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This Special Fraud Alert focuses on the specific attributes and practices of PODs that OIG believes produce substantial fraud and abuse risk and pose dangers to patient safety.

In 2001 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published

AHRMM supports the concept and use of Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) to provide evidence-based data to help inform purchasing decisions. CER is designed to support healthcare decisions by providing objective conclusions after comparing the effectiveness, benefits, and potential harm of various medical equipment, devices, or treatment options for specific episodes of care or states of disease.   By using objective data provided by CER, healthcare supply chain professionals have the ability to:

Guidance on Humidity Levels in the Operating Room

To provide administrative support to the TCH IDS contracts process.

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

This learning lab covers alarm safety management in the health care supply chain field.

This page provides information about submitting data to the database for device Labelers, entities responsible for providing the data to the GUDID.

This document provides interim guidance for infection control for healthcare facilities (e.g., hospitals, long-term care and outpatient facilities, and other settings where healthcare is provided).

The Strategic Marketplace Initiative (SMI) is a consortium of healthcare supply chain executives united to re-engineer and advance the future of the healthcare supply chain. SMI has provided AHRMM with free supply chain industry resources. To access the resources, visit www.smisupplychain.com or click on the topic below. You will be prompted to register with SMI in order to access the free tools.

Recent Guidance on Meaningful Use of EHRs Makes Compliance More Difficult.

  View a copy of the survey report (PDF)  

AHRMM's Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) Movement will provide training and education to help supply chain professionals make the correlation between cost, quality, and outcomes.

Review Supply Chain Analyst job description and tasks.

  Price: Member: FREE  |  Non-Member: $99.00 CEC Hours: 1

AHRMM Education and Professional DevelopmentI want to obtain or renew the Certified Materials & Resource Professional (CMRP) credential. Refer to AHRMM's CMRP Certification page for more information and helpful resources on CMRP.

Have questions on education, certification, conference, the CQO Movement and more? Check out some of AHRMM's frequently asked questions to help you…

The page provides information about the AHRMM Board, Committee and Fellow Frequently Asked Questions.

The AHRMM Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) Movement frames the critical role supply chain professionals play in driving high quality care, at a more affordable cost, to deliver greater value to patients.

AHRMM Career Center offers a variety of resources, including career counseling, job search assistance, resume review and networking opportunities.