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Analytics & Research, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Reimbursement, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Leadership
The UDI Rule: Are You Ready?
Hospitals need a tool to leverage the use of UDI within their health care organizations to empower the Cost, Quality, Outcomes Movement. This webinar explains the many benefits the UDI system can bring both to a hospital’s bottom line and to patients. With proper tools implemented by healthcare providers, UDI will help to lower cost and increase quality, thereby improving patient outcomes.
Analytics & Research, Value Analysis
Value Analysis, A New Model for Healthcare
Public and private reimbursement models continue to shift from paying for volume to paying for value. Today, value analysis programs must continue to produce savings while also supporting the attainment of high quality care. Listen as Dennis Orthman, Senior Director of Strategic Marketplace Initiative shares with you the exciting and challenging work that SMI has accomplished in partnership with the Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals.
Cost Management, Strategic Planning, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement
Day in the Life of CQO: Examples from the Field
A panel of health care industry leaders shares their insights and experiences in creating a best-practice supply chain that supports the intersection of cost, quality, and outcomes within their institutions.
Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Procure to Pay, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement
Essentials of Purchasing Certificate
Price: Member: $239.00 | Non-Member: $299.00
Continuing Education Credits (CECs): 5 hours
Products and Services Contracting, Suppliers, Strategic Planning
GPO or Local/Self Contracting Series: Compliance and Alignment – Part 3
Part 3 of the GPO or Local/Self Contracting webcast series examines whether compliance can be achieved without alignment, and vice versa.
Capital Equipment, Products and Services Contracting, Cost Management, Suppliers, Procurement
Master of Negotiations Certificate Course
Price: Member: $196.00 | Non-Member: $396.00
Continuing Education Credits (CECs): 3 hours
Change Management, Cost Management, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Procure to Pay, Leveraging Technology
Optimizing Your Technology for Revenue Cycle Success: Vendor Solutions and Training – Part 3
In this three-part series, Lisa Tonkinson and Chris Wiekert discuss how the Revenue Cycle can impact your supply chain when embarking on a new software implementation or integration and what you need to know to plan ahead and optimize your technology effectively. Part three concentrates on vendor solutions and training.
Presented by: Lisa Tonkinson, Principle, Patient Craft and Chris Wiekert, Senior Product Manager, Infor
Products and Services Contracting, Cost Management, Strategic Sourcing, Sustainability, Procurement
Reducing Costs and Environmental Impacts to Health Care through a Total Cost of Ownership Calculator
Tremendous cost pressures within the U.S. health care system are forcing providers to explore alternative ways to save money. To address this need, a TCO calculator has been developed to provide purchasers with a standardized and systematic way to consider the various use and waste costs of products that are procured. This webinar demonstrates the tool’s basic functions and shares resources available to support its use.
Financial Management, Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Cost Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Inventory Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI)
The Impact of Supply Chain Processes on O.R. Time, Efficiency, & Overall Cost
Resiliency in the operating room is imperative in today’s health care climate. A well-functioning OR has the potential to increase the number of patients served and further enhance its contribution to the hospital's bottom line. This presentation discusses how supply chain process improvements help achieve CQO in the OR.
Analytics & Research, Data Standards, Reimbursement, Sustainability
The Value Cycle
In order to compare baseline costs to savings and determine areas of compliance risk, supply chain professionals need to work closely with their revenue cycle colleagues maintaining the chargemaster. This webinar explores how supply data elements in your item master and chargemaster play a role in negotiating payments, in disbursing across the continuum of care, and in assessing variations in clinical practice.