Supply Chain
Supply chain executives at the Premier Breakthroughs conference in Nashville agreed that physicians are getting more involved and enthusiastic about supply chain decisions.
A bipartisan group of senators is questioning the legality of physician-owned distributors (PODs). The group, lead by Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), sent letters late last week to CMS and HHS asking for an investigation into the legality of PODs.
The Maryland Health Care Commission has launched an online portal intended to help small businesses comparison-shop for health insurance plans for their employees.
A Q&A with Richard Burke, president of senior care services for the Fallon Community Health Plan
– In a pairing that matches the state’s largest healthcare provider and largest insurer, Providence Health & Services and Premera Blue Cross announced last month an alliance to launch multiple patient-centered medical homes in Providence clinics throughout Washington state.
When Jennifer Searfoss realized she had a urinary tract infection, she made a decision more and more Americans are making: She went to a retail health clinic for care.
A study that used game theory to explore the impact of group purchasing organizations on healthcare supply chains has found that providers using GPOs experience lower total purchasing costs.
MedAssets, based in Atlanta, has announced that the Kettering Health Network, a Dayton, Ohio-based health network comprised of seven hospitals and more than 60 healthcare facilities, has selected key components of the company's Spend and Clinical Resource Management solutions to help optimize overall financial performance.
HASCO Medical, a Mobile, Ala.-based managed healthcare provider serving patients in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi, has purchased Mobility Freedom and Wheelchair Vans of America, both based in Florida.
Economic growth is expected to continue in the United States throughout the remainder of 2011, say the nation's purchasing and supply executives in their spring 2011 Semiannual Economic Forecast.