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Thank you for reading this issue of NAW!
John Pritchard
President of ANAE
Publisher of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting
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HCA Healthcare invests in domestic PPE production, HealthTrust will serve as distributor |
HCA Healthcare announced it has entered into a new joint venture business with A Plus International Inc. (A Plus), a global manufacturer of healthcare products, to expand access to personal protective equipment (PPE) by manufacturing surgical and procedure masks in the United States.
HealthTrust’s wholly owned subsidiary, Resource Optimization & Innovation (ROi), will serve as the distribution partner for the business, providing access to PPE inventories to HealthTrust member organizations throughout the U.S.
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Trinity Health ACO achieves $24.4M in shared savings for 2019 |
Trinity Health ACO (Livonia, MI), a Next Generation Accountable Care Organization (ACO), achieved a 95% quality performance score and $24.4 million in shared savings in performance year 2019.
The Next Generation Accountable Care Organization Model was created by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and is in its fifth year. It sets financial targets, gives beneficiaries opportunities to manage their own health, and enables providers to better coordinate care across health systems.
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Baylor Scott & White Webinar |
ANAE invites you to a Supply Chain Leader Webinar on February 4, at 2:00 p.m. ET, with Tony Johnson, SVP and Chief Supply Chain Officer, at Baylor Scott & White Health.
John Pritchard, publisher of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting and president of ANAE, will interview Tony and cover current priorities of his health system and supply chain, the IDN's long- and short-term plans and goals, and specific information about what suppliers need to develop a successful relationship with Baylor Scott & White Health.
Not an ANAE Member but want to listen to this webinar and many other Supply Chain Leader webinars? Sign up here!
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Optum expects to add 10,000 physicians this year |
OptumCare, the part of UnitedHealth Group that provides direct patient care, plans on adding thousands of physicians in the next year, UnitedHealth's CEO said during a Jan. 20 earnings call.
Currently, OptumCare employs or is affiliated with 50,000 physicians and 1,400 clinics. OptumCare expects that its employed and affiliated physicians will grow by at least 10,000 during 2021, according to UnitedHealth CEO David Wichmann.
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Premier releases data on shortages of supplies for COVID-19 testing, diagnostics and treatment |
According to Premier, shortages are shifting from the personal protective equipment (PPE) scarcities that characterized 2020 to exponential demand for the supplies that play a vital role in COVID-19 testing, diagnostics and treatment.
According to Premier data across a representative sample of health systems, since May 2020, average daily usage of sterile water has increased 350% and inventories have fallen 50 percent ─ drifting down to a median of just three days of supply on hand.
Other key findings include:
- Isolation gown usage has doubled from September 2020 to January 2021
- Surgical mask usage has increased 250% since June 2020
- Exam glove usage has doubled since June 2020 and now exceeds existing production capacity by 37%
- N95 respirator usage has increased 500% since July
- Nitrile exam gloves were cited in a recent Premier member survey as the no. 2 greatest challenge to care for COVID-19 patients (after clinical staffing)
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HCA plans to acquire Meadows Regional Medical Center for $73M |
HCA Healthcare to acquire Meadows Regional Medical Center (Vidalia, GA) for $73 million.
The parties previously signed a letter of intent in October 2019.
The hospital’s parent company, Meadows Health Alliance, its board of directors, and the Toombs County Hospital Authority approved the sale of the medical center and its assets to HCA last week.
The transaction, which still requires state approval, is expected to closed by April 30.
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The No. 1 lesson from the 2021 JP Morgan Healthcare Conference: Healthcare is 'too vital to fail' |
The annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference is one of the best ways to diagnose the financial condition of the healthcare industry. CEOs, and CFOs from many of the most prestigious and most well-respected health systems in the world presented.
Here is a list of what these health systems are doing to ensure they stay vital after-COVID:
1. Take Care of Your Team and They'll Take Care of You
2. Focus on Health Equity, Not Just Health Care
3. Take the Lead in Public Health — the Message is the Medicine
Read the full list below!
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Orlando Health to open $145M hospital this month |
Orlando Health plans to open its six-story, $145 million hospital in Horizon West, Fla., Jan. 30.
The 214,000-square-foot Orlando Health Horizon West Hospital will have space for 120 patient beds, outpatient imaging capabilities and laboratory services.
It also will be seamlessly integrated with a 78,000-square-foot emergency department and medical pavilion that have been open on the campus since 2018.
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Health workers refusing vaccine is new growing US problem |
Scores of health care workers are still declining to take the COVID-19 vaccine, presenting problems to the pandemic response by sending the wrong message to the public and risking staff shortages if workers become sick.
In New York state, more than 40 percent of health workers, who are first in line to get the shot because of their importance to the COVID-19 response, have yet to be vaccinated.
The CDC warned the new fast-spreading strain of the coronavirus could be overwhelming already strained hospitals. Because it is more contagious, it could also require more people to be vaccinated to achieve the necessary level of herd immunity.
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John Pritchard
Publisher of National Accounts Weekly
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