Supply Chain
Today’s healthcare providers face a myriad of operational challenges that can adversely impact the bottom line, including ever-tightening reimbursement guidelines, a growing uninsured population, escalating operational costs, new technologies and procedures, direct-to-consumer marketing, and defensive medicine practices.
In response to these market challenges, many providers are rethinking how they look at the supply chain, and how they can build or enhance their internal supply chain capabilities. Advanced supply chain operations can positively influence clinical outcomes, physician satisfaction, patient satisfaction and financial performance. Achieving these types of outcomes however, requires that the provider take control of its supply chain strategy from the traditional supply chain partners and proactively manage the process moving forward.
Services
Navigant Consulting offers a comprehensive suite of services that allow clients to take control of their supply chain. We employ a seasoned team of healthcare professionals with proven track records. Our methodologies and tools strengthen the people, process, and technology elements of the operation, simultaneously driving bottom line results.
An independent position in the marketplace ensures that our advice is always objective, as we are uncompromised by the conflicts of interest that manufacturer, group purchasing organization, and distributor-owned consulting groups face.
Our Supply Chain improvement services include:
- Infrastructure design and implementation
- Comprehensive non-labor cost reduction
- Focused physician preference item cost reduction
- Procurement skills and competency training
- Performance tracking and management
