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Mike Williams of CHC Speaks at Market Insights Meeting Mike Williams is the founding president and CEO of Plano, Texas-based Community Hospital Corporation (CHC) and a frequent national speaker on the preservation of community hospitals. In 2014, he received the Texas Hospital Association’s highest honor, the Earl M. Collier Award for Distinguished Health Care Administration. …

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John Strong’s Keynote Presentation recorded January 14, 2015 at the Purchasing Coalitions Forum John Strong is a 39-year industry veteran with leadership experience in many organizations. John served as the founding president and CEO of Consorta for more than ten years; Consorta was successfully merged into HealthTrust in 2008. Prior to Consorta, John served in a …

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John Pritchard, publisher of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting and president of ANAE, recently interviewed Eric Tritch, director of strategic sourcing and supply chain for University of Chicago Medicine. Tritch has been with University of Chicago for four years, and has a background in the manufacturing industry. During the discussion, Tritch shared some insight into …

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Regional Purchasing Coalitions (RPCs), also known as regional purchasing groups, are the cutting edge of supply chain model – arguably the only “true new thing” around. In only a short time, these groups have popped up in all over the country; the MAX puts their number somewhere around 200! RPCs frequently have hospitals and health …

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Following the mid-term election and change to a Republican-controlled Senate, many industry analysts believe the repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) medical device tax, which helps fund subsidized insurance on the exchanges, is a possibility. The action reportedly has some bipartisan support from Democratic senators in states that are home to major medical device …

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Share Moving Media recently conducted a webinar on the 2014 Ebola outbreak with Dr. James Lange, PhD, CIP, from the CDC, and two representatives from Baylor Scott & White Health. During the webinar, they discussed the ongoing efforts to contain and diffuse the situation, as well as what those in the industry can do to …

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Do you believe it? The Healthcare Supply Chain Association (HSCA) (formerly HIGPA) recently announced the results of a survey of the value that group purchasing organizations (GPOs) add to the U.S. healthcare system. The analysis, “A 2014 Update of Cost Savings and Marketplace Analysis of the Health Care Group Purchasing Industry,” conducted by Dobson DaVanzo …

Report claims GPOs save $55B – yes with a ‘B’ as in billion – per year!Read More

For our June 2014 Supply Chain Leaders Series call, ANAE interviewed Laura Kowalczyk, JD, MPH, associate vice president of supply chain services at University of Florida (UF) Health’s flagship hospital, UF Health Shands Hospital (Gainesville, FL). UF Health encompasses hospitals, physician practices, colleges, institutes, programs, and services primarily spread across northeast and north-central Florida. UF …

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