John Eppard is Senior Account Executive Institutional National Accounts for Sanofi. During his 24+ years with Sanofi, John has been promoted through the organization and has held positions of Account Representative, Account Manager, District Manager, Area Sales Manager, and Regional Accounts Manager. During this time he has called on GPOs, RPCs and IDNs. John is a …
Scott Quilty Bio
Scott Quilty is Corporate Vice President at B. Braun Medical Inc. (B.Braun) located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He is responsible for overseeing B.Braun’s Distribution relationships, Government initiatives, GPO contracting activity, and its cross-divisional IDN approach through B.Braun’s Enterprise Solutions program. Born in Dayton, Ohio, Scott began his career in 1990 as a sales representative with Procter …
James R. Francis Bio
James R. Francis, FACHE Division Chair, Supply Chain Management and Assistant Treasurer Mayo Clinic Jim Francis has more than twenty-five (25) years of experience in leading high performing supply chain organizations. As an executive, Jim is recognized for his expertise in strategy formulation and execution, shared services, operations and his development of highly effective teams. …
Tim Mikac Bio
Tim Mikac is Vice President of Integra Surgical National Accounts business. Responsibilities include contracting for surgical instruments with Group Purchasing Organizations, the Federal Government, Integrated Delivery Networks, and other related key health care providers. With over 25 years of experience in the medical device industry with Johnson & Johnson, Cardinal Health, Mr. Mikac joined Integra …
Bill Barr Bio
Bill Barr, VP of Healthcare Services for Henry Schein Bill Barr joined Henry Schein in 2008 as General Manager, Healthcare Services, and was promoted in 2011 to Vice President. He worked with Olympus America for 18 years, where he served in sales, sales management positions and as Regional Vice President of National Accounts. He grew …
Armin Cline Bio
Armin Cline, President of Health Systems for Covidien Armin Cline, President of Health Systems, is responsible for Covidien-wide contracting activity with Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs), Purchasing Coalitions, the Federal Government and other purchasing organizations representing aggregated U.S. Healthcare providers. Armin has 35 years of experience working for companies that manufacture and supply healthcare providers with …
Dave Edwards Bio
R. David “Dave” Edwards Vice President of Supplier Relations and Business Development Premier healthcare alliance With nearly 30 years of experience in healthcare sales, marketing, and management, Dave Edwards is an enthusiastic champion of creating win/win scenarios through collaboration, particularly between healthcare providers and suppliers. He is an energetic leader with a proven record …
Leaders Wanted
[private] Leaders Wanted Can you help sustain change in your hospital or IDN? Insights from James R. Francis, Chair, Supply Chain Management, a division of the Finance Department at Mayo Clinic; and David S. Loeb, M.D., Chair, Office of Expense Management and physician leader for Supply Chain Management at Mayo Clinic Healthcare executives face a …
Ten People to Watch
[private] Ten People to Watch Welcome to the Journal of Healthcare Contracting’s annual listing of the Ten People to Watch in Healthcare Contracting, each of whom was selected based off of suggestions from readers. LeAnn Born Vice president of supply chain Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, Minn. Steve Cashton Director of Contracting and Purchasing Beth Israel …
RPCs Grow Up
They’re growing in size, cohesiveness and direction Regional purchasing coalitions are growing up. They’re growing in size, cohesiveness and direction. The MAX – a national accounts database owned and operated by MDSI, parent of the Journal of Healthcare Contracting – tracks approximately 160 of them nationwide, representing more than 1 million beds and 34 million …
GPO Survey
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Hospital Layoff Report
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Physician Alignment Report
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Deborah Petretich Templeton Bio
Deborah Petretich Templeton, R.Ph., M.H.A. Biography Deb Templeton is the Vice President for Supply Chain Services at Geisinger Health System in Danville, PA. She is responsible for all Corporate Purchasing, Logistics, Patient Transport, Linen and Supply Chain Operations and Strategic Planning for all Geisinger facilities. She and her team were awarded the Healthcare Purchasing News …