Get ready to be inspired as Clint Pulver sets the stage for an unforgettable Summit, challenging us all to lead with purpose and leave our mark in service to a future of affordable, quality healthcare for all.

Speaker: Clint Pulver, Emmy Award-Winner, Musician, Workforce Expert and Author

Amy Webb, renowned quantitative futurist and tech leader, will explore the emerging technologies and trends poised to reshape healthcare supply chains. Drawing on her deep expertise, she’ll provide strategic foresight on navigating disruption while positioning for future success, offering actionable insights for healthcare leaders to innovate and thrive in this era of rapid change.

Speaker: Amy Webb, World-Renowned Futurist; Founder & CEO of the Future Today Strategy Group

Join a select group of GHX customers who earned a coveted spot on the Gartner Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25 for 2024. These distinguished leaders will share the strategies, innovations, and leadership approaches that set them apart in an increasingly complex and dynamic healthcare landscape. Through candid discussions, panelists will explore the trends shaping healthcare supply chains, the challenges they’ve tackled, and the forward-thinking initiatives that led to their recognition. Whether aiming to elevate your supply chain or seeking inspiration from industry trailblazers, this session offers insights and actionable takeaways to drive excellence.

Panelists:

Marisa Farabaugh, Sr. Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, AdventHealth
Conrad Emmerich, Chief Procurement Officer, Advocate Health
Steve Downey, Chief Supply Chain & Patient Support Services Officer, Cleveland Clinic

Moderator: Saul Marquez, Founder & CEO, Outcomes Rocket

During a recent HFMA webinar, UPMC Senior Director of Procure-to-Pay Kelly Coxon and GHX explored how leveraging procure-to-pay (P2P) automation - including accounts payable (AP) automation and robotic process automation (RPA) - can enhance operational efficiency, cut costs, reduce financial risk, and generate revenue from traditional payments.

But what practical resources, information and best practices are essential for successfully implementing these initiatives? Join Kelly Coxon’s leadership team for a deep-dive discussion on executing strategies and achieving cost savings through P2P automation.

Panelists:

Natalie Haubach, Manager, Procure to Pay, UPMC
Marianne Rolin, Sr. Manager, Supply Chain Systems, UPMC
Kim Madden, PMP, Sr. Program Manager, Strategy and Transformation, UPMC

Moderators: 

Jeff Giles, Customer Development Manager, GHX
Michael Ferguson, Customer Success, GHX
Christina Boylston, Director, Business Development, GHX

Two years after City of Hope’s acquisition of Cancer Treatment Centers of America, the organization is well on its way to completing its people, processes and technology integration. However, the merging of their separate ERP systems remains an ongoing effort. In this session, City of Hope will share information about their unique but strategic M&A approach and how it impacts their organizational transformation. Attendees will also learn about the IDN’s recent experiences deploying GHX Marketplace as a shared supply chain technology. The platform provides tools for the team to positively manage spend ahead of their system-wide ERP system consolidation.

Speakers:

Patrick Murphy, System Executive Director, Supply Chain Procurement Systems, City of Hope
Nancy Sandoval, Procurement Systems Lead, City of Hope

A strong and reliable data foundation is key to successful cloud supply chain transformation. In this session, learn about a collaborative journey with GHX to revolutionize item master data in preparation for cloud ERP system implementation.  

Discover how these organizations worked with GHX to consolidate, cleanse and enrich legacy data, implement integrations for streamlined access to high-quality content, and align pricing strategies to preserve ERP data integrity across critical workstreams. 

The session highlights key outcomes, including enhanced operational efficiency and improved procure-to-pay processes post-cloud ERP go-live.

Panelists:

Robyn Jones, Sr. Manager, Supply Chain Systems, Grady Health System
Derick Washer, Supply Chain Data Management Specialist, Medisys Health Network

Moderator: Marlin Doner, Vice President, Product Management, GHX

Bring your questions and collaborative spirit as two leaders in the Oracle Cloud user community share their most valuable experiences and lessons learned from successfully transitioning their supply chains and GHX to the cloud. During this robust, quick-hit dialogue, presenters will cover the 10 most important and fundamental principles everyone should have on their radar and roadmaps for Oracle cloud or any cloud ERP transition. Attendees will walk away from this fast-flow session with a concise, actionable list of fundamental steps to take – and risks to avoid – on the path to better operational, financial and clinical outcomes.  

