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Cathy Spinney New Yankee Alliance President & CEO Cathy Spinney has been with Yankee Alliance since 1991 serving in various leadership roles, most recently as Chief Operating Officer, and has been an integral part of the growth of the organization. Cathy’s prior healthcare leadership experience included managing a physician practice and working in a leadership …

Yankee Alliance names new President & CEORead More

Banner Health a 28 hospital system based in Phoenix, AZ released financial results for 2017. By the numbers: Revenue was up 2.6% from $7.6b in 2016 to $7.8b in 2017 Operating Income increased by 71% from $157m in 2016 to $268m in 2017 Net Income rose to $709m in 2017 from $268m in 2016 click …

Banner Health announces 2017 Financial results…Net Income reaches $709mRead More

SMI announces that Mr. Barry Blake is joining the SMI Team as the new Associate Executive Director, filling the position being vacated on June 1 by SMI’s Dennis Orthman. Barry comes to SMI from SCM World, a division of the Gartner Community, where he served as Vice President and Program Director. SCM World is a …

SMI names Barry Blake new Associate Executive DirectorRead More

The project to add a new patient wing that includes a pediatric intensive care unit, a parking structure and surgical facilities to the campus of Providence Tarzana Medical Center, at 18321 Clark St., was approved by the City Council’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee. The goal is to “keep people in the Valley for …

Los Angeles city council approves $542m expansion of Tarzana hospitalRead More

Dennis Mullins never realized that a broken ankle would determine his career path. He was young Air Force non-commissioned officer, in his early 20s. Playing intramural basketball, he pivoted hard on one leg and his ankle snapped. Mullins’ days picking supplies in a military medical warehouse were done. After reconstructive surgery on the ankle, he …

How a Hoops Injury Upended The Career Ladder of a Supply Chain VPRead More

National Accounts Weekly readers use the below discount code to register and save $150! NAW Reader Discount Code: NAWEAST Highlights of this 2 day seminar: Committed Speakers Kreg Koford-Intermountain Healthcare Bruce Mairose- Mayo Clinic Simrit Sandhu- Cleveland Clinic Kathryn Carpenter- CHI Tony Johnson- Baylor Scott & White Paul Keckley- The Keckley Group And many more! …

Cleveland Clinic’s Simirit Sandhu to present at IDN Insights!Read More

Steve Kiewiet is one of ‘10 people to watch in health care contracting’ by Patty Johnson • pattyjohnson@bjc.org Steve Kiewiet, BJC supply chain vice president and interim co-chief supply chain officer, was named one of “10 people to watch in health care contracting” by a national trade publication. BJC | For BJC supply chain vice …

BJC leader makes national top 10 listRead More

Each year at the Federation meeting an outstanding leader is recognized with the Corris Boyd award. It is awarded to a person who has successfully championed equality and promoted understanding of diversity through education, policy development, and creating or leading organizational change. Congrats to Ed Hardin! To the right Ed is pictured with the late …

Ed Hardin recognized with the Corris Boyd awardRead More

Check out this great video that details the benefits of hiring a veteran. It details Kent Petty with Healthtrust. Many of you know his twin brother Brent Petty, Kent as you would imagine is a great guy too! Kent is doing some great work around cyber security; a topic all suppliers really need to understand …

Kent Petty on Honor, Courage and Commitment at HealthtrustRead More

Last month I posted the Top 50 IDNs by Net Patient Revenue and the response was incredible. So, this month I asked my friends at Definitive Healthcare if they could add even more information to the list … and wow, did they over-deliver! The list also contains Net Patient Revenue and the Number of Hospitals …

Free Download! Top 3 IDNs in the 30 Largest Regions/CitiesRead More

It was great seeing so many National Accounts Executives in DC for Federation. I hope it was a productive meeting for everyone. I really enjoyed moderating the Supply Chain panel this year with our distinguished panelists: GPO Panel Melinda Gardner-Vizient, David Hargraves-Premier, Todd Larkin-Intalere, David Osborn-HealthTrust IDN Panel Neeta Moonka-Virginia Mason, Randy Moore-Mercy Virtual, Simrit …

Federation 2018 is in the booksRead More

National Accounts Weekly readers use the below discount code to register and save $150! NAW Reader Discount Code: NAWEAST Highlights of this 2 day seminar: Committed Speakers Kreg Koford-Intermountain Healthcare Bruce Mairose- Mayo Clinic Simrit Sandhu- Cleveland Clinic Kathryn Carpenter- CHI Tony Johnson- Baylor Scott & White Paul Keckley- The Keckley Group And many more! …

IDN Insights East registration is now open – Joe Walsh to conduct optional workshopRead More