Scott Caldwell, president and CEO of The Resource Group, the group purchasing organization created by St. Louis-based Ascension, recently spoke about the top issues that hospital supply chain leaders are facing and how his team at Ascension handles them. Read this article
BCBS of Tennessee to Open 8 Primary Care Centers
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee will open eight primary care centers this fall through a joint venture with Sanitas, an international health organization with 50 health centers in the U.S. The insurer has invested more than $65 million in patient-centered medical homes over the past five years. The new health centers will be in Brentwood, East …
July 16 — Calvin T. Wright — MD Anderson Cancer Center
About: During this interactive session, Calvin T. Wright, AVP – Supply Chain Management at MD Anderson Cancer Center, shares insights into his priorities as well as specific ways that ANAE members can develop more successful relationships with this health system. Wright is joined by Jim Russell, Director, Clinical Resource Management, Supply Chain Management.
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Amazon Care Goes Live for Seattle Employees
The virtual medical service is available as of Tuesday to Amazon employees and their dependents working out of its corporate headquarters. The app provides virtual medical consultations, as well as a way to schedule a follow-up visit from a health professional to a patient’s home or office. It also has a way to deliver prescriptions …
FDA Unable to Conduct Medical Device Inspections in China
The FDA is unable to conduct medical device plant inspections in China because of the U.S. State Dept.’s travel advisory amid the Coronavirus outbreak While the FDA is unable to conduct inspections, it plans to rely on tools such as import screening, examinations, sampling and import alerts, along with information from foreign governments, to monitor …
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Walmart Clinics Take On CVS, Amazon
While Walmart hasn’t said how many clinics it plans to build, it’s signaled that the health center expansion is one of its top growth initiatives. Six years after opening its first “Care Clinic,” Walmart has just 19 in three states. Whatever a patient needs, she knows the price upfront—a huge departure from how health care …
June 9 — Marisa Farabaugh — AdventHealth
What does it take for health system sustainability amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, and what are the keys to effective supplier partnerships? Join ANAE President Scott Pecore, Premier Inc. Group VP of Strategic Supplier Engagement Chaun Powell and special guest, Marisa Farabaugh, Chief Supply Chain Officer at AdventHealth, as they discuss this & much more as part of our ongoing “Supply Chain Leader Learning …
Early March Reminders
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IDN Insights: East is coming to Philadelphia on May 7-8
Join us for the highly anticipated IDN Insights: East! This event will highlight some of the most progressive, large healthcare systems and GPOs in the Eastern U.S. Attendees will have the chance to network with their peers and customers, and learn about how large IDNs measure successful contracts, best practices to ensure long and lucrative relationships …
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Premier recommends modifications to Direct Contracting Model
Premier Inc. (Charlotte, NC) recently issued a statement to CMS to recommend that, in light of its success, the Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (NGACO) program be extended or adapted. The NGACO model requires participants to take the greatest level of financial risk of any ACO model, Premier said. And yet, the organization recently announced that NGACOs …
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CMS proposes changes, 3-year extension to CJR model
CMS yesterday proposed a three-year extension and changes to the episode definition and pricing in the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement (CJR) Model. The proposed rule would change the care-episode definition to include outpatient hip and knee replacements. It would also make changes to the target price calculation, the reconciliation process, the beneficiary notice requirements, …
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Three Benefits of Working with a Hospital GPO
“Healthcare providers are coming to rely on a GPO for a much broader range of services. “These services include data analysis, market research, innovative technology integration, electronic product tracing, infection control, and the development of shared knowledge among healthcare providers and supply chain experts to enable best practices…” Read this article.
“Best 50” healthcare providers recognized for Supply Chain Excellence
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) (Louisville, CO) recognized North America’s highest performing healthcare provider organizations with the release of its annual GHX “Best 50” supply chains in North America. The “Best 50” honorees stand out among North America’s premier hospitals for their ability to demonstrate improved operational performance and drive down costs through supply chain automation, …
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Med Tech Gurus podcast: John Pritchard talks best practices for med tech conferences
In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, John Pritchard, CEO and founder of Share Moving Media, discusses best practices that companies and executives should think about when attending conferences. John dives into ways you can prepare. Along with that, learn about how Share Moving Media can assist your teams with the critical information you need to stay on …
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Rural hospitals’ margins erode, sparking financial instability
More than 450 rural hospitals are financially unstable as operating margins decline, new research shows. Of the 453 vulnerable rural hospitals, 237 are “at risk” and 216 are the least stable, according to an analysis that weighed case mix, ownership model, capital efficiency, occupancy and other factors. About 47% of the country’s 1,844 rural hospitals …
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