Articles
Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Reimbursement, Strategic Planning
Bundled Payments Reshape Healthcare and the Supply Chain
By Karen Conway
Bundled payments provide a single payment for a defined episode of care that is shared among the caregivers involved in the delivery of care, with the risk shifting primarily to hospitals. The logic is that this will promote better care coordination among the various providers, while reducing wide variations in both the cost of care and how care is delivered.
Change Management, Cost Management, Data Standards, Reimbursement, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Strategic Planning
Applying Supply Chain Best Practices from Other Industries to Healthcare
By Karen Conway
Increasingly, the hospital and health care delivery system executives are viewing the supply chain as a strategic asset that can be leveraged to meet operational, clinical, and financial performance imperatives. This has not always been the case. For years, the supply chain was seen as little more than a necessary but ancillary function – to buy and deliver products as needed – with the primary supply chain improvement strategy focused on buying those products at the lowest price possible.
Cost Management, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Reimbursement, Sustainability
Healthcare Transformation: A Private Affair
By Karen Conway
This white paper explores the realities facing healthcare delivery, some of the new models being developed and what they could mean for the supply chain.