GPO Archives - Healthcare Value Analysis and Utilization Management Magazine

Who is Pulling the Levers Behind the Curtain?

November 13, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

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 purchasing groups. I have met some interesting people, and they […]

Enhancing Your Contracting Strategy

November 21, 2023 Robert Yokl Comments Off

“In the evolving healthcare landscape, incorporating clinical product utilization into the contracting strategy can uncover significant savings.” The contract cycle is a familiar space for most healthcare organizations. It may look like the following scenario. […]

If Supply Chain Excellence is Your Top Priority: You Need to Know Where You Stand

January 30, 2023 Robert Yokl Comments Off

We often assume that our supply chain division, department, or unit is performing at the highest performance levels, but are we really sure? From our experience, we can only be absolutely sure by employing key […]

Starting Your Own Clinical Supply Utilization Management Program

January 30, 2023 Robert Yokl Comments Off

I recently had a sales call with a hospital Director who was interested in starting a Clinical Supply Utilization Management (CSUM) program at his hospital. His reasons were that they had been doing as much […]

Perfect Storm: COVID-19 Pandemic and Ramped Inflation

Perfect Storm: COVID-19 Pandemic and Rampant Inflation

October 10, 2022 Robert Yokl Comments Off

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 dealing with rampant inflation that is taking the wind out […]

How Much Are You Saving With Your Value Analysis Program?

April 21, 2021 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions The established purpose of value analysis, created by Larry Miles in the 1940s at GE, was to look for lower cost functional alternatives to the products, services, technologies, and […]

3 Things You Must Know About GPO Price Savings to Make Them Stick

February 9, 2021 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions Over the last few decades, GPOs have been the driving force on price and standardization savings for healthcare organizations. However, as Isaac Newton’s third law states, “With every action, […]

Generating Even More Savings from Your Price, Standardization, and Value Analysis Initiatives

November 19, 2020 Robert Yokl Comments Off

By Robert W. Yokl, Sr. VP, Operations — SVAH Solutions Let’s face it, we live in a GPO-centric healthcare supply chain world and that isn’t going to change much in the near to distant future. […]

“Excellence is an art won by training and habituation…” Aristotle

May 8, 2019 Robert Yokl Comments Off

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 eyes of our senior management and peers. Yet, too often we […]

Why Validation of Your Savings is Now Mission Critical for All Healthcare Organizations

May 8, 2019 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions The Healthcare Financial Management Association tells us that that your free-standing hospital, multi-hospital system, or IDN’s payment systems are evolving from fee-for-performance to value-based purchasing, readmission restrictions, and bundled […]

Value Analysis Tools

April 15, 2018 Robert Yokl Comments Off

James Russell, RN-BC, MBA, CVAHP, Value Analysis Program Director, UW Health, WI As I get more experienced in the field of healthcare value analysis, I get more and more exposed to various tools and techniques […]

Rewind Then Fast Forward to the Next Big Supply Chain Savings

April 15, 2018 Robert Yokl Comments Off

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, […]

It Wasn’t Raining When Noah Built His Ark

November 22, 2017 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Robert W. Yokl, Vice President/COO, SVAH Solutions One of my company’s most popular podcasts over the past 11 years is “It Wasn’t Raining When Noah Built His Ark.” Whether you are a believer of this […]