Simplifying Access: Evolving Drug Distribution Channels

In the final installment of our Simplified Access Series, we turn our focus to the evolving drug distribution landscape, including specialty pharmacy dynamics, hospital-based models, and the increasing influence of white bagging, brown bagging, and payer mandates.

Join host Allison Moser, NP, with returning guests Tedra Gray, NP, and Jeff Dunn, PharmD (President of a transparent PBM), as they explore how these shifts are impacting real-world patient access and clinical workflow.

In this episode, we break down the rising use of limited distribution drugs, strategies for navigating specialty pharmacy restrictions, and how clinicians are adapting to maintain timely access to infusion therapies. Allison and Tedra share how close collaboration with hospital-based specialty pharmacists is helping to overcome administrative and logistical hurdles, while Jeff offers an industry view on why payers are pushing toward pharmacy benefit distribution and the cost pressures behind it.

We also explore the disconnect between payers and hospitals in negotiating drug costs, and how silos in coverage, formularies, and rebates may be contributing to access barriers. The episode wraps with a forward-looking conversation on shared risk models, value-based care, and the need for stronger collaboration across healthcare stakeholders to build a more sustainable and equitable system.

To catch up on the full series, watch Episodes 1 and 2 on the GHAPP digital hub.