Meanings
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of white bagging.
For most rheumatology practices, accepting specialty pharmacy drugs—a practice also known as “whitebagging”—is not feasible due to the negative impact on practice finances and administrative burden.
2025 July 3, From the College, “Aetna Implements Specialty Pharmacy Requirements”, in The Rheumatologist2 more examples
As a Medicaid pharmacy director, I have a concern about whitebagging non self-injected products. With buy and bill, the product can be used for any patient or presumably returned for a no-show patient. With whitebagging, the drug is dispensed for a particular patient and can't be returned to the pharmacy or used on another patient.
2013, Linda, “Payers Want Specialty Drug Distribution to Change”, in Drug ChannelsCPhA members are invited to a roundtable discussion on the practice known as “whitebagging.” This practice is routinely defined as “the distribution of patient‐specific medication from a pharmacy, typically a specialty pharmacy, to the physician’s office, hospital, or clinic for administration. [...] CPhA members will hear different perspectives on the practice of “whitebagging”, including those of CPhA SIG members in the Managed Care and Inpatient settings, hospitals and national organizations working on this issue.
2021 November 29, Unattributed, “CPhA SIG Roundtable Discussion On “Whitebagging””, in California Pharmacist Association
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