Supply Chain
Savings opportunities are fairly equal across hospital size, location, and whether the facility is urban or rural, for-profit or not-for-profit, or system-based or standalone.
The industry continues to struggle with accurate or complete clinical supply capture at the point of care.
Prices for devices varied within each country studied as well, except for France where prices stayed largely uniform for all devices.
AARP says "Part D bailout" would be a windfall for big pharma; PhRMA counters that proposed changes would undermine Part D's structure.
Affected supplies include consumables, pacemakers, computers and MRI machines.
AHA joins other 340B stakeholders in asking the court to declare the delay unlawful and to enact the regulation.
New CEO Martin VanTrieste will receive no pay and the startup will initially focus on 14 drugs.
Joining a group purchasing organization can have a ripple effect that reduces expenses across the entire healthcare system, with the potential to save up to $864 billion by 2022.
Hospitals, on average, save about 1.5 percent per year on common expenses in the supply chain, far lower than most pre-merger estimates.
The amendment would give funding to the Department of Health and Human Services to require drug pricing in direct-to-consumer advertising.