In the latest episode of our business-focused podcast 340B Leaders Upfront, host Anna Mangum sits down with two senior leaders at Verity Solutions: Brendan Kerrigan, Chief Growth Officer, and Kim Pirtle, Regulatory and Compliance Director. Verity Solutions is an award-winning leader in pharmacy supply chain software and services for better financial results and patient care.
Key Topics Covered:
Pathways to 340B
Brendan and Kim describe their respective pathways to the 340B space and to Verity Solutions. Brendan, who comes from a family of nurses, outlines his business development roles in payer, clinical services and health care fintech companies, including venture capital backed firms as well as Fortune 50 health plans. Kim, a pharmacist, describes her leadership roles at CVS Health, Walgreens, and Onco 360, as well as her time at Erlanger Health System, one of the first hospitals in the country to enroll in the 340B program. They describe the value of continued operational precision given the oversight of the program by numerous stakeholders including Congress, state houses, regulators and the courts, and how precision also drives quality patient care.
Key Offerings
Kim and Brendan provide an overview of Verity Solutions' compliance-centric, transparency focused end-to-end 340B administration solutions and offerings such as their purchasing optimization suite and their price verification service, Verisave. They also outline Verity Solutions' extensive customer support platform, and the firm's receipt of the 2026 Best in KLAS Award.
Upstream Challenges Impacting Operations
Brendan discusses how Verity Solutions supports clients in navigating emerging reimbursement flows, the integration of Medicare maximum fair price (MFP) files, and the importance of having helpful administrative and reporting resources. Kim outlines how drug manufacturer 340B list price reductions can be helpful to patients but are resulting in lower reimbursement - and thus lower savings opportunities - and how Verity Solutions supports clients in addressing this challenge.
Staying Resilient
Kim encourages covered entities to remember the "why" in 340B: patients who need support and care and to remain agile in responding to the ongoing challenges in program implementation. Brendan points to Verity Solutions' relationship with Evernorth Health Services and how this enhances Verity's portfolio and operations.
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