SCM to help savings at Maury Medical Center

ATLANTA, US: MedAssets, Inc. has reached an agreement to become the primary group purchasing organization (GPO) and a technology provider for supply chain system optimization for Maury Regional Medical Center of Columbia, Tenn. MedAssets will help the integrated delivery network better serve its patients by achieving greater supply cost savings and efficiencies.

Through this agreement, MedAssets will serve as the primary GPO to help the health system maximize its purchasing power. In addition to the GPO, MedAssets will also help Maury Regional to analyze and identify opportunities where the hospital can realize further savings on supplies and pharmaceuticals using MedAssets Strategic Information tools and advanced business intelligence technology. MedAssets will also provide a business analytical review that will help the health system to analyze its clinical costs and identify additional savings opportunities.

Maury Regional also uses a number of MedAssets’ revenue cycle management solutions and has been a MedAssets customer since 1985.

“We remain persistent in looking for ways to improve the level of service we provide to our community,” said Robert Otwell, chief executive officer, Maury Regional Medical Center. “By finding additional opportunities to reduce our supply costs, we will be able to better position ourselves as a quality provider of healthcare to the middle Tennessee area. With MedAssets, we not only build a great relationship on the GPO side, but we receive the assistance of their expert staff and technology to help us analyze our processes and find additional savings opportunities.”