Challenge
Bear Valley Community Healthcare District (BVCHD), a critical access hospital with nine acute and 21 skilled nursing facility (SNF) beds in California’s San Bernardino County, has net patient revenue of $29.8 million and a total annual spend of more than $2 million on medical and surgical supply. The hospital wanted a GPO that delivered competitive cost savings and a high-level of service.
Solution
BVCHD chose Ovation Healthcare spend management solutions, one of our shared services that strengthens independent community healthcare.
Results
Ovation Healthcare’s spend management team delivered estimated cost savings of 12.5 percent to Bear Valley Community Healthcare District plus value-added services, including:
- Through the Ovation Healthcare Strategic Sourcing Program, access to Envision Healthcare to meet their Locums and staffing needs in areas such as emergency room physicians and to MD Buyline to optimize price for major capital purchases.
- Identification of an additional 9.7 percent savings based on market share optimization for facility and group tier contracts.
- Material management initiatives to increase distribution contract performance by 10+ percent and decrease off-contract spend by 6.7 percent.
Testimonial
“Ovation Healthcare has done an outstanding job for Bear Valley Community Healthcare District not only in pricing and supply chain interruptions but a host of other value-added services that [a competitor GPO] did not offer when I was with them.”
Evan Rayner
CEO
Bear Valley Community Healthcare District
“I’m thrilled Ovation Healthcare – together with the Bear Valley Leadership team – delivered 12.5 percent cost savings while simultaneously helping us to manage inflation and supply chain disruptions.”
Garth Hamblin
CFO
Bear Valley Community Healthcare District
