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Paul Keckley puts out a great newsletter called the Keckley Report that covers policy, trends and analysis of healthcare. This week he covers the top 3 issues to watch as Congress returns from the August recess. Its worth a minute or two to read! Click here for the full article

Healthcare takes Center Stage in DC This Week: Here’s What to WatchRead More

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Top 10 Health Systems by Member Hospital BedsRead More

David Finley has joined Excelerant Consulting, LLC (Scottsdale, AZ) as Managing Partner, effective September 2019. Finley previously spent 11 years as VP, Strategic Supplier Engagement, at Premier, Inc. (Charlotte, NC) where he evolved the strategy and organization from supplier relations to comprehensive leadership of strategic contracting across all service lines. Finley was most recently SVP …

David Finley joins Excelerant Consulting as managing partnerRead More

Walmart , the world’s biggest retailer, is moving deeper into the primary care and mental health market, opening a new clinic called Walmart Health in Georgia. The company recently updated its website with a link to Walmart Health , describing its “newest location in Dallas, GA.” It also went online with the site “Walmarthealth.com,” where …

Walmart tests dentistry and mental care as it moves deeper into primary healthRead More

How a supply chain team is changing the flow of information and products at one of the nation’s largest healthcare systems What does industrial engineering have to do with supply chain management? Quite a bit. Sometimes referred to as “optimizers,” industrial engineers enlist natural science, mathematics, computer engineering and other skills in an effort to …

A Makeover at Cleveland ClinicRead More

This meeting is specifically for National and Corporate Account Executives that would like to get a better understanding of their customers. Attendees will be able to participate in round table discussions with their peers while hearing from IDNs, RPCs, and GPOs on how to get to the c-suite as well as contracting success and driving …

November 14-15, 2019 | National Accounts Summit | Atlanta, GARead More

Adrian Wengert has supply chain in his blood. His grandmother managed supplies at a hospital in Twin Falls, Idaho, and his father managed inventory in a military warehouse. His son, Adrian, spent many weekends in that warehouse. “He’d hand me a broom and tell me that keeping the floor clean is good warehouse etiquette,” says …

St. Luke’s Adrian Wengert named to Ten People to WatchRead More

The Journal of Healthcare Contracting just released its Ten People to Watch in Healthcare Contracting August’s issue. The List Includes: Sparkle Barnes, CNECT Michael Gray, SSM Health Ed Hisscock, Trinity Health Anand Joshi, NY-Presbyterian Hospital Fred Keller, HealthTrust Todd Larkin, Intalere Herman Lovato, Centura Health Joel Prah, Mercyhealth John Thompson, Vizient Adrian Wengert, St. Luke’s …

JHC releases Ten People to Watch in Healthcare ContractingRead More

Check out this great comparison of Sales and Strategic Account Management from Mike Schultz, President of RAIN Group. The below link will take you to LinkedIn where he published the article. You may want to share this with your Leadership team. I often find even the best Leadership teams struggle with understanding Strategic Account Management. …

5 Ways Account Management and Selling Are DifferentRead More

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced a partnership with the Defense Department this week to upgrade its supply chain system, which is perennially on a government watchdog agency’s “high risk” list for waste, fraud and abuse . The partnership with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) will give the VA access to the DLA’s worldwide procurement …

VA Partners with DoD to Upgrade Supply Chain at High Risk for AbuseRead More

Please give us an overview of LSU Health, your department of Technology Management and the initiative you have around Innovation? Located in the heart of the biomedical district of downtown New Orleans, LSU Health Sciences Center (LSU Health) is one of five research-intensive campuses of the LSU System. LSU Health is comprised of the Schools …

Innovation Spotlight: Inside LSU Health with Patrick E. ReedRead More

2019 AHRMM Board Election Results The AHRMM membership elected Brian Dolan and Karen Morlan as new provider representatives and Tim Bugg as a new affiliate representative. Dolan, Morlan and Bugg will begin their three year AHRMM Board terms on January 1, 2020. The 2019 AHRMM Board elected Steve Kiewiet as the chair-elect of the 2020 …

Steve Kiewiet and Tim Bugg named to 2020 AHRMM BoardRead More

  Piedmont Healthcare has joined Civica, a new nonprofit generic drug company with a goal of reducing chronic drug shortages in the United States, Piedmont announced. Launched last year, Civica supplies its members at least 14 drugs commonly used by hospitals in emergency care, surgery, pain management and in treating hypertension. More recently, Civica announced …

Piedmont Healthcare joins nonprofit generic drug company CivicaRead More