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I hope you enjoy this issue of National Accounts Weekly!
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John Pritchard
President of ANAE
Publisher of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting
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ANAE's Learning from Leaders Webinar Series presents Mary Beth Lang and Ije Nwosu of Kaiser Permanente |
The ANAE Learning from Leaders Webinar Series recently featured Mary Beth Lang, Chief Supply Chain and Procurement, and Ije Nwosu, Head of Impact Spending, of Kaiser Permanente.
They discussed topics including:
- How KP's impact spending drives diversity, sustainability and affordability
- Diverse spend and upstream indicators of health
- KP becoming the first U.S. healthcare system to go carbon neutral
- KP's Buy to Pay teams and supply chain resiliency through the pandemic
- Virtual care and the continual supply chain
The ANAE Learning from Leaders Webinar series features supply chain leaders from the top IDNs and health systems around the country, who give real, actionable information tailored to the national contracting arena.
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Apple struggles in push to make healthcare its greatest legacy |
Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook has said the company’s greatest contribution to mankind will be in health. However, some Apple initiatives aimed at broadly disrupting the healthcare sector have struggled to gain traction, according to people familiar with them and documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. Apple has envisioned an audacious plan for …
(Source: The Wall Street Journal)
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Amazon’s AWS announces AWS Healthcare Accelerator for startups in the public sector |
AWS (Amazon Web Services) announced the launch of the AWS Healthcare Accelerator to support both high-potential healthcare startups and the healthcare industry’s need for innovative solutions. The AWS Healthcare Accelerator is a four-week technical, business, and mentorship accelerator opportunity open to U.S.-based healthcare startups or international … |
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Device makers have funneled billions to orthopedic surgeons who use their products |
Reporting by Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News and Elizabeth Lucas, Kaiser Health News - Dr. Kingsley R. Chin was little more than a decade out of Harvard Medical School when sales of his spine surgical implants took off. Chin has patented more than 40 pieces of such hardware, including doughnut-shaped plastic cages, titanium screws and other products …
(Source: Kaiser Health News)
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From Repertoire, the sister publication of JHC:
June Cover: Supply and Demand
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COVID was new. But the economic principles it stirred up were not.
Suppliers and providers in the physician market have learned much about pandemic-era logistics since March 2020. But many challenges remain, and the learning will continue.
"The situation for physician practices has improved compared to the massive demand spikes that characterized 2020," says Cynthia Radford, senior vice president, alternate site programs, Premier, Inc. "Alongside PPE conservation measures, ongoing stockpiling efforts and a greater visibility into inventory, providers today are better equipped - but the supply chain remains fragile." ...
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Beaumont, Spectrum to explore $12B merger that would create Michigan’s largest health system |
Beaumont Health (Southfield, MI) and Spectrum Health (Grand Rapids, MI) have signed a letter of intent for a deal that would create a new health system. Spectrum reported $8.3 billion in revenue in 2020, compared to Beaumont’s $4 billion. The merger would create a $12 billion health care company operating 22 hospitals and 305 outpatient locations with more … |
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Tenet to sell five Florida hospitals to Steward Health Care for $1.1B |
Steward Health Care System, LLC (Dallas, TX) and Tenet Healthcare Corporation (Dallas, TX) announced they have signed a definitive agreement for Steward to purchase five hospitals and their associated physician practices in Miami-Dade and Southern Broward counties for approximately $1.1 billion. The hospitals included in the sale are Coral Gables Hospital, … |
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Ochsner Health signs agreement to take over Rush Health |
Ochsner Health (New Orleans, LA) will take over Rush Health System (Meridian, MS), a seven-hospital system in Mississippi and Alabama. Rush and Ochsner signed a “shared mission agreement” that builds upon an existing partnership started in 2019, the hospital groups said. When the transaction is complete, Rush Health Systems will be renamed … |
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LifePoint to acquire Kindred Healthcare |
LifePoint Health and Kindred Healthcare have entered into a definitive agreement for LifePoint to acquire Kindred Healthcare. The transaction brings together LifePoint’s national network of community-based hospitals, providers and access points with Kindred’s expertise in delivering long-term acute care, rehabilitation services and behavioral … |
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JHC recognizes Top Non-Acute Supply Chain Leaders:
Ruvini DeFonseka Schultz -
Centura Health
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More than ever before, non-acute facilities play a critical role in delivering care and reaching today’s patient population. With those non-acute facilities comes a host of unique challenges, and opportunities.
The Journal of Healthcare Contracting (JHC) recognizes Ruvini DeFonseka Schultz, Manager of Ambulatory Supply Chain & Pharmacy Operations for Centura Health in Centennial, CO ...
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Excelerant Consulting adds newest partner |
Excelerant Consulting, LLC (Scottsdale, AZ) announced that Charles Young has joined its team of consultants as Partner. Young is a healthcare industry veteran who has more than three decades of healthcare-related experience in sales, marketing, and business development in the medical device and medical disposables sectors. Most recently, Young was … |
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Honeywell shuts two mask factories |
Honeywell International Inc. is shutting two N95 mask facilities that were used for production last year to meet demand spurred by COVID-19. The closings will affect almost 1,200 workers ...
(Source: Bloomberg)
(Image: Michael Vi/Shutterstock)
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Vizient announces new membership agreement with Duke University Health System |
Vizient Inc. (Irving, TX) announced that Duke University Health System (Durham, NC) and Duke University has joined the company as a member. The new membership agreement significantly expands the scope of current work with the company to now include full use of Vizient’s contract portfolio and an array of analytics solutions and services in … |
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Vizient announces 15 new, renewed or expanded member agreements in Q1 |
Vizient, Inc. (Irving, TX) announced new, renewed or expanded member agreements with 15 healthcare organizations in the first quarter of 2021, including academic medical centers, community hospitals, integrated health delivery networks and non-acute healthcare providers. “Vizient offers a broad array of analytics-enabled solutions that, when … |
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HealthTrust and CoreTrust division acquire EasiBuy to revolutionize cooperative purchasing for state, local governments |
HealthTrust, along with its commercial GPO counterpart, CoreTrust, announced the acquisition of EasiBuy (Kent, OH), a full-service reverse-auction technology company specializing in cooperative sourcing for government agencies. Since 2012, EasiBuy (formerly Electronic Auction Services, Inc.), has been a trusted partner of state and local … |
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Gary Gustafson publishes new book, "SALES AT THE TOP FLOOR, Prepare for the Best View" |
Gary Gustafson, Preferred Marketing Programs (Mission Viejo, CA), has announced the publishing of his new book, “SALES AT THE TOP FLOOR, Prepare for the Best View.” The book is a must read. It’s straight forward, practical approach to sales will help you reach your goals, year after year. |
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Coloplast
Strategic Accounts Manager -
Wound & Skin Care
Southeast U.S.
GE Healthcare
Healthcare Services Account Manager
Chicago, IL or Remote
Primis Healthcare Systems
Government Contracting Professional
Oakland County, MI or Remote
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John Pritchard
Publisher of National Accounts Weekly
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