The Leader in Healthcare Clinical Supply Utilization Management – Savings Beyond Price

Most health systems now have designated value analysis (VA) teams and VA managers along with supply chain analysts and contract managers that predominantly do the work on new product requests and value analysis projects. This has become the norm for healthcare value analysis but that does not mean that only those chosen few who work on VA projects and sit on the VA teams are ...

Time is one of the most precious resources we have in our Value Analysis world. There is never enough of it, yet more work and responsibilities are continuously added to VA professionals on an ongoing basis. Doing more with less is the name of the game, but that does not mean you must become completely overwhelmed and overworked in the process. There are ways to become more e...

Let’s face it, savings and revenue are the almighty duo in the success path for any health system. Revenues are highly important for the growth of health systems in which there are always opportunities for new and better procedures. Even with added revenues, those must run through the operations funnel (staffing, inventory, procedure supplies, insurance, medical gases, etc.) ...

We all rely on our go-to strategies and sources for identifying savings opportunities when the CFO comes knocking. This is where the business side of supply chain and value analysis can become challenging, especially if you don’t have well-established, dependable sources and a clear ability to report on savings or identify new savings opportunities. It’s important to remember...

When you find savings opportunities that go beyond price alone, such as clinical supply utilization cost overruns, you will at some point need to address this with the end customers who use the product on an ongoing basis. You need to be ready for this and have confidence in the steps that will lead you to the savings and not leave any money on the table for your organization...