Value Analysis

Untapped Value Analysis Potential
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Untapped Value Analysis Potential

June 8, 2026 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Untapped Value Analysis Potential
Value analysis is progressing in responsibilities and outcomes in health systems throughout the country and has become an integral part of supply chain operations at most health systems. This is great news for this field […]
There’s a Hole in the Bucket: Rethinking Cost Optimization Through Utilization in Value Analysis
Clinical Supply Utilization

There’s a Hole in the Bucket: Rethinking Cost Optimization Through Utilization in Value Analysis

May 28, 2026 Robert Yokl Comments Off on There’s a Hole in the Bucket: Rethinking Cost Optimization Through Utilization in Value Analysis
“We can renegotiate contracts, standardize products, secure better pricing, but if utilization is misaligned, the “bucket” will continue to leak.” You may recognize the song lyrics, “There’s a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear […]
Chasing Waterfalls
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Chasing Waterfalls

May 28, 2026 Robert Yokl Comments Off on Chasing Waterfalls
Most sourcing organizations eventually encounter the same problem: projected savings and realized financial results rarely match perfectly. In some cases, realized performance falls short of projections. In others, projects outperform expectations. Yet the explanation is […]
CVA’s Next Evolution: Why Clinical Value Analysis Belongs Inside a Clinical Operational Service Line (COSL) Structure
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CVA’s Next Evolution: Why Clinical Value Analysis Belongs Inside a Clinical Operational Service Line (COSL) Structure

February 18, 2026 Robert Yokl Comments Off on CVA’s Next Evolution: Why Clinical Value Analysis Belongs Inside a Clinical Operational Service Line (COSL) Structure
If you’ve worked in healthcare long enough, you’ve seen the exact same dynamic play out year after year: A perioperative CVA committee sits down to review a product, a device, or a clinical pathway change, […]