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This webcast discusses the team work involved in product value analysis and decision making using data-driven scorecards outlining Cost, Quality, and Outcomes. Presented by: Brent Petty, executive industry consultant, Lexmark International

Every organization has a variety of internal and external benchmarks at their disposal. Metrics need to be practical for each individual provider, and the supply chain must choose its measurements and comparisons carefully. In this webinar, we discuss meaningful benchmarking and explore several scenarios, useful metrics, and variation considerations to help make appropriate decisions that can improve supply chain performance.

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.

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This manual is divided into four distinct units, which include: Materials Management Organization and Administration, Materials Management Functional Areas, Stewardship, and Information Management and Technology.

Business continuity ensures that an organization can continue to operate in the event of a serious incident or disaster and encompasses strategic planning and preparation. In this webinar, a provider, a supplier, and a distributor discuss their roles and how they work together to develop and implement product continuity plans for a disaster or emergency.

Congratulations, you earned your Certified Materials & Resource Professional (CMRP) Certification! You may have just earned it, but experts say that you should think about how you will keep it – and soon. Allen Archer discusses the need to plan your way to renewal now and the documentation needed that you need to maintain. Presented by: Allen Archer, System Director of Supply Chain, Houston Healthcare Inc.

Howard Mann, vice president, supply chain management at Cardiovascular Care Group discusses the basics of value analysis and value based purchasing to achieve high Cost, Quality, and Outcomes. Part three discusses how accurate value analysis and product choice can affect value based purchasing outcomes.

In many organizations, the relationship between supply chain and accounts payable is strained due to lack of clarity and ownership. This webinar discusses ways to form a collaborative, streamlined, and process-driven approach to reconciling purchase order errors, facilitating purchase order matching, and creating positive outcomes for departments and vendors.

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.

 Price: Member: $239.00 | Non-Member: $299.00Continuing Education Credits (CECs): 5 hours

This webinar discusses the health care supply chain, its strengths and weaknesses. It reviews best practices around the industry, including what Intermountain Healthcare has done with building its own logistics/distribution functionality. It will also present the implications of the future of the industry with the changing horizon that comes with the Affordable Care Act, including preparing to serve non-acute operations.

In this three-part podcast, Howard Mann, Vice President, Supply Chain Management at Cardiovascular Care Group discusses the basics and relationship of Value Analysis and Value Based Purchasing to achieve high Cost, Quality and Outcomes success. Part one explains VBP and its effects on hospital reimbursement.

Learn about how the significant number of clinical alarms have a numbing effect on nursing staff, to the point that patient safety is in jeopardy.

In this four part webinar series, AHRMM explores how supply chain leaders can transform CQO from a concept into a strategy. Each 30 minute webinar will dive into a different best practice including capturing and applying alternative data sets, establishing a clinically integrated supply chain, and creating an outcomes-based contracting strategy.

As hospitals restructure to gain sustainability in an era of reform, it is crucial for supply chain leaders to work collaboratively within health systems and identify new opportunities for cost reduction in areas that generate savings and improve outcomes. This webinar focuses on key lessons and best practices using case studies from leading hospitals and health care systems that have successfully aligned their supply chain and strategic vision.

 Price: Member: $239.00 | Non-Member: $299.00Continuing Education Credits (CECs): 5 hours

Integrating Physician Leadership in Supply Chain Management

Supply chain leaders are being charged with mission-critical tasks that require C-suite level engagement and buy-in. In this webinar, we discuss how supply chain can gain and maintain regular access to the C-suite, leverage relationships with senior-level executives, along with how to create and communicate value at the executive level.

In this three-part webcast, Howard Mann, Vice President, Supply Chain Management at Cardiovascular Care Group discusses the basics and relationship of Value Analysis and Value Based Purchasing to achieve high Cost, Quality and Outcomes success. Part two reviews the importance of Value Analysis and supply chain involvement.