Health Care Consultants

Health Care Consultants

Reducing Costs for Health Care Organizations

VIE Healthcare, leading health care consultants, can help your hospital/healthcare organization effectively reduce operating expenses by 15-35%. With our proprietary cost reduction strategies, we’ll help you reduce your non-labor expenses.

Competitive benchmarking pricing is just the beginning. Once we analyze pricing, VIE’s health care consultants negotiates, on your behalf, directly with vendors and service providers to secure the best pricing and terms and to ensure sustained cost reduction.

The Cost Reduction Consultant
VIE's Cost Reduction Study will thoroughly analyze your operational expenses, including: medical and surgical implants, supplies, service and equipment costs, capital equipment, leases, telecommunications, utilities and waste – and we’ll show you where you can cut 15-35% of your costs without compromising quality.

Our unique cost reduction services deliver immediate, risk-free value to your hospital. VIE Healthcare provides a thorough and comprehensive review of all your vendor invoices and contracts.

We’ll check for errors, identify savings opportunities and negotiate refunds. We’ll also show you how to consolidate your vendors to help leverage your buying power – and then we’ll negotiate for better pricing. VIE's health care consultants will recommend cost-savings strategies for your hospital and help you implement best-spending practices going forward.

VIE Healthcare's Corporate Website:

www.viehealthcare.com

Most Healthcare Organizations Overpay for Capital Equipment and Service Contracts

VIE’s Healthcare Contract Review is the only service to integrate a detailed price analysis with a thorough contract review – so all your bases are covered. The result: consistent annual savings of 15-35% for our clients.

How much can VIE save your organization?

A New York hospital recently invited VIE Healthcare to oversee and negotiate the renewal of a substantial five-year service contract. Armed with VIE’s proprietary cost reduction analysis, VIE Healthcare entered into extensive negotiations with the vendor on our client’s behalf. The results: a 21% annual reduction in the service contract ($267,000 in annual savings and $1,335,000 in five year savings and no change in service and no change in vendor) for the hospital and a decision to use VIE’s Contract Review services for all future equipment and service contract negotiations.

VIE’s Healthcare Contract Review provides:

1. A detailed price analysis:

2. Comparing your contract to regional and national averages and best pricing available

3. Providing the knowledge needed to negotiate for ongoing cost savings

A thorough review of:

1. Supply contracts

2. Repair and maintenance contracts

3. Capital equipment contracts

4. Service and management contracts

5. Telecommunications & Utility Contracts

Healthcare Capital Expense Reduction

VIE Healthcare's capital expense reduction service not only identifies the best pricing in the marketplace, but actually performs the work to secure and achieve the best pricing for hospitals and healthcare organizations.

"There are many benchmarking tools and services that will provide best pricing available in the marketplace, however, we actually negotiate the pricing for our clients," said Lisa T. Miller, President, VIE Healthcare. VIE Healthcare performs the work from start to finish, from analyzing best pricing to negotiations to final review of the agreement." We are the leader in Healthcare Capital Expense Reduction Services for Healthcare Organizations", says Miller.

"Negotiating capital medical equipment and service contracts can be complex," said Miller. "Many of our clients are able to save between 15%-35% because of our benchmarking data, insight into the complexity of capital purchases and expertise in negotiation of these large purchases."

VIE Healthcare wants to remind healthcare organizations that they have a partner in their healthcare capital equipment purchases. Hospitals, surgical centers, nursing homes and physicians offices can send VIE Healthcare their lowest quotes for their capital equipment purchase and then VIE Healthcare will go to work and save your Healthcare Organization 15%-35% on these exact same purchases.

No Change in Vendors and No Change in Equipment. Just the Best Pricing and Terms Negotiated by VIE Healthcare.

Cost Reduction Areas of Expertise:

Hospital Wide Cost Reduction Analysis

Surgical Implant Expense Management

GPO Analysis – Price Verification Audit

Clinical Supply Cost Reduction Program

Pharmaceutical Patient Assistance Programs

Capital Equipment Pricing Reviews

Pharmacy Pricing Analysis

Laboratory Spend Analysis

Shipping & Freight Review

Linen & Housekeeping Audit

Office Supply Review

Food Service Pricing Analysis

Equipment Lease Audits

Healthcare Contract Review

Capital Equipment and Service Contract Reviews

Bio-Med Equipment Management

Medical Equipment Repairs, Service Contracts & Parts Outsourcing

Energy & Utility Analysis

Telecommunication Audit

Waste Disposal & Medical Waste Audit

Unclaimed Funds Research and Recovery

Summary

Healthcare is changing, and your organization can count on VIE as a partner in reducing costs and improving revenue.

VIE Healthcare helps you to reduce costs and control overhead expenses, improve your margins & profits and continue to offer exceptional patient care.

Containing or reducing indirect expenses is as important as finding new sources of revenue to improve the financial health of the organization.

Monitoring spending is one of the most important factors behind improving expense management.

A 1.5% reduction in cost of goods and services is equivalent to a 10% increase in revenues.

What VIE's Clients Say

“They handled themselves exceedingly well. All targets were met.”

“VIE is a progressive, enthusiastic company which has a unique expertise in cost saving strategies and strategic planning. I have been very impressed with the wealth of information and ideas that they have shared in order to help our organization save money and become more efficient. The more we work with VIE, the more opportunities for savings we have identified. I would highly recommend VIE to any organization that is interested in saving money, reducing waste and increasing efficiency. In addition, they work on a percentage of savings with no obligation if no savings are found.”

“VIE is a confident take charge group, which moves with considerations to their client, project objectives and on an accelerated basis. The high energy applied reflects directly on the outcomes achieved. VIE will not promise deliverables that are not within grasp of the client. Their reasonable approach to a project is a great characteristic.”

“VIE did a great job. We're now engaging them again for additional audits. Good communication and attention to detail.”