JHC April 21

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NEWS

Industry News Florida lawmakers consider PPE stockpile plan

“is not to restrict it to where it can only

tive diseases, cardiovascular issues, cancer,

In March, lawmakers in Florida were con-

be purchased, especially to other groups

or other conditions, or coming for outpa-

sidering setting up a stockpile of personal

that aren’t healthcare providers.” How-

tient surgery, interventional radiology,

protective equipment (PPE) that it would

ever, concerns remain that the change

or diagnostic imaging.

then make available for sale to healthcare

would be a burdensome task for the

practitioners during declared emergencies,

government while also making it more

according to CBS Miami.

difficult for smaller providers to access

Despite some concern from one

Yarborough said that the bill’s intent

needed equipment during a crisis.

lawmaker who cautioned the measure could turn a “government agency into an

whether they are being treated for diges-

GHX adds Steve Jackson as GM, Exchange Services to advance the clinically integrated supply chain Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX)

unanimously approved its version of the

NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital opens new ambulatory care facility

proposal (HB 1353), sponsored by Rep.

NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist

Exchange Services.

Clay Yarborough.

Hospital opened the Center for

Amazon,” the House Pandemics & Public Emergencies Committee on Tuesday

To ensure the state has enough respirators, gloves, gowns and masks to cover the potential need, the Division of

(Louisville, CO) welcomed Steve Jackson in the role of General Manager, In this capacity, Jackson will focus on

Community Health, a new, six-story,

co-designing solutions with providers and

400,000-square-foot ambulatory care center.

suppliers that lower the total cost of care

The new facility, located at the

and improve patient outcomes. Leverag-

Emergency Management would be

NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Method-

ing GHX’s extensive reach, Jackson will

required to complete an inventory of

ist Hospital campus on 6th Street between

be responsible for advancing the health-

equipment “held in reserve” and procure

7th Avenue and 8th Avenue in Park Slope,

care industry’s adoption of a clinically in-

additional equipment or arrange by con-

is the first major ambulatory care facility built

tegrated supply chain that enables greater

tract for it to be sold to practitioners or

in Brooklyn in 40 years, the hospital said.

precision and personalization of care.

their employers at cost.

The Center for Community Health of-

Jackson joins GHX from National

fers a wide range of ambulatory care ser-

Research Corporation (NRC), an industry-

Smith, D-Orlando, noted that the state

vices, including oncology, digestive, and

leading voice of customer platform lever-

Division of Emergency Management has

endoscopy services, as well as an infusion

aged by more than 75% of the top 200 U.S.

provided PPE free of charge during the

center, ambulatory surgery, diagnostic

health systems. As president of NRC, the

COVID-19 pandemic to healthcare prac-

imaging center, and more.

company’s customer NPS and employee

Committee member Carlos Guillermo

titioners and asked whether there would

Multidisciplinary teams of physicians

be a policy switch to require providers to

from Weill Cornell Medicine work together

its market capitalization grew from $330

pay for the equipment.

to consider each patient holistically,

million to more than $1.4 billion

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satisfaction scores more than doubled and

April 2021 | The Journal of Healthcare Contracting


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