We know that supply chain leaders are best suited to lead CQO initiatives for their organizations. However, the way to begin applying CQO principles to everyday operations—and then ingrain these practices across a health system—remains a question for many. This series will provide best practices for how to ready your supply chain program for value-based care and get to the intersection of CQO.

As part of these discussions, the presenters will go into greater detail on the areas of supply chain operations that are most closely tied to a value-based environment, including capturing and applying alternative data sets, establishing a clinically integrated supply chain, and creating an outcomes-based contracting strategy.

How this Session Relates to the Cost, Quality, and Outcomes (CQO) Movement: This series is based on best practices for a supply chain operating at the intersection of cost, quality, and outcomes.

Part 1: Transformational Supply Chain Practices for a Value-Based Environment

Speaker: Christopher J. O’Connor, President and CEO, Acurity, Inc. and Nexera, Inc.

Learning Objectives

• Identify the steps for progressing your supply chain program toward operating at the intersection of CQO.
• Explain how to achieve a fully integrated model that aligns value-based purchasing goals organization-wide.

Part 2: Capturing and Applying Alternative Supply Chain Data Sets

Speaker: Jeffrey Ashkenase, Executive Vice President, Acurity, Inc. and Nexera, Inc.

Learning Objectives

• Describe the correlation between supplies and clinical outcomes.
• Improve evaluation of supply chain performance by creating dashboards that incorporate alternative metrics that identify the correlation between supplies and clinical outcomes.

Part 3: Creating a Clinically Integrated Supply Chain Culture

Speakers: Dr. Kristin Boehm, Physician Advisor, Nexera, Inc. and practicing plastic surgeon, Sandra Monacelli, RN, Vice President, Nexera, Inc

Learning Objectives

• Define best practices for engaging physicians and clinicians to create a more clinically integrated supply chain culture.
• Develop a plan to implement a sustainable physician-led value analysis program in your organization.

Part 4: Creating an Outcomes-Based Contracting Strategy

Speaker: Jeffrey Ashkenase, Executive Vice President, Acurity, Inc. and Nexera, Inc.

Learning Objectives

• Identify what your organization must do to successfully conduct outcomes-based contracting methods that are more conducive to a value-based environment.
• Establish a test model for outcomes-based contracting that can be brought back to your organization.