Articles
Change Management, Cost, Quality and Outcomes (CQO) Movement, Lean/Six Sigma, Strategic Planning
National Provider Call: Hospital Value-Based Purchasing
An overview of Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (VBP) Program.
Products and Services Contracting, Cost Management, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Leadership
Special Fraud Alert: Physician-Owned Entities
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.
Strategic Planning
Critical Infrastructure Security & Resilience Month 2013 Toolkit
November is Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month.
Products and Services Contracting, Data Standards, Distribution, Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Unique Device Identifier (UDI), Logistics
FDA Releases Proposed Rule on Unique Device System for Medical Devices
The FDA UDI ruling has finally arrived - the proposed rule has published. Please see the FDA website (www.fda.gov/udi) for a link to the proposed regulation. Highlights include a 120 day comment period to begin shortly, 6 months later a final ruling that will begin with Class III devices within 2 years, possibly sooner.
Below is the FDA press release:
Capital Equipment, Products and Services Contracting, Cost Management, Financial Management, Reprocessing Medical Devices, Leadership
Navigating the Economic Storm: A Prescriptive Approach for Healthcare Supply Chain Professionals
In this page, AHRMM recommends these 3 proactive activities in the event of economic downturn.
Data Standards, Financial Management, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Strategic Planning
A Broader Focus for Tomorrow's MMs
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.
Products and Services Contracting, Legislation and Legislative Advocacy, Physician Preference Items (PPI), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Suppliers, Procurement
Final Regulations on Taxable Medical Devices
The final regulations that provide guidance on the excise tax imposed on the sale of certain medical devices, enacted by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 in conjunction with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Data Standards, Financial Management, Materials Management Information System (MMIS), Regulations and Regulatory Advocacy, Medical Device Technology
Guidance on Humidity Levels in the Operating Room
New Guidance on Humidity Levels in the Operating Room
Products and Services Contracting, Purchased Services, Strategic Sourcing, Suppliers
Service Contracts: Impacting the Total Cost of Ownership
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