Measuring Value in Value Analysis Can Be Easier Than You Think
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions Price can be measured quickly, but value measurements take some time. Yet, that’s what value analysis is all about:…
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Value Analysis Leadership Interview
James Russell, RN-BC, MBA, CVAHP, Value Analysis Program Director, UW Health, WI James Russell, RN-BC, MBA, CVAHP, is the Value Analysis Program Director at UW Health…
Clinical Supply Utilization Management Isn’t a Sometime Thing
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions We congratulate the supply chain/value analysis practitioners that are attacking their utilization misalignments (i.e., the wasteful and inefficient consumption,…
How to Keep Everyone Motivated in the Value Analysis Game
Robert W. Yokl, Senior Vice President/COO, SVAH Solutions Let’s face it, we need everyone involved in our value analysis program to stay positive, stay the course,…
Why Surgical Value Analysis is More Important than Ever Before
Robert W. Yokl, Senior Vice President/COO, SVAH Solutions Historically, surgical value analysis (SVA) teams focused on evaluating the newest technologies that surgeons and clinical leaders believed would improve…
How is Your Value Analysis Pipeline?
Robert W. Yokl, Sr. Vice President/COO, SVAH Solutions There are so many different methods, strategies, and configurations of value analysis teams/committees around the country, but there…
Find Champions Who Will Guarantee Your VA Team’s Success
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions There is one common thread that I have observed with ultra-successful value analysis teams; they all have champions – at…
Value Analysis and Open Payments
James Russell, RN-BC, Value Analysis Facilitator, UF Health at Jacksonville Regular readers of my articles will recognize the term, “Open Payments,” and probably groan with annoyance….
Why Your Previously Successful Value Analysis Team is Now Floundering
Hani Elias, JD, MPH, CEO and Co-Founder of Procured Health 2016 has been a challenging year for value analysis leaders as they face the reality…
Inspiration, Education, or Sarcasm?
James Russell, RN-BC, Value Analysis Facilitator, UF Health at Jacksonville Most of us have interesting little quotes attached to our Outlook (or Lotus) auto-signatures. These…
The Value Analysis Job Plan
Robert T. Yokl, President/CEO, SVAH Solutions One of the missing elements in most healthcare organizations’ value analysis methodologies is a value analysis job plan, or as…
How to Integrate Utilization into Your Hospital’s Contracting and Price Processes
Robert W. Yokl, Sr. Vice President/COO, SVAH Solutions What if you knew that your overall supply utilization (total cost per operating metric) was at best…
Positioning Yourself for Value Analysis Success
Robert W. Yokl When I first entered the value analysis world 24 years ago, I thought I was at a huge disadvantage by not being…