Ready to Adapt?
Providers, suppliers discuss challenges, opportunities at Market Insights “There’s no new money,” Jeff Little, Premier national field director for custom contracting and purchased services, Premier…
2018
Winter Olympics of 2002
By Ginny Borncamp The chance of a lifetime for one supply chain executive Editor’s note: In the fall of 1997, leaders across the Intermountain Health…
Changes in the Lab
Medicare reimbursement to dip for many tests The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its final rates for the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule in…
Vizient Spring Connections Summit coming up
In new format, members and suppliers meet together Vizient will bring together members and suppliers in one place (the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas) for…
Feet on the Street
Regional groups can be a valuable resource for members of national GPOs Most metropolitan and state hospital-council GPOs have disappeared. But even with today’s national…
Publisher’s Letter
The Top 50 IDNs I recently came across a great list of the Top 50 IDNs by Net Patient Revenue. Not surprisingly, HCA Healthcare topped…
Meet Tomorrow’s Docs
Observation Deck For the first time, the number of women enrolling in U.S. medical schools has exceeded the number of men, according to data released…
Forming a PAC
How a Partner Advisory Council can build successful relationships between vendors and providers Ed Hardin will tell you, relationships take work. Hard work. Continual work….
Industry news
Suture Express receives 2017 Healthcare Emerging Model Award Share Moving Media, publisher of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting, announced that Suture Express (Overland Park, KS)…
The Healthcare Landscape in 2018
Key trends to watch In 2017, the healthcare sector and supply chain experienced a period both of great challenge and transformation. Congressional debate surrounding the…