It’s Time to Stack the Deck in Your Favor
The other day I completed a new SMART Success Value Analysis Model for a major product group for one of our large IDN customers. This new…
Utilization Management
Isn’t It Time We Let Employees and Staff Know How Much of Your Hospital’s Money They Are Wasting?
No one at your healthcare organization will admit that they are wasting money, but that’s just what happens every day of every week of the year….
Paradigm Shift – Integrating Utilization Into Our Value Analysis Programs
I know what you are thinking, “Paradigm shift – really?” The 90’s are calling, Bob, and we want our progressive change phrase back. But all…
Supply Chain Expense Management: It’s Not About Price Any Longer
More and more supply chain and value analysis professionals are getting it: It’s not about price any longer. After more than 50 years of GPOs, systems, and…
Supply Utilization Myths, Misunderstandings, and Mistakes
Why utilization savings are still illusive for most healthcare organizations Although the term utilization management seems to be understood by some supply chain managers and…
4 Key Points Supply Chain Managers Should Know About Utilization Management
1. It’s the future of supply chain expense management. Price and standardization have been the primary supply chain cost containment strategies for decades. Now that…
The Missing Link in Supply Expense Management
Do you have all of your supply expense management bases covered? It wasn’t so long ago that price and standardization was king in supply chain…
Good Evidence: The Missing Link
Dee Donatelli, RN, BSN, MBA, Sr. Vice President, Provider Services, Hayes, Inc. There’s no question that great advances in medicine have been made over the…
Navigating Uncharted Waters of Supply Utilization Management
Traditionally, the Healthcare Supply Chain saving game has been greatly influenced by the “price” savings opportunities offered by group purchasing contracts, standardization, and capitation. Unfortunately,…
Why Utilization Management is More Important than Ever Before!
An Important and Timely Message from Robert T. Yokl When I look at the Affordable Care Act’s new Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Prospective Payment System that…
Reduce, Control and Eliminate Wasteful and Unnecessary Supply Utilization Practices
Go beyond price and standardization to save more in less time Traditionally, healthcare organizations have focused their value analysis efforts on lowering the price and…
Turning Utilization Best Practices Into a Major Advantage
Why best practices need to be understood and investigated
While presenting a supply utilization savings
Utilizer Dashboard Software
Come join our community of users who are already achieving success with our Utilizer® Dashboard software! Get Ready to Impress Your Boss with Even Better…