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 …
Report claims GPOs save $55B – yes with a ‘B’ as in billion – per year!
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 …
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Laura Kowalczyk of UF Health Shands Hospital joins ANAE Supply Chain Leaders Call
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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Troy Kirchenbauer of aptitude joins ANAE Supply Chain Leaders Series
In a recent Supply Chain Leaders Series call, ANAE interviewed Troy Kirchenbauer, general manager for aptitude LLC (Irving, TX). Launched in April 2013, aptitude is the healthcare industry’s first online direct contracting market. The company seeks to drive innovation in the healthcare supply chain environment to create a more logical and empowered market. More than …
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Supply Chain Execs Urged to Stop the Guessing Game
A recent article on The Advisory Board’s website, “Three assumptions that blind you to savings opportunities in clinical supply spend,” discussed some simple and basic ways supply chain leaders at hospitals or IDNs can get additional value out of their supply contracts. It presents three “insidious” assumptions supply chain leaders often make: 1) Assuming you …
The Promise – and Perils – of Increasing Healthcare Spending
Healthcare spending is up, according to a recent New York Times article. The annual pace of spending growth on healthcare increased 5.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to the Times. A report from IMS, a health care data and analytics firm, “found the use of the health care system increasing broadly in …
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Supply Chain Leader Series Call with Ray Seigfried of Christiana Care Health System
In a recent Supply Chain Leaders Series call, ANAE interviewed Ray Seigfried, SVP at Christiana Care Health System (Wilmington, DE). Christiana Care Health System is an 1,100-bed healthcare network that serves Delaware, as well as the surrounding areas of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey. A not-for-profit, non-sectarian health system, Christiana Care is a major teaching …
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Dave Edwards of Premier, Inc. speaks on supply chain leader series
In a recent Supply Chain Leaders Series call, ANAE interviewed Dave Edwards, VP, supplier relations and contract uptake at Premier Inc (Charlotte, NC). Premier Inc (Charlotte, NC) is a healthcare performance improvement alliance of approximately 2,900 U.S. community hospitals and 100,000 alternate-care sites. Although Premier is primarily owned by its hospitals and health systems, an …
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Big Data Can Help Gain Big Results
If your company is like so many in today’s healthcare supply chain landscape, you are seeing a drove of data coming your way. These days, many companies are absolutely fixated on Big Data and believe all the answers they need are in the actual data they already have. Wouldn’t it be great to open your …
MedAssets’ John Bardis discusses the impact of health reform
In a recent interview with CNBC, John Bardis, chairman, president, CEO, MedAssets, discussed the impact of healthcare reform and insurance exchanges on providers. Among the topics Bardis discussed: The hospital census has been down over the course of the last year, in part due to the uncertainty associated of the Affordable Care Act, but also …
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Christopher O’Connor of GNYHA Ventures, Inc. speaks on supply chain leader series
For its September Supply Chain Leaders Series, ANAE interviewed Christopher O’Connor, executive vice president of GNYHA Ventures Inc. GNYHA Ventures is the Greater New York Hospital Association’s (GNYHA) for-profit business development organization, whose subsidiaries are GNYNA Services, Nexera, and Innovatix. GNYNA Services includes a regional GPO with $5 billion in trading volume and offers end-to-end …
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The Affordable Care Act Comes to Main Street
The healthcare industry has already felt the effects of certain reform measures of the Affordable Care Act, including the Medical Device Tax, the formation of accountable care organizations, and an emphasis on reducing hospital re-admissions, with penalties for hospitals who don’t meet the requirements. Judging by recent headlines, the rest of the public will feel …
Sunshine Act went into effect last week…..Suppliers are you in compliance?
Did you know? The Physician Payments Sunshine Act, an Affordable Care Act provision requiring doctors and medical companies to disclose their financial relationships, went into effect Aug. 1. Physicians say they are now working to find a balance between necessary transparency and what some perceive to be burdensome filing, according to Kaiser Health News. “We want to spend …
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Kaiser Permanente’s Laurel Junk provides insights during the ANAE Supply Chain Leader Series
Laurel Junk, VP supply chain, procurement & supply for Kaiser Permanente, was the guest of ANAE for July’s Supply Chain Leader Series. Kaiser Permanente is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit health plans, serving over 9.1 million members, with headquarters in Oakland, Calif. It comprises 36 hospitals, more than 600 medical offices, and more than …