Anyone worked with HCA hospitals before? Got approached by their regional procurement team about auditing 8 facilities across Tennessee and Georgia. Wondering if they have standardized procedures or if each hospital handles things differently. The scope sounds huge but could be a game-changer for my business.
HCA hospital network - standardized approach?
HCA is pretty centralized in their procurement. Once you're in their vendor system, it opens doors to other regions. The hospitals themselves have local facilities managers but major decisions go through corporate. Definitely worth pursuing - we did work with them in Texas a few years back.
That's encouraging Eugene. Did you find any common issues across multiple facilities? I'm trying to figure out if I can develop some standardized analysis tools rather than starting from scratch each time.
Most of their facilities had similar rate optimization opportunities - many were on older tariffs that didn't reflect current operations. Emergency power charges were consistent issues too. Build your templates around hospital-specific rate classes and demand ratchets.