June 14, 2024

Hello NAW Subscribers -

I hope you like this issue of National Accounts Weekly.

Sincerely,

John Pritchard

President of ANAE

Publisher of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting

The IDN Insights West meeting highlights some of the most progressive, largest healthcare systems in the West. Attendees will hear how large IDNs measure successful contracts, the challenges these health systems are dealing with, what successful supplier/provider relationships look like, and much more!

View the agenda here!

Registration:

General Registration: $1,475
ANAE Members: $1,175 *register on the ANAE website to receive your discount.

Meeting Times & Agenda:

Beginning at 12:00 PM on October 9
Adjourning by 1:00 PM on October 10

*Reception at the Element Scottsdale at Skysong is from 5:30-6:30 PM

Host Hotel and Reception Location: Element Scottsdale at SkySong 1345 North Scottsdale Rd Scottsdale, Arizona 85257

Book your room here at the discounted group rate!

In order to get the group rate, please book by September 17, 2024

For more information please contact: Anna McCormick at amccormick@sharemovingmedia.com

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Read the June issue of JHC

Read the June issue of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting to learn how AdventHealth's supply chain is working to meet the health system's bold sustainability goals.

Also in this issue:

Intermountain Health breaks ground on new healthcare facility in Las Vegas

Intermountain Health broke ground on its first-ever new construction project in Nevada, a 90,000-square-foot medical office building located in the southwest valley of Las Vegas. The new facility will bring primary care and several specialty care services to one location and feature a linear accelerator, infusion center, and healing garden for patients.

Services that will be offered at the new facility will include pediatrics, women’s health, radiation and oncology, adult primary care, and senior primary care. The three-story building is expected to be completed in Spring 2025, with patient care potentially beginning June 2025.

Judge approves June 24 bid deadline for Steward Hospitals buyer

A federal bankruptcy court judge approved the June 24 bid deadline for Steward Healthcare’s buyer. Steward Health Care plans to use to sell or auction its 31 nationwide hospitals and physicians network in the coming weeks, including eight in Massachusetts, according to WCVB 5. The timeline that the judge approved sets a deadline for bids on Steward’s Massachusetts hospitals (and hospitals in other states aside from Florida) of June 24 and schedules sale hearings to be held before the judge on July 11. Steward is proposing to sell its physician services network, Stewardship Health, along the same timeline.

In Memoriam: John Donohue

John Donohue, age 54 of Dacula, GA, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2024, after a 25-year battle against cancer. John’s career in the Medical Device Industry allowed him to support, mentor, and provide positive direction to hundreds of employees, who very quickly became lifelong friends.

John was born August 22, 1969, at Moody Airforce Base in Valdosta, GA to Brenda Kincaid and Tom Donohue. John was a graduate of Valdosta State University. John’s lively personality, giant presence and loving nature had lasting effects on everyone who knew him. John was always the life of the crowd who loved sports, was an avid Georgia Bulldog Fan, and was just an all-around nice guy. He loved his family and felt his wife Sherry and his daughter were his greatest accomplishments.

SMI announces 2024 Tom Hughes Collaboration Award recipients

SMI presented AdventHealth and Medline with the 2024 SMI Tom Hughes Collaboration Award. The announcement and presentation of the award took place at the SMI Spring 2024 in Atlanta. The SMI Tom Hughes Collaboration Award is in honor of the late Tom Hughes, SMI Executive Director from 2004 – 2021. This annual award, established in 2021, recognizes exceptional efforts of industry thought-leaders collaborating to bring innovation, discovery, and improvements to the healthcare supply chain.

The Award Steering Committee chose SMI members AdventHealth and Medline for their collaborative partnership in the co-development of a 300,000-square-foot AdventHealth Consolidated Service Center (. The CSC contains supplies for AdventHealth’s 30 Florida hospital campuses to ensure product availability for patient care. The two organizations will co-operate using a blended staffing model, which includes AdventHealth and Medline team members.

Vizient announces new customer agreement with Kettering Health

Vizient announced a new agreement with Kettering Health to maximize cost savings and supply chain efficiencies through Vizient spend management services.

The agreement includes access to Vizient’s industry-leading contract portfolio of medical devices, supplies and pharmaceuticals. It also includes Supply Analytics, a repository of supply data for healthcare price benchmarking and customized analytics. In addition, Kettering Health will participate in Vizient Commit, a program for aggregated purchasing in select medical-surgical categories, pharmaceuticals and physician preference items to accelerate cost savings.

Sodexo awarded national agreement with Premier

Sodexo has been awarded a national group purchasing agreement for Food and Nutrition Management Services with Premier. Effective May 1, 2024, the new agreement allows Premier members, at their discretion, to take advantage of special pricing and terms pre-negotiated by Premier for Sodexo’s complete portfolio of Food and Nutrition solutions, encompassing patient nutrition, clinical nutrition, patient engagement, and retail solutions platforms to deliver comprehensive value for outsource operations.

The food service and supply chain industry continue to evolve from the challenges of the past few years. As part of that evolution, both self-operated facilities and those that utilize outsourced services continue to evaluate innovative solutions to drive and deliver cost savings initiatives.

Another Meaning for Memorial Day

In a weekly LinkedIn newsletter, Fred Crans, Healthcare BD Executive at St. Onge Company, wrote a tribute honoring our fallen heroes for Memorial Day.

He wrote about stumbling across a copy of Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree at his local Walmart. He said, "I was familiar with the book. I had bought it and read it to my own children when both they and I were young. Where it went, who knows? But the minute I saw it, I had to have it because I finally understood its message."

It's a powerful tribute that illuminates the true sacrifice that so many have made for our freedom.