Who is Pulling the Levers Behind the Curtain?
I have worked with several GPOs, attended their conferences, presented, and participated in new technology committees, helping create guidelines and policies for regional and national…
cost management
4 Steps to Fast Track Hospital Savings In 2024 and Beyond
“Below are a few strategies which my firm, SVAH Solutions, has been utilizing to identify hospital savings for our clients.” Many health systems throughout the…
How Do You Make Your Clinical Value Analysis Program Even Better in 2023?
As we begin a new year, it is good to take a step back and take a good look in the mirror at your value…
Life Cycle Cost: Why Is This Important?
Life cycle cost (LCC) can be defined as the sum of the total cost of a product, service, or technology over its lifetime. For example,…
Perfect Storm: COVID-19 Pandemic and Rampant Inflation
We went through almost two years of supply and labor shortages (not that these challenges are entirely solved) during the pandemic and now we are…
Healthcare Value Analysis: Steps for Achieving Better Results
There are many different iterations that value analysis has morphed, evolved, and emerged into leading up to 2022. Value analysis is predominantly applied to products,…
Why Group Purchasing Is Only One Side of the Savings Triangle Equation
It has been my experience that very few things in life and in business have one all-encompassing solution. However, group purchasing seems to be the…
What is the Future of Healthcare Value Analysis and the Potential Moving Forward?
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Supply Chain & Value Analysis — SVAH Solutions I was recently interviewed on a new podcast called Power Supply…
Just Published – Healthcare Value Analysis & Utilization Mgt. Magazine Feb 2021
View the Entire Issue Here
Just Published – Latest Issue of Healthcare Value Analysis & Utilization Management Magazine
Leading Cost and Quality Strategies for the Healthcare Supply Chain View the Issue Here
Utilization Management: The Devil Is In the Details
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions The major contributor to cost is in your in-use (or consumption) cost! If you think you have nailed down…
“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation…” Aristotle
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions We all have a goal for our hospital value analysis programs to be the best they can be in the…
What is Your Single-Minded Purpose in the Healthcare Value Analysis World?
By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations – SVAH Solutions This may seem like a rhetorical question given we all have our defined titles, job…