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Intermountain Healthcare announced that Kreg Koford, supply chain solutions and sourcing AVP, will leave the system June 29 to take the role as SVP supply chain and sustaining care services for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York, NY). Intermountain has initiated a search for a replacement.

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Jackson Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare staffing services, announced that John A. Bardis, will rejoin the nearly $1 billion, Atlanta-based company’s advisory board. Bardis, an esteemed healthcare executive with more than 30 years of experience, previously served on the board from 2015 to 2017. “John is one of the most well-respected healthcare entrepreneurs in …

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Some quotes from her visit with Fox Business: “We think that President Trump’s blueprint is on the right track” “If you can get 2 competitors to the market, prices go down 52%” “You have to get more competition to the market…that is going to work better than government price negotiations” Click here for video

Premier’s Susan DeVore: Competition solves the drug price problemRead More

The API roll-out is an update to the personal health record debut Apple made in January. The company has quickly found partners for the initiative. In April, Apple said it partnered with 40 health systems to contribute medical records to the Health Records feature, up from the initial 12 health systems the company announced in …

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The Department of Veterans Affairs, the largest integrated healthcare delivery system in the United States, plans to launch a national registry for medical implant devices, enabling the agency to monitor device safety, track quality metrics and ensure optimal care for its patients. The VA, which is one of the largest purchasers of surgical implants, is …

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Definitive Healthcare has put together two lists of the Top 25 Physician Groups in the U.S: Top 25 Physician Groups by number of Physicians Top 25 Physician Groups by Medicare Charges Here are some interesting facts about each list by the numbers. Top 25 Physician Groups by number of Physicians The top Group has 8,711 …

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“HCA Healthcare’s Gulf Coast Division is currently pursuing the potential acquisition of North Cypress Medical Center, an excellent medical facility with many respected physicians and services that would complement our presence on the northwest side of Greater Houston,” Debra Burbridge, assistant vice president of communications, community engagement and public relations for HCA Gulf Coast Division, …

HCA Upping its Texas Hospital Footprint to 53Read More

Transport and logistics giant UPS Inc. said today it has introduced a field inventory tracking platform through a collaboration with technology providers WebOps LLC and Baxter Planning Systems that ensures that surgical kits and implantable medical devices arrive at the right location and time. The cloud-based software is intended to help medical device manufacturers hone …

UPS Makes Bold Move into Medical Device DistributionRead More

Presented by the Association of National Accounts Executives Register today, space is limited. A few of the committed speakers: John Horne, OSF Healthcare George Hersch, Norton Healthcare Tom Lubotsky, Advocate Healthcare Gary Fennessy, Northwestern Travis Heider, Pandion Optimization Alliance (formerly Seagate Alliance) Click here to see the full agenda.

National Accounts Execs: your meeting is being held in Chicago, Ill. July 16-18, 2018Read More

California Atty. Gen. Xavier Becerra couldn’t agree more. The state’s top cop is suing Sutter, accusing one of the nation’s biggest health systems of systematically overcharging patients and illegally driving out competition in Northern California For years, economists and researchers have warned of the dangers posed by large health systems across the country that are …

California hospital giant Sutter Health faces heavy backlash on pricesRead More

Need to explain to someone at your organization the value of a GPO? Here is a quick 2-minute of CHAMPS explaining their value in a quick 3-minute video. click here for video

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A new report from Premier Inc (Charlotte, NC) found that some hospitals have price disparities up to $1,500 per knee implant and $1,700 per hip implant. Widespread variation in medical device prices and other resources represents a major opportunity to reduce unnecessary costs for many hospitals, according to a new analysis of 869 hospitals from …

Premier analysis finds potential for millions of dollars in savings in Total Joint ReplacementsRead More

If you think hospitals and IDNs are done negotiating once the contract is signed you have another one coming. Check out this article in Healthcare Finance News encouraging buyers to examine their top 10 vendors and leverage their volume. Click here for the full article

Hospitals still re-negotiating contracts…with no end in sightRead More

Definitive Healthcare has put together two lists of the Top 25 Physician Groups in the U.S: Top 25 Physician Groups by number of Physicians Top 25 Physician Groups by Medicare Charges Here are some interesting facts about each list by the numbers. Top 25 Physician Groups by number of Physicians The top Group has 8,711 …

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