Tim Dungey, VP of health systems for McKesson Medical-Surgical, passed away on Feb. 22 as a result of cancer. He was 61. Dungey joined McKesson in September 1987, and held executive positions in its extended care, pharmaceutical and acute care businesses. He served as VP, West, for Owens & Minor after O&M acquired McKesson’s acute …
Vidant Health announces 191 layoffs, citing budget shortfall
Vidant Health is laying off nearly 200 workers across eastern North Carolina to address a budget shortfall, the health system’s CEO said Monday. Dr. Michael Waldrum said in an email that the first steps to eliminate the $18 million budget shortfall during the first quarter of fiscal year 2020 was “to reduce costs, implement operational efficiencies …
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Trump signs $8.3 billion coronavirus package
President Trump on Friday signed a bill providing $8.3 billion in emergency funding to combat the coronavirus outbreak. The bill provides $7.76 billion to federal, state and local agencies to combat the coronavirus and authorizes an additional $500 million in waivers for Medicare telehealth restrictions… The measure includes $2.2 billion for health agencies to prepare …
Premier: Statement on Presidential Executive Order making general use respirators available
“The Executive Order creates opportunity for the United States to increase domestic manufacturing quickly to protect the public in light of the global pandemic. Already, Premier has been working with domestic manufacturers to expand production capacity for respirators, such as N95 masks. In addition, we have also been in discussions with non-healthcare, ancillary manufacturers to …
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March 12, 2020
National Account Executives’ Role in Responding to the COVID-19 Outbreak
As COVID-19 strains medical professionals on the front lines, our supplier community must provide the enabling equipment, products & services and support required to serve this patient population.
While hospitals operate in a world of quality, safety & infection prevention each day, our success in impacting the spread of communicable diseases is largely dependent on…
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Premier CEO Susan DeVore on COVID-19 & its effect on the Healthcare Supply Market
Premier, Inc. CEO Susan DeVore provides insights on behalf of Premier’s members about how COVID-19 will affect the healthcare supply chain.
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Aug. 4 – Adrian Wengert – St. Luke’s Health System
When: August 4, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. ET About: During this interactive session, Adrian Wengert, Vice President of Supply Chain at St. Luke’s Health System, will share insights into the priorities of his IDN as well as specific ways that ANAE members can develop more successful relationships with supply chain executives. Attendees will be able …
FAH Conference 2020: Key Takeaways
My compliments to Kerry Price and the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) team for a great conference in Washington, D.C.! Each year, the Federation of American Hospitals Conference is at the top of my list of industry events to attend, and this year did not disappoint! I was excited to get up to the conference, …
March 5 — Ed Hisscock — Trinity Health
Our next Supply Chain Leader webinar is March 5, featuring special guest Ed Hisscock, SVP of supply chain for Trinity Health.
New Speakers & IDNs Added to IDN Insights: East!
Join us for the highly anticipated IDN Insights: East! This event will highlight some of the most progressive, large healthcare systems and GPOs in the Eastern U.S. Attendees will have the chance to network with their peers and customers, and learn about how large IDNs measure successful contracts, best practices to ensure long and lucrative relationships …
Urgent Care Industry Grows to More than 9,000 Centers Nationwide
According to the annual Benchmarking Report from the Urgent Care Association (UCA), the total number of urgent care centers in the U.S. reached 9,616 as of November 2019, representing growth of 9.6% from the prior year. The report also indicates that almost 97% of urgent care patient encounters lasted one hour or less, demonstrating the …
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Cleveland Clinic Records Financial Growth in 2019
The Cleveland Clinic saw its operating income spike 47% to $390 million, according to numbers released Wednesday during the annual State of the Clinic address. The system’s revenue rose 18% last year to just shy of $11 billion. That marks a significant change from 2018 when the Clinic’s operating income fell 19% and revenue rose …
There Aren’t Enough Medical Masks to Fight Coronavirus
Having trouble getting hold of medical masks? China is the world’s largest producer of them, with a reported daily capacity of 20 million pieces, but by the estimate of its manufacturers domestic demand alone is around 50 to 60 million per day. Chinese mask makers were only operating at 76 per cent capacity in mid-Feb. …
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Mayo Clinic Made Over $1 Billion in Profit in 2019
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic eclipsed $1 billion in net operating income in 2019, the not-for-profit health system reported Tuesday. Mayo reported net operating income of $1.06 billion on revenue of $13.82 billion, up 72% from $617 million of net operating income on $12.6 billion of revenue in 2018. More than 1.2 million patients—from every state …