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Analytics & Research, Cost Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Reimbursement, Career/Professional Development

Who's Keeping Score? Using CQO Scorecards for Service Line Success

Wellmont Health System in Tennessee has developed a scorecard to help supply chain executives convince even the toughest clinicians and hospital administrators to collaborate and drive down overall costs (while maintaining the highest standards of patient care and safety) by speaking their language: evidence. This webinar provides detail on how to use the DRG scorecard. An excel file of the scorecard is provided upon completion.

Clinical Resource Management (CRM), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Reimbursement, Strategic Planning, AHRMM

CMS Bundled Payments

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a proposed ruling which introduces three new episode payment models for Acute Myocardial Infarction, Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts, and Surgical Hip/Femur Fracture Treatment. This webinar provides an overview of the proposed ruling and CJR changes and a discussion of how hospitals should be preparing for the go-live date of July 1, 2017.

Products and Services Contracting, Suppliers, Strategic Planning

GPO or Local/Self Contracting Series: Introduction and the GPO Role – Part 1

Allen Archer, System Director of Supply Chain at Houston Healthcare, leads a thought-leader panel discussion about the role of GPOs within the changing healthcare landscape and the and the daily decision of using a GPO or regional/local contracting. Part 1 centers on the GPO’s role in helping member facilities support their CQO efforts.

Change Management, Products and Services Contracting, Purchased Services, Strategic Sourcing, Suppliers, Strategic Planning, Suppliers

Shared Risk Contracting: Provider and Supplier Perspectives

New risk sharing models align the economics of an agreement to product or service performance and outcomes. In this webinar, we discuss this relatively new concept in health care and how sharing responsibility can enhance both parties’ performance levels and improve patient outcomes through mutual investment.

Analytics & Research, Data Standards, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Leveraging Technology

UDI: A How-To Guide for Implementation with Your Organization

This session explains the benefits of implementing the UDI such as immediate device status updates through collaboration with manufacturers and suppliers, increased patient care satisfaction, and how the data you collect can turn your analytics into strategic and critical business decisions. Learn the step by step process that FMOLHS used to implement UDI.