Utilization Management Rewind Then Fast Forward to the Next Big Supply Chain Savings Robert W. Yokl, Vice President/COO, SVAH Solutions
Revelations Eight Years Out from Our Publishing of “Healthcare Supply Utilization Revolution – The Future of Supply Chain Expense Management” Eight years ago, we self-published and distributed our free book, Healthcare Supply Utilization Revolution – The Future of Supply Chain Expense Management, and distributed over 2,300 copies throughout our supply chain industry. It was very popular, and we continue to receive requests for the book from time to time. Why did we write this book in the first place when at the time we were predominantly viewed as value analysis experts in the healthcare industry?
Why Would VA Experts Write About a Totally New Concept? In working with our hospital and health system clients, we saw that our industry’s primary strategy of Group Purchasing and Custom Contracting was starting to suffer from what we called, “The Law of Diminishing Returns.”
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