Taking on Healthcare’s Greatest Challenges in 2023
Nonprofit health systems and hospitals will take years to recover from the effects the pandemic has on their labor force, cash flow, and supplies. In fact, high labor and supply costs are adding unprecedented debt to hospitals leaving one health system reporting their debt as high as $6.34 billion in December 2022. However, 2023 is […]
Six Reasons 3-Way Matching is a Must at Your Health System
Veering from the 3-way matching process by not using a purchase order (PO) puts health systems at risk of erroneous transactions and a simple way of detecting potential fraud. According to our data, health systems do NOT use a PO on an average of 69% of transactions.* What is 3-way Matching? The three-way matching process […]
Understanding Healthcare’s Procure to Pay Process
Procure-to-pay (P2P) processes comprise various smaller processes that all lead to acquiring and purchasing goods for a health system at the most advantageous price. Purchasing and paying for items seems simple, but in large health systems and hospitals spanning various departments and locations, the process easily breaks down. It only takes one error or process […]
How to Increase your Health System’s Spend Visibility (Spend Visibility Part 3)
To truly reap the benefits of spend data, health systems must take action to clean and structure all procure to pay (P2P) data. Follow the steps outlined below to gain true visibility at your hospital. [blockquote author=”” link=”” target=”_blank”] Read Parts One and Two of our spend visibility series now to discover the benefits […]
Is your Health System Achieving Clear Spend Visibility? (Spend Visibility Part 2)
Insight into spend visibility is essential for decision-making within finance and supply chain in health systems. Clear spend visibility provides information for leaders to make supply decisions, evaluate their procure to pay processes and gain insight into usage and product waste. The benefits of spend visibility are endless, but health systems and hospitals struggling to […]
Why Health System P2P Leaders Need Spend Visibility (Spend Visibility Part 1)
How much can finance and supply chain leaders gain from spend visibility benefits? The answer is almost endless, but it comes down to better decision-making. When data, especially dark data, takes on the form of graphs and diagrams, leaders obtain insights rather than simply numbers filled in columns and rows. Suddenly it turns into potential […]
How to Map your Health System’s Procure to Pay Processes
Health systems lose millions each year due to process inefficiencies and errors throughout the procure to pay (P2P) process. Most of these lost funds are preventable, but teams are content, in a state of denial, or misunderstand the process. To bring awareness and begin to prevent leaking dollars, begin by creating a procure to pay […]