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This paper will present health care procurement strategies of four countries - the United States, Botswana, the United Kingdom, and China - as a means to evaluate volume aggregation under different health care delivery models.  

This is an on-going operational excellence initiative and our results have certainly validated our approach and produced an immediate beneficial impact. The methodology we have implemented truly drives improvements and bottom-line results. We are very proud that the Executive Leadership at our organization has promoted the use of Purchasing’s approach in assessing and managing other areas of the organization.

A well-conceived strategic sourcing program starts with an analysis of the total spend or operating expenses of the organization utilizing an “ABC” analysis and category/spend segmentation matrix. This analysis allows for the prioritization of the “sourceable” or “manageable” spend as distinct from other expenses such as taxes, depreciation and interest for which different strategies should be effectively applied.

This paper addresses the importance of the supply chain on overall health care costs and how transparent data can lead to a best practice supply chain. Identifying necessary data as well as the location of that data to understand a complete cost structure is a challenge for supply chain leaders. Fragmented systems in healthcare lead to a weak and inefficient supply chain. This data fragmentation in healthcare causes frustration and failure in optimizing the supply chain.

AHRMM is offering a repository for leading and proven supply chain practices, case studies, and toolkits that are developed from a Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) perspective. The following Catheter Acquired Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTI) leading practice was submitted by: Nexera, Inc., New York, NY

The following leading practice describes methods used to reduce Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers (HAPU).

Sample furnishing, installation of furniture, and equipment sample request for proposal. 

A sample of a general contractor RFP.

How to write a constructive, information-rich comment that clearly communicates and supports its claims to have an impact on regulatory decision making.

A sample of an office supplies RFP covering all the basics. Download the document and tailor it to your needs.

Supply chain must play an integral role in the care delivery process through cross-departmental partnerships that support evidence-based value analysis. Michael Louviere, System VP of Supply Chain at OHS shares his insights on what he calls a 'new adventureattempting to support best practices by collecting clinical evidence and synthesizing it to ensure that clinical practice is based on integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available relevant external clinical evidence from systematic research.

An overview of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' three final rules for calendar year 2011 the outpatient prospective payment system and ambulatory surgical center rule, the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule rule and the Home Health PPS rule.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a VBP program to pay hospitals for their actual performance on quality measures, rather than just the reporting of those measures, beginning in fiscal year (FY) 2013. The VBP program will apply to all acute-care prospective payment system (PPS) hospitals. Read a summary of key provisions of the proposed rule.

Read how UPMC Health System is improving lives through redefined models of health care delivery, technological innovation and cutting-edge medical research.

An announcement of the Final Rule issued by the IRS.

A sample of wholesale pharmacy distributor request for proposal. Sample RFP for Wholesale Pharmacy Distributor  

Sample landscaping services request for proposal (RFP).

Please see a sample of a Reprocessing Single Use Devices (SUD), RFP below - you will find this short document and the Reprocessing Narrative Evaulation example covers all the basics, and you can tailor it to your needs.  

A sample of a laundry Construction, consultant RFP covering all the basics. Download the document and tailor it to your needs.

AHRMM’s Issues & Legislative Committee issued the following Statement on Pricing Transparency approved by AHRMM Board of Directors: