HealthTrust Purchasing Group (HealthTrust), a subsidiary of HCA Healthcare, is committed to strengthening provider performance and clinical excellence through an aligned membership model and the delivery of total spend management advisory solutions. HealthTrust serves over 1,500 hospitals and health systems, and more than 35,000 other member locations including ambulatory surgery centers, physician practices, long-term care […]
Key Healthcare Trends for 2020 and Beyond was published earlier this year. The following is some thoughts on the impact that Covid-19 will have on employers and other industry stakeholders.
Vizient Launches Next Generation eCommerce Exchange Growing trends in group healthcare group purchasing/procurement include hospitals and health systems creating new supply chain management organizations and new market entrants developing procurement platforms to make purchasing of healthcare and pharmaceutical products easier and more cost-efficient. Vizient, Inc., the largest member-driven health care performance improvement company in the […]
Employers as Plan Sponsors: Direct to Purchaser, Published at Drake University Delta Rx Institute, Dr. F. Randy Vogenberg, Partner Access Market Intelligence, an affiliate of the National Institute of Collaborative Healthcare Pharmacists are some of the most visible health professionals to the public eye, but they often stand misunderstood by purchasers of health care. They are best known […]
This is an example of a pharmaceutical company helping another group of healthcare stakeholders, health plans, because of an issue with health systems increasing cost of care. Stakeholders in the healthcare market, while working to reduce the cost of care, are trying to determine the best path to profitability. An example is Genentech’s decision to […]