I've Spent Over 20 Years Inside the Pharmacy Packaging Industry. Here's What I Learned About 340B.
340bprogram.com is a free resource for independent pharmacists and covered entities navigating the 340B Drug Pricing Program. We are not a law firm, a compliance software company, or a trade association. We are a medication packaging business based in Clearwater, Florida that has spent over 8 years supplying pharmacies with the packaging tools they use every day — and we built this site because independent pharmacists deserve a better 340B Program resource than what was out there.
Independent pharmacists knew the 340B program existed. They knew other pharmacies were participating as contract pharmacies and earning meaningful dispensing fees. They knew their patients — the uninsured, the low-income, the chronically ill — were exactly the people the program was designed to serve.
But the information available to them was written by lawyers, for lawyers. The government websites were dense and confusing. The compliance firms charged thousands of dollars for guidance that should have been freely available. And the big chains — CVS, Walgreens, Walmart — already had entire 340B departments doing this work while independent pharmacists were trying to figure it out alone on a Tuesday afternoon between filling prescriptions.
That frustrated me. So I built 340bprogram.com.
This site exists for one reason: to give independent pharmacists the same quality of 340B information that the big chains have access to — in plain English, for free, with no legal jargon and no paywall.
What You Will Find on This Site
Every resource on 340bprogram.com is free. No subscriptions. No membership fees. No hidden costs. Here is what we offer:
Plain-English 340B Guides
Step-by-step guides covering how the 340B program works, how to become a 340B contract pharmacy, how to register in OPAIS, and how to stay compliant with HRSA’s audit requirements. Written for pharmacists, not attorneys.
Free 340B Compliance Checklist
An 80-item checklist covering all eight major areas HRSA auditors examine — downloadable instantly, no credit card required. The same checklist framework used by 340B compliance professionals, available to every independent pharmacist for free.
State-by-State Protection Guide
A current, quarterly-updated guide showing which states protect 340B contract pharmacy arrangements and which don’t — including the litigation status of every state law currently being challenged in federal courts.
Monthly 340B News & Updates
Plain-English summaries of regulatory changes, court decisions, HRSA guidance, manufacturer policy changes, and state legislative updates — published the first week of every month.
Medication Adherence & Packaging Resources
Practical information on how pharmacy-grade blister card packaging improves medication adherence for the complex, multi-medication patients your 340B pharmacy serves.
Our Business — and Why It Matters to You
340bprogram.com is published by Medication Packaging Solutions LLC, based in Clearwater, Florida. We sell pharmacy-grade blister card packaging directly to independent pharmacies, caregivers, and seniors — the same cards used by pharmacists and hospitals worldwide, made by US-based manufacturers.
We want to be completely transparent about this: we built 340bprogram.com as a free resource, and we also sell blister cards through MedicationPackagingSolutions.com. Those two things are directly related.
The patients served by 340B pharmacies — low-income patients managing multiple chronic conditions who are often uninsured or underinsured — are precisely the patients who benefit most from pharmacy-grade medication adherence packaging. Blister card packaging improves medication adherence from 61% to 96%. For a 340B pharmacy trying to deliver better outcomes for its most vulnerable patients, offering compliance packaging is one of the most practical and affordable things it can do.
So yes — we sell blister cards, and we hope that some of the pharmacists and caregivers who find this site will become customers. But the information on this site is genuinely free, genuinely comprehensive, and genuinely designed to help you navigate the 340B program — whether you ever buy a blister card from us or not.
That is our commitment to you.
Our Mission — In One Paragraph
The 340B Drug Pricing Program exists because certain patients — the low-income, the uninsured, the chronically ill — deserve access to affordable medications and the healthcare services those savings fund. Independent pharmacies are the best-positioned providers in America to serve those patients. And the best-positioned pharmacies are the ones who understand the 340B program, operate it compliantly, and use every available tool — including pharmacy-grade medication packaging — to improve their patients’ outcomes. This site exists to help make that possible. Everything else follows from that.
340bprogram.com is published by Medication Packaging Solutions LLC, Clearwater, Florida. Founded by Steve, a 13-year veteran of the pharmacy packaging industry. All information is provided for educational purposes and is not legal or compliance advice. For official 340B program guidance, visit hrsa.gov/opa or contact the 340B Prime Vendor Program at 1-888-340-2787.