Intermountain, SCL to merge; HCA to buy 5 UT hospitals; Post-pandemic trade shows; plus Jobs!

September 23, 2021

Hello NAW Subscribers,

Please join us on Wednesday, Sept. 29 for an ANAE Supply Chain Leader Webinar with special guest Tom Lubotsky, VP of Supply Chain for Allina Health.

I hope you enjoy this issue of National Accounts Weekly!

Sincerely,

John Pritchard

President of ANAE

Publisher of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting

From ANAE:

Webinar - Allina Health's Tom Lubotsky on Sept. 29

Join The Association of National Account Executives (ANAE) on Wednesday, Sept. 29 for an ANAE Supply Chain Leader Webinar with special guest Tom Lubotsky, VP of Supply Chain for Allina Health.

John Pritchard, President of ANAE and Publisher of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting, will interview Lubotsky so suppliers can get a better understanding of this health system, their GPO partnerships, and how to best partner with Allina Health.

SMI hosts industry webinar with the Strategic National Stockpile on Sept. 28

SMI (Kingston, MA), a non-profit, member-driven community of healthcare supply chain organizations, will host a webinar for the healthcare industry on Sept. 28, from 1–2 p.m. ET, titled, “Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) – who, what, where, when…and what’s next.”

Learn More

Intermountain Healthcare and SCL Health announce intent to merge

Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City, UT) and SCL Health have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to merge and create a health system that provides care to patients in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Montana, and Kansas.

Idaho declares crisis standards of care statewide as health system is overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases

The Idaho Department of Health and Wellness declared crisis standards of care statewide Thursday morning, at a request from the state’s largest healthcare provider, St. Luke’s Health System.

The declaration means that the entire state is in a hospital resource crisis, permitting medical facilities to ration healthcare and triage patients due to the overwhelming number of COVID cases in the state.

When hospitals run out of beds, here's how they ration care

From CNN:

When hospitals run out of beds or when staffing is low, tough decisions must be made on which patients get to be first in line for care. Overall, hospitals and health systems have plans on the table to address an overflow of patients and making such difficult decisions.

"All hospitals and health systems have plans in place to deal with a surge in patients. These plans can include actions like adding beds, including in non-traditional areas of care in a hospital like a cafeteria or parking lot, shifting patients between hospitals, and working with their local and state health departments to find other sites of care," Akin Demehin, director of policy at the American Hospital Association (AHA), wrote in an email to CNN.

HCA Healthcare agrees to purchase 5 Utah hospitals from Steward Health Care

HCA Healthcare, Inc. (Nashville, TN) and Steward Health Care have signed a definitive agreement under which HCA Healthcare will acquire the operations of Steward Health Care’s five Utah hospitals.

HCA Healthcare also entered into an agreement to lease the related real estate from its owner following the expected closing.

Vizient named one of the “2021 Best Workplaces for Women” by Fortune, Great Place to Work

Great Place to Work and Fortune magazine have named Vizient as one of the 2021 Best Workplaces for Women. This is Vizient’s first time being named to this list.

The Best Workplaces for Women award is based on analysis of survey responses from more than 5.6 million current U.S. employees. In that survey, 93% of Vizient’s employees said Vizient is a great place to work. This number is 34% higher than the average U.S. company, Vizient says.

Dr. Nora Sugintas honored as a Top 100 Healthcare Leader at IFAH Las Vegas

Dr. Nora Sugintas was honored with the prestigious “Top 100 Healthcare Leaders” award for her significant and tangible contributions towards the healthcare industry at the fifth edition of IFAH - International Forum on Advancements in Healthcare, held in June.

Dr. Sugintas is the Founder and CEO of Strategic GPO Consultants, LLC, a consultancy firm providing deep domain expertise in healthcare GPO revenue growth strategies to national and global medical capital equipment and medical device companies.

As a highly accomplished healthcare GPO business development executive, public speaker, and GPO Growth Advisor to C-level executives, Dr. Sugintas has provided record breaking top line revenue growth, market expansion, and leadership to some of the world’s most respected medical capital equipment and healthcare information technology companies, including Abbott Laboratories, Pfizer, GE HealthCare, and Criticare Systems, Inc.

The US Oncology Network announces Jason Hammonds as new president

The US Oncology Network has appointed Jason Hammonds as its new president.

Hammonds has supported The US Oncology Network for more than 13 years in a range of leadership roles. Most recently, he served as SVP of operations for Texas Oncology, a member of The Network and the largest integrated, community-based oncology practice in the nation.

The 50 largest public hospitals in America

From Becker's Hospital Review:

Here are the 50 largest public hospitals in America, listed by number of beds. Figures are based on CMS cost report data analyzed by the American Hospital Directory. Data are for short-term acute-care hospitals, critical access hospitals and children's hospitals.

Jackson Memorial Hospital (Miami) — 1,762
Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital (Houston) — 1,408
Carolinas Medical Center (Charlotte, N.C.) — 1,269
University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital — 1,227
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Columbus) — 1,130

From Share Moving Media:

Healthcare expos & trade shows in the post-pandemic world

In 2020, most conferences, conventions, expos, and trade shows – any large in-person gatherings – were postponed or canceled. Today, many expos and similar events are still not what they once were. People are cautious, still masking up and keeping their distance from others in large-group settings. Healthcare expos and trade shows are no exception.

From Share Moving Media:

The ways TikTok is changing healthcare marketing

TikTok has nearly 700 million active monthly users around the globe. It’s also the most downloaded app today, ahead of Facebook and Instagram. TikTok isn’t just for individual users, either. B2B and B2C brands are also making a splash on the platform, taking advantage of the vast marketing and selling potential.

Will COVID-19 become a routine illness?

Only a few months ago, you would have been forgiven for thinking that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic was coming to an end. With a large number of vaccines available to those who wanted them and low positive case rates in hospitals, it seemed as if we had finally turned a corner after dealing with this for over a year. Now, it seems more likely that COVID-19 could become seasonal, recurring illness in the future.

According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, virologists and epidemiologists say that COVID-19 could “become a routine illness like a common cold or the flu one day.”

From JHC Blog:

Post 9/11 healthcare trends - Urgent Care

The United States has seen dramatic shifts in politics, culture, technology – and even healthcare – in the 20 years since 9/11. One major trend in U.S. healthcare has been the emergence of urgent care.