Yokl: Should MMs Take Control of Their Hospital’s Energy Cost?
I have often talked about materials managers expanding their “savings span,” or span of control on their expense outliers (i.e., transcription services, credit and collections,…
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Nielsen: Thoughts from HIGPA Expo
Implementation of Healthcare Reform Stay Focused, Engaged and Very Much Involved Dr. Tevi Troy was the opening keynote speaker for the 2010 Health Industry…
Yokl: GPOs are Under the Microscope … Again?
I just read the findings of a new study on GPO’s competiveness, compensation and structure by economists Robert E. Litan and Hal J. Singer that…
From the editor’s desk: JHC October
A sampling of content from JHC October (www.jhconline.com). Market Shift How will the MedAssets/Broadlane combination alter the purchasing landscape? The new, larger MedAssets will be…
Nielsen: Empowerment
The following is a weekly Healthcare Leadership blog by Dan Nielsen. You can reach him at dnielsen@nihcl.com Empowered: Unleash Your Employees – Energize Your Customers –…
Yokl: Lessons from Wal-Mart on Boosting Buying Power
You might not be aware of it, but most of our healthcare supply chain innovations have been swiped from other industries (RFID, MMIS, MRP, spend…
ACO update: Addressing anti-trust concerns
Could forming an ACO breach anti-trust and anti-fraud laws? That’s what some physicians and hospitals worry. A recent meeting with healthcare representatives and the Federal…
Health Industry Group Purchasing Association – Strategies and Value Delivered
In this week’s edition of Healthcare Leadership, Dan Nielsen talks with HIGPA President Curtis Rooney. Curtis Rooney, President of the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association…
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Yokl: How to Answer the Critics of Good Savings Ideas
In the following column, Robert T. Yokl , Chief Value Strategist, Strategic Value Analysis® in Healthcare, addresses how you should respond to critics who want…