Panelists:

Franco Sagliocca, MBA, FACHE, Corporate Director, Supply Chain, Mount Sinai Health System
Vishal Goel, Senior Director, Business Technology, Mount Sinai Health System
Chris Jakubek, Director, Supply Chain Data Management, Inova Health System

Moderator: Matt Hawkins, Director, Product Management, GHX

No two cloud deployments are the same. Hear that directly from Allina Health (Workday) and Texas Children's Hospital (Oracle) as they compare and contrast their experiences in transitioning to cloud-based ERP systems and maintaining them post go-live. 

Attendees will hear how each healthcare organization has leveraged GHX solutions to manage data, procurement and eCommerce activity in support of their supply chain technologies and learn about the critical role of strategic partners in optimizing their cloud journeys.

Speakers:

Sheetal Ngao, Assistant Director, Supply Chain, Texas Children's Hospital
Jenny Goodfriend, Director, Supply Chain Operations, Procure to Pay, Allina Health
Cary Piotrowski, Strategic Account Executive, GHX

This session will showcase Riverside Health's journey toward clinical integration and its remarkable success in driving cost savings while enhancing its value analysis processes. Within just three months, Riverside Health achieved a 28% reduction in joint costs through a single project. 

Speaker: Gerard Crosbie, Associate Vice President,  Supply Chain, Riverside Health

Moderator: Kelsey Duggan, Sr. Manager, Customer Success Strategy & Operations, GHX

The University of Kansas Health System has achieved significant supply chain data management efficiency gains across numerous areas, including item master size, alignment to spend, and standardization of items and item-add processes used by the organization. 

In this session, they will detail the story of where they started, with multiple manual processes, emails and third-party platforms, to the benefits they have gained six months later after implementing a fully integrated Data Connect solution between GHX and Workday. 

The panel will share data management best practices, challenges and solutions, focusing on content and price workbenches and integrated catalog search.

Panelists:

Neil Allen, Sr. Director, Spend Management, The University of Kansas Health System
Derrick Dickerson, Assistant Director, Spend Management Analytics, The University of Kansas Health System

Moderator: McNeil Allison, Director, Consulting Services, GHX

Grady Health System, Mass General Brigham and Stanford Health recently went live on Workday cloud ERP with GHX. The presenters will discuss recommended processes and procedures for a smooth cloud migration. They will also reflect on best practices, lessons learned and how they’ve adapted operations to maximize cloud capabilities for their supply chains.

Panelists:

Daniel Lewis, Sr. Director, Supply Chain Operations, Mass General Brigham 
Jim Booker, Director, Supply Chain Data Management, Systems & Analytics, Stanford Health Care
Kevin Gordon, Vice President,  Supply Chain, Grady Health System

Moderator: Matt Medley, Vice President, Solution Engineers, GHX

This session is a healthcare collaboration of forward-thinking health systems, distributors and manufacturers. The collaboration has joined together to create a standard delivery performance metric called "on-time in-full" (OTIF) to improve and standardize industry delivery performance monitoring between trading partner pairs. The panelists will share how their organizations are using OTIF to build more responsive, resilient supply chains as well as minimize supply disruption that interrupts patient care and increases supply costs.

Attendees will hear from panelists on:

1. Why is this metric so important for providers, manufacturers and distributors?
2. How is each organization using this metric to drive better internal performance and partner alignment?
3. What needs to be true and what work is required to enhance transactional data to make OTIF successful and relevant for a resilient supply chain?

Speakers:

Geoff Gates, Senior Director, SCSS P2P & Technology, Cleveland Clinic
Joshua Grulke, System Director, Supply Chain Operations, Allina Health
Ryan Campbell, Director, Collaborative Planning Solutions, Cardinal Health
Dietmar Hein, Vice President, Region Finance, Siemens Healthineers

In today’s healthcare landscape, effective vendor management is essential to ensure safety, compliance and care quality. Join us for an insightful session led by MaineHealth’s Georgette Durgin and Joseph Oates who successfully relaunched the health system’s vendor credentialing program. This transformative initiative not only doubled the organization’s badging activity but also redefined the framework of credentialing across multiple hospital locations. 

