Challenge

A major healthcare facility saw costs spiral due to equipment cost overruns for ‘Product
Exception’ items that were out of contract.

Contracts were locked in with equipment manufacturers to cover major products and
most frequently used products to be…

Challenge

A major healthcare organization was incurring extremely high monthly expenses from off-contract vendors.

The healthcare organization had no visibility as to who these off-contract vendors were. Corporate had established contracts with a set group of vendors to provide all…

Challenge

A major hospital organization was challenged by efforts to keep up with the latest treatment technologies and ensure that therapeutic outcomes were consistent, while keeping costs down.

• For one particular treatment, Treatment A, there were several competing companies offering…

Challenge

A large hospital chain spent many hours each month trying to resolve billing conflicts with distributors across multiple locations.

Distributors would issue their billings each month and the facility material managers would use equipment ledgers to examine whether they…