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Value Analysis and Open Payments

Value Analysis
April 18, 2017 Comments Off on Value Analysis and Open Payments

James Russell, RN-BC, Value Analysis Facilitator, UF Health at Jacksonville Regular readers of my articles will recognize the term, “Open Payments,” and probably groan with annoyance. If you’ve spent any time with me at a conference, […]

If You Think Training is Costly, Just Think of the Cost of Not Training Your Hospital Value Analysis Teams

Value Analysis
May 28, 2013 Comments Off on If You Think Training is Costly, Just Think of the Cost of Not Training Your Hospital Value Analysis Teams

I can’t count the times I have seen hospital value analysis teams waste time, money, and resources because they haven’t received advanced training in value analysis strategies, tactics, and techniques. Instead of taking less than 90-days to […]

Supply Utilization Management: Flavor of the Month Fad or the Next Mission-Critical Cost and Quality Control System?

Utilization Management
April 27, 2016 Comments Off on Supply Utilization Management: Flavor of the Month Fad or the Next Mission-Critical Cost and Quality Control System?

Robert W. Yokl, Senior Vice President, SVAH Solutions Supply utilization management (SUM) has its origins in the accounting world where it is known as activity-based costing (ABC). The best mainstream adoption of this ABC methodology […]

Rewind Then Fast Forward to the Next Big Supply Chain Savings

Clinical Supply Utilization
April 15, 2018 Comments Off on Rewind Then Fast Forward to the Next Big Supply Chain Savings

Robert W. Yokl, Vice President/COO, SVAH Solutions Revelations Eight Years Out from Our Publishing of “Healthcare Supply Utilization Revolution – The Future of Supply Chain Expense Management” Eight years ago, we self-published and distributed our free book, […]

Why You Need to Stop Wasting Time and Money by Starting a Successful Supply Utilization Management Program Now

Utilization Management
July 27, 2017 Comments Off on Why You Need to Stop Wasting Time and Money by Starting a Successful Supply Utilization Management Program Now

Robert W. Yokl, Vice President/COO, SVAH Solutions Do you believe that Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) save big dollars for hospitals, systems, and IDNs across the country? That is a crazy question to ask but believe […]

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