.ramsellcorp.com/abo/careers_product_manager.aspx

Are HRSA 340B Audits Keeping You Up At Night? HRSA’s budget was recently increased from $4.4 million to $10.2 million. The increase in funding is expected to enable HRSA to implement 340B program integrity compliance initiatives. HRSA plans to conduct risk based and targeted audits of 340B covered entities. Using an audit protocol specific to the 340B Program, the HRSA risk based and targeted audits will involve an in depth review and focused audit of covered entities’ 340B P...rogram operations and compliance. Compliance improvements includes: an expansion of audits for covered entities, manufacturers, and wholesalers, providing covered entities access to 340B prices, establishing a dispute resolution process, developing a system to verify accuracy of 340B prices, among other things. Source: HRSA Is your 340B covered entity audit ready? http://ramsellcorp.com/images/340b_5p_main.jpg

The 340B program benefits underserved populations the most Studies show that entities participating in the 340B Program are able to expand the type and volume of care they provide to the most vulnerable patient populations as a result of access to these lower cost medications. http://www.hrsa.gov/opa/update.html

Rigorously developed by leading health IT safety and informatics researchers and based on the latest available evidence, expert opinion, stakeholder engagement, and field work, each SAFER Guide addresses a critical area associated with the safe use of EHRs through a series of self-assessment checklists, practice worksheets, and recommended practices. Areas addressed include: High Priority Practices Organizational Responsibilities Patient Identification... Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE) with Decision Support Test Results Review and Follow-up Clinician Communication Contingency Planning System Interfaces System Configuration The SAFER Guides are available at http://www.HealthIT.gov/saferguide.

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For some individuals at high risk for HIV infection, PrEP may represent a much-needed additional prevention method, but it will not be right for everyone and is not intended to be used in isolation, but rather in combination with other methods to reduce the risk of getting HIV infection. It may also reduce the infection rate among the underserved.

Ramsell is looking for a Business Analyst/Project Manager to work out of Oakland, CA office and reporting to our COO http://bit.ly/1cSssqf

Tuesday, January 7, 2014 50th anniversary of The Apothecary Pharmacy in Oakland, California Yesterday, January 6, 2014, marked the 50th Anniversary of The Apothecary Pharmacy which inspired Ramsell’s mission of serving the underserved. On January 6, 1964, our founder, Sylester Flowers, started the first African-American owned community pharmacy in East Oakland, Calif. during a period when other pharmacies independent or chain were fearful of venturing into the underserved...Continue reading

White House Boosts Insurance Coverage for Mental Illness Enforcement of 2008 law requires insurers to treat mental illness the same as physical illness. http://www.hhs.gov//aca_act_and_/aca_behavioral_health.pdf

Two years ago, there were 9,000 people on the waiting list for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program, which helps HIV-infected patients across the country gain access to critical, life-saving medications. On December 2, the President announced that that list had been reduced to zero. Kathleen Sebelius US Secretary of HHS