Becker's Healthcare May 1, 2024
Erica Carbajal

Louisville, Ky.-based ScionHealth will begin purchasing certain bulk drugs from Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus Drug Co., the 94-hospital system said May 1. This marks Cost Plus Drugs’ second health system partnership.

Drugs ScionHealth purchases in bulk through the new partnership will be delivered to Safecor Health’s unit-dosing packaging centers, where they will be packaged, stored and shipped on the same day upon requests from the health system’s locations. The health system began working with Safecor Health, which provides unit-dose packaging services, in September 2023.

The health system anticipates purchasing drugs from Cost Plus Drugs will drive cost savings and reduce medication waste. The health system has already started placing orders through the the Cost Plus Drugs marketplace, a...

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