Health systems face numerous challenges as they migrate from a volume-based, fee-for-service model to a value-based care environment. Aligning supply chain early on is a key to successfully transitioning to this newer reimbursement model. Advantus provides members with health care supply chain expertise and products to smoothly navigate the transition:

Physician preference items (PPI) are a hot topic in ORs. But rather than catering to individual physicians’ preferences, Dr. Jimmy Chung, chief medical officer for Advantus Health Partners, proposes a different approach: Reduce variability in PPI to improve patient outcomes using data. The PPI contracts at Advantus aren’t selected by

As a practicing general surgeon for over 20 years, Dr. Jimmy Chung, chief medical officer for Advantus Health Partners, witnessed staggering amounts of operating room medical waste. When he moved from clinical care to health care leadership, he vowed to do something about that. Now Dr. Chung leads the Clinical