Hear from AdventHealth, Henry Ford, UPMC, Northwestern; Guess who is retiring; New Ochsner executive appointed; plus Jobs!

January 26, 2024

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I hope you like this issue of National Accounts Weekly.

Sincerely,

John Pritchard

President of ANAE

Publisher of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting

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Read the January issue of JHC

Read the December issue of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting to learn more the state of the healthcare supply in a post pandemic world.

In this issue, you will find stories like:

Patient Volumes and Preparedness
Advancing Women Leaders
The Common Health Coalition
and more!

Please join The Journal of Healthcare Contracting and ANAE for IDN Insights East on March 20-21, 2024 in Atlanta! Attendees will hear how large health systems measure successful contracts, the challenges these health systems are dealing with, what successful supplier/provider relationships look like, how best to partner with your GPO, and much more!

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Speakers:

Joe Pettinato, VP of Operations, Henry Ford Health
Doug Pytlinski, System Vice President, Supply Chain Operations, AdventHealth
Tim Nedley, Vice President, Supply Chain Management Operations, UPMC
Alisha Beringer, Director, Supply Chain Distribution & Logistics Supply Chain, Northwestern Memorial Healthcare
Bruce Radcliff, MBA, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain Services, Premier, Inc.
Dan Hurry, President, Advantus Health Partners, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Bon Secours Mercy Health
Melanie Stone, System Executive Director Clinical Quality Value Analysis, WellStar Health System
Donna Drummond, SVP and Chief Expense Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer, Northwell Health
More to come!

Questions? Email Anna McCormick at amccormick@sharemovingmedia.com

SMI recognizes 10-year anniversary members

SMI^®, a non-profit, member-driven community of healthcare supply chain organizations, celebrated members who achieved the milestone of 10 years of membership at the SMI Fall 2023 Forum in Nashville. During the past decade, these industry partner members, STERIS and Mölnlycke, have worked alongside their peers as part of the SMI community to move the healthcare supply chain industry forward with real transformational change. SMI members meet twice annually at Forums to discuss industry challenges and share learnings and best practices.

STERIS, a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis of Infection Prevention joined SMI in 2013 along with Mölnlycke, aworld-leading MedTech company that specializes in innovative solutions for wound care and surgical procedures. SMI Members STERIS and Mölnlycke continue to show their commitment to improving healthcare delivery by participating in the work of SMI to increase resilience, foster transparency, and build trust among trading partners.

Capstone Health Alliance announces retirement of Robin Lincoln, CCO

Capstone Health Alliance announced the retirement of Robin Lincoln, who has held the position of Chief Contracting Officer. Robin’s contribution to the company has been nothing short of invaluable, providing a strong foundation for the company’s unprecedented growth and success.

Having initially joined Capstone as a Synergy contract employee, Robin’s rise through the ranks stands as a testament to her unwavering commitment and exceptional talent. Over her 11-year span with the company, she has been a driving force behind fundamental growth and success, culminating in her role as Chief Contracting Officer.

Robin’s impact reaches far beyond the walls of Capstone Health Alliance, as she has been widely recognized as one of the top women in healthcare. Her influence extends to various advisory and committee roles, and her ongoing involvement in multiple industry boards has helped shape new ideas and practices within the healthcare supply chain arena.

Robin’s departure marks the end of an era for Capstone Health Alliance, as she leaves behind a remarkable legacy as a leader in the healthcare supply chain industry. Her dedication, vision, and expertise have set a standard for excellence that will endure long after her departure.

Milford Regional, UMass Memorial Health reach affiliation agreement

Milford Regional Medical Center, inclusive of Milford Regional Physician Group, and UMass Memorial Health have signed a definitive agreement for a corporate affiliation. The organizations will now seek regulatory approval.

The definitive agreement follows a period of due diligence that began with the September 2023 signing of a non-binding letter of intent that made it possible to explore the potential corporate affiliation.

A full-service, community and regional teaching hospital, Milford Regional is a 148-bed, nonprofit, acute care facility serving a region of 20-plus towns with more than 300 primary care and specialty physicians. Milford Regional has a long history of investing in community health needs; in 2015, it opened a 78,000 square-foot building that houses a new emergency department, intensive care unit and private patient rooms.

UMass Memorial Health and Milford Regional have long enjoyed a strong collaboration since 1991 when Milford Regional Medical Center became the first hospital to clinically affiliate with UMass Memorial Medical Center. Since then, many additional clinical and educational programs have been created with UMass Memorial Health to bolster the level of care offered to the greater Milford community.

Key tenets of the newly approved definitive affiliation agreement include:

Preserving Milford Regional Medical Center as an acute care hospital offering inpatient and outpatient services, ensuring access to high quality, local care for the Milford community;
Supporting strategic capital investment in facilities, equipment and other infrastructure to support clinical care and the local community;
Integrating Milford Regional into the Epic electronic medical record system;
Maintaining Milford Regional’s role as an employer of choice in the local/regional market, and enhancing Milford’s ability to address ongoing workforce challenges; and
Retaining a local community board of trustees, with Milford Regional having representation on the UMass Memorial parent board.

Ochsner Health appoints CIO, SVP

Amy Trainor has been named System Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Ochsner Health. She will lead the team responsible for the design, implementation and use of healthcare Information Services (IS) at the organization on a systemwide level. Ochsner operates 46 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Gulf South; and its cutting-edge Connected Health digital medicine program is caring for patients beyond its walls. In 2023, Ochsner Health cared for more than 1.5 million people from every state and 65 countries.

Trainor most recently served as Chief Applications Officer and Vice President of Clinical Systems, overseeing the implementation and maintenance of Ochsner’s electronic health record, patient experience and ancillary applications. Under Trainor’s leadership, the IS team completed a number of major projects, including Enterprise HIMSS Ambulatory Stage 7 validation, implementation of AI in-basket messaging, and improvements to nursing documentation and virtual nursing.

In her new role, Amy will oversee IS alignment with strategic initiatives and will partner closely with Ochsner digital teams to make work easier and improve access for patients. Major emphases in the year ahead include reducing inbox burden and improving documentation for physicians, APPs and nurses.

An innovative thinker who always keeps patients at the center of every decision, Trainor brings a clinical background to the field of IS. Trainor started her career in healthcare as a Registered Nurse. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Louisiana State University and a Master of Healthcare Administration degree from LSU-Shreveport. She joined Ochsner in 2011 after working for Cerner, implementing an EHR at a local community hospital and hospital clinics.

Graham Medical announces partnership with MTMC

Graham Medical, a division of Little Rapids Corporation, announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with MedTech/MedCare LLC (MTMC).

This agreement establishes MTMC as the organization’s national sales partner serving the acute and primary care healthcare market segments. MTMC’s network of over 150 sales professionals will work with the Graham Medical sales and marketing team to enhance relationships with current distributor and healthcare provider customers and accelerate its sales opportunity pipeline.

ClearSky Health to build medical rehabilitation hospital in Texas

ClearSky Health, a premier rehabilitative healthcare provider, has announced plans to build a new 36-bed medical rehabilitation hospital in Rockwall County, Texas. The new hospital will provide specialized rehabilitative care to patients recovering from disabling injuries or illnesses such as strokes, brain injuries, hip fractures, spinal injuries, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, or other medically-complex conditions like COVID-19. It will treat more than 650 patients annually and provide about 100 new jobs for the area.

Patients at the hospital will be treated by an interdisciplinary healthcare team that includes a physician; rehabilitation nurses; physical, occupational, and speech therapists; case managers; respiratory therapists; dietitians; and other healthcare professionals. The state-of-the-art, 45,000-square-foot building will feature all private rooms, a rehabilitative gym with specialized equipment and one-on-one therapy, a dining room with a dedicated chef and food service staff, an activity of daily living space to allow patients to receive therapy in rooms that emulate home conditions, and an outside therapeutic courtyard.

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