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July 25, 2019
Optimizing the total performance of a healthcare supply chain means data and clinical integration
Healthcare Finance News
Jeff Lagasse, Associate Editor
Price optimization is a common goal for those involved in the healthcare supply chain. In order to maintain an acceptable level of spend and realize savings on medical devices and supplies, it helps to know how much items cost and whether there are less expensive, equally effective items on the market that can be used by clinicians on the front lines.
Price optimization is only one piece of the puzzle, though. It's a critical piece, since the fluidity of price points on certain items can be dramatic. But there are other factors supply chain leaders should keep in mind.
July 10, 2019
Second Annual Supply Chain User Forum to Drive Alignment in Healthcare
The source of the industry's leading self-contracting and analytics approach, aptitude LLC, announced their second annual user forum, access19, is now open for registration. The event, taking place on September 8th in Phoenix, AZ, will cultivate a networking and learning environment for healthcare providers and suppliers to discover opportunities to accelerate their supply chain performance while achieving clinical alignment.
August 28, 2018
aptitude LLC announces Bryan Grossman as General Manager
Today aptitude LLC, the industry's first self-contracting platform, announced Bryan Grossman has been appointed as General Manager effective September 1, 2018. Bryan, who most recently developed and implemented physician preference consulting strategies for providers across the country on behalf of Vizient, Inc., began his career in healthcare sales, specializing in medical devices and custom sourcing.
August 01, 2018
Supply Chain User Forum Aims to Accelerate Performance in Healthcare
The industry's leading self-contracting company, aptitude LLC, has announced their first annual user forum, access18, which is now open for registration. The user forum will cultivate a networking and learning environment for healthcare providers and suppliers to discover...
April 26, 2018
Celebrating five years, aptitude LLC delivering flexible sourcing options for healthcare business partners
Today aptitude LLC, the action-oriented contracting platform, commemorated five years in the industry as a healthcare innovation leader, working closely with providers and suppliers to improve the way they are doing business.
While startups typically face extraordinary odds, aptitude LLC has seen success by....
November 15, 2017
Novastep Joins aptitude Market to Accelerate Growth Opportunity
Nov. 15, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Novastep, Inc., and its affiliates (“Novastep” or the “Company”), a global medical technologies company specializing in the foot and ankle, has announced a national vendor agreement with aptitude LLC.
“This agreement provides facilities in the aptitude market with efficient access to our foot and ankle portfolio and cleanSTART® deployment technology,” said Travis Johnson, Vice President of National Accounts at Novastep, Inc. “Novastep’s product line focuses on meeting the needs of not only the hospital and outpatient surgery center market, but likewise delivering high quality products to meet the needs of the patient”.
The aptitude platform allows suppliers to offer unique bids to healthcare systems that help both parties to save time, limit expenses, maximize spend under contract, win new business, manage rebates and drive compliance. Under this program, providers work with medical device companies to identify opportunities, execute tenders, and manage contracts throughout their lifecycle – through a streamlined and efficient process. Suppliers are able to offer additional value to providers as a result of efficiency and transparency gained through the aptitude environment.
“We see aptitude as providing an avenue to economically commercialize our products, faster than ever before,” said Novastep, Inc., CEO Vadim Gurevich. “We are also looking to establish custom agreements as a way of supporting the large demand from surgeons and feel that we can use aptitude to reach those organizations.”
June 15, 2017
Fourth Annual aptitude accolade award winners announced
IRVING, Texas, June 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today aptitude LLC announced the winners of the fourth annual aptitude accolades. These award winning healthcare providers are aggressively seeking new ways to self-contract and exploring innovative, collaborative approaches to reducing costs. The aptitude accolades are broken down into four categories: Supplier of the Year, Aggregation Group of the Year....
May 23, 2017
Spend Matters' 50 to Watch for 2017
“It’s difficult — and getting even more so — to make Spend Matters' 50/50 lists, and we’re thrilled aptitude made it onto the 2017 Spend Matters 50 to Watch list," said Jason Busch, founder and head of strategy at Spend Matters. "This list is the product of intense, debate, discussion and refinement each year by our analysts. This year saw new coverage areas and increased competition among providers in existing segments and aptitude earned a deserved spot as one of the procurement providers worth watching in 2017.”
Congratulations team aptitude!
April 26, 2017
New Flexible Contracting Options Deliver Additional Value to Healthcare Supply Chain
IRVING, Texas, April 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The healthcare supply chain continues to be a driver of cost reduction initiatives for both providers and suppliers. And while flexibility has always been an essential element in establishing strategic partnerships, aptitude LLC has introduced capabilities that allow both parties to create and execute custom agreements faster, which helps accelerate speed to value.
Now healthcare organizations can approach their self-contracting strategy by product category, healthcare supplier, or subcategory – resulting in complete customization. This delivers extraordinary value by....
February 01, 2017
Bringing Transparency to Suppliers Through Data Sharing
Healthcare Business Insights
Supply Chain Academy Journal
Traditionally, the relations between the supply chain and its business partners have been sometimes antagonistic, with each side vying for the best deal to serve their own interests. Recently, however, collaboration between provider organizations and suppliers is becoming more commonplace as pressure to bring value increases on both sides of the transactional relationship, as The Academy has reported on in the past...
Keywords: aptitude, UMCSC, reveal, supply chain
January 01, 2017
Supply chains leverage tech to integrate with bundled and other payment methods
Health Facilities Management
Rapid contracting and RFID position hospital supply chains for the future
“Rather than going into the market seeking a product in a predefined way, providers can customize their preferences,” Kirchenbauer says.
With the changes to payment models, aptitude is building on its success to further customize its marketplace. So, a provider that is taking on risk with a payer in a bundled knee-replacement program can go to the market seeking a supplier willing to work within the confines of that risk model, Kirchenbauer explains....
Keywords: rapid contracting, supply chain, flexibility, technology