Publisher’s Letter
More than Scale As we were working on the latest issue of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting, the news came down that VHA/UHC – now…
Articles by John Pritchard
Publisher’s Letter
Variation is the Enemy of Quality I have the good fortune of talking to Supply Chain Leaders every day about their tireless pursuit of reducing…
Publisher’s Letter
Purchased Services: A Rumble Becoming a Roar For the last few years I have been talking to Supply Chain Leaders more and more about how…
Publisher’s Letter: A Bold, Risky Move
President Obama recently announced the formation of the Learning and Action Network to investigate new methodologies for reimbursement of Medicare funds to hospitals and health…
Publisher’s Letter: Stakeholders and Their Roles in 2014
Just when the financial markets seemed to have recovered – bam! Our not-so-little healthcare sector within the economy is sent into a tail spin, with…
Publisher’s letter: When Eras Collide
Most people I’ve talked to will be happy to see 2013 end and 2014 begin. This was a transitional year where two eras collided. We’re…
Publisher’s Letter
The Ten People to Watch Welcome to my favorite issue every year, where we highlight the Ten People to Watch in the healthcare contracting arena….
Publisher’s Letter
Changing Dynamics A few years ago as the industry started to make eye contact with healthcare reform, talk of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) went from…
Publisher’s Letter
Bitter Pill I read Steven Brill’s recent article in Time Magazine, “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us,” with great interest. In the 24,000…
Publisher’s Letter
Welcome to 2013 and the era of reform… We recently hosted three symposiums that brought together Supply Chain leaders with Supplier and Distribution representatives to…