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New Savings Opportunities: Getting the Best of Both Worlds with Pricing Management AND Consumption Management

June 10, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Efficiency is critical in hospital supply chains — not just for cost control, but for ensuring consistent, high-quality patient care. Two primary strategies dominate hospital supply chain discussions: pricing management and consumption management. While both […]

Clinical Supply Utilization Management: The Gift that Keeps Giving Big Savings

February 15, 2025 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Clinical supply utilization management (CSUM) is not a one-time event but instead is a fluid and ever-changing system to track everything in your supply chain using patient volume centric metrics to ascertain where savings, problems, […]

Dialing It In: Keys to Supply Cost Optimization and Quality

July 9, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

“How do we achieve cost optimization and quality to save even more money? Dialing your products in within your existing contracts.” We have been through the ringer with 99% of our contract categories and trying […]

4 Steps to Fast Track Hospital Savings In 2024 and Beyond

April 2, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

“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 country are feeling the financial pinch due to inflation, reduced […]

Value Analysis Leadership Interview: Leading by Example

April 2, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

“Today’s value analysis committees must be prepared to look beyond price parity, product utilization, and supply standardization on to clinical practice variation and facility contribution margins.” HVAUMM: Tell us a little about your background and […]

Savings Beyond Price – You Control the Faucet with Consumption Management

April 2, 2024 Robert Yokl Comments Off

“Consumption management is an opportunity to fine tune contracting, vendor service levels, and clinicians’ use patterns to best practice levels.” Where to Find an Abundance of Savings Opportunities Beyond Price in These Inflationary Times Let’s […]

Value Analysis Roundtable Discussion: Clinical Supply Utilization Opening Up Invisible Supply and Quality Optimization Opportunities

September 21, 2023 Robert Yokl Comments Off

We are all looking for new supply chain expense savings beyond price and standardization to help our healthcare organizations weather this perfect storm (high inflation, high labor costs, and shrinking bottom line) we all are […]

Featured Articles May 2023 – Healthcare Value Analysis & Utilization Management Magazine

May 17, 2023 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Just Released May 2023 Healthcare Value Analysis and Utilization Management Magazine Featured Articles Article Title/Link Article By: Link FEATURED – Value Analysis Leadership Interview: Winning with a Clinically Integrated Value Analysis Process With Suzanne Smith, […]

Featured Articles February 2023 – Healthcare Value Analysis & Utilization Management Magazine

February 4, 2023 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Just Released February 2023 Healthcare Value Analysis and Utilization Management Magazine Featured Articles Article Title/Link Article By: Link FEATURED – Driving Out Waste and Inefficient Use with Value Analysis Shaneka Demps, Manager, Value Analysis, BayCare […]

Driving Out Waste and Inefficient Use with Value Analysis

January 30, 2023 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Big Savings and Quality Improvements with Inflatable Patient Positioning and Transfer Devices It is amazing how value analysis works as a great tool and process to drive positive change in our healthcare organizations. This case […]

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 […]

Healthcare Supply Chain: What Happens If You Run Out Of Price Savings?

October 11, 2022 Robert Yokl Comments Off

When I’m giving a seminar, workshop, or masterclass, I am often asked, “What happens if you run out of price savings?” Some of the typical answers that I hear from healthcare supply chain professionals in […]

Featured Articles June 2022 – Healthcare Value Analysis & Utilization Management Magazine

June 17, 2022 Robert Yokl Comments Off

Just Released June 2022 Healthcare Value Analysis and Utilization Management Magazine Featured Articles Article Title/Link Article By: Link FEATURED – Enhancing Patient Experience Through Adult and Pediatric VAT Implementation Shonda Morrow, Kimberly Alsbrooks, Guadalupe Ordaz-Nielsen, […]