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn valuable lessons from leaders who successfully navigated vendor management and compliance complexities in a dynamic healthcare environment. Durgin and Oates will share practical knowledge, empowering attendees to implement effective changes within their own organizations.

Speakers:

Georgette Durgin, Finance Transformation Project Manager, MaineHealth 
Joseph Oates, SCM Corporate Services Program Management Specialist, MaineHealth

“Everything starts with sourcing and a contract,” said Frido Pagan, VP of Supply Chain for Eskenazi Health. That statement marked the beginning of Eskenazi’s journey to automate their entire procure-to-pay cycle. Join this discussion to hear how they planned and executed a 4-phase approach for order and payment automation and content and contract management. Learn how they optimized teams and leveraged technology, with these changes yielding $5.7M in the first 12 months.

Panelists:

Sigfrido Pagan, Vice President, Supply Chain, Eskenazi Health
Irena Warriner, Manager, Supply Chain Data Integrity, Eskenazi Health

Moderator: Ali Sodders, Director, Strategic Accounts, GHX

Supply chain professionals at all levels will gain a newfound appreciation of wins in everyday workflows after attending this session presented by Deaconess Health System. On a major growth trajectory, having added five hospitals and established a new distribution center, the supply chain team needed a way to seamlessly bring new sites live in support of continued expansion. Through an integrated ecosystem of Epic EHR, Infor Cloudsuite ERP and GHX tools and data, they have achieved efficiencies in areas never thought possible. They will share their story of how strong leadership and teamwork were critical to their digital optimization success.  

Speakers:

Domingo Figueroa, Manager, Purchasing & Contracts, Deaconess Health System
Angela Crask, Manager, ERP Administration and Procurement Systems, Deaconess Health System
Kelsey Eunice, Supervisor, Procurement System Analyst, Material Management, Deaconess Health System

How do you transform your supply chain into a dynamic engine for efficiency and growth not just for your supply chain operations, but also for clinicians by alleviating them of administrative burden? Don’t miss this session where MUSC supply chain leaders will describe how they’ve become that engine for operational and clinical process optimization.

From automating invoice processing to streamlining contract management for improved pricing accuracy, MUSC has boosted its P2P productivity and transparency, returning value to the bottom line. This session will include highlights from a 2025 MUSC case study, showcasing leading practices in digital transformation.

Speakers:

Austin Zoeller, Associate Chief Supply Chain Officer, MUSC Health
Brandon Droz, Associate Vice President, Supply Chain, MUSC Health
Jenna Hall, Director, Procurement, MUSC Health
Jamie Frame, Sr. Director, Business Development, GHX

Join UCI Health and LifeBridge Health as they share best practices for implementing new tools and processes within their respective value analysis teams. UCI Health, the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, brings the perspective of a leading academic health system working to evolve and expand its value analysis function across a growing network of care. LifeBridge Health, a well-established system based in Maryland, highlights how legacy organizations can break long-held patterns to embrace innovation and transformation. Though coming from different operational contexts, both teams prioritize data-driven analytics, clinical research, and streamlined product evaluation protocols to create sustainable change, drive cost savings, and improve outcomes across their systems.

Speakers:

Joy Kurdy, Strategic Sourcing & Value Analysis Manager, UCI Health 
Jennifer Browne, Corporate Director, Value Analysis, LifeBridge

In an era of unprecedented challenges, the federal supply chain faces increasing pressure to adapt to a rapidly changing landscape. In this session, industry leaders and experts will explore impacts of potential future disruptions - from natural disasters and policy shifts to pandemics - and their implications for delivery, supplier relationships, and operational continuity. Learn strategies for anticipating, planning and executing responses, including actionable insights to prepare for the unexpected and foster a more adaptable, collaborative and sustainable supply chain. Discover the critical role of emerging data and technology in supporting resiliency and steps for strengthening partnerships and ensuring reliability. 

Panelists:

Dave Sloniker, VP, Supply Chain Management, TISTA Science and Technology Corporation
Jennifer Kuntz, Program Manager, Defense Health Agency Medical Logistics Information Technology Program Management Office
JP Rogers, Partner and Strategy Consultant for Defense Health Agency & VA, Letterman Solutions LLC

Moderator: Tina Johansen, Executive Director, Government,  Federal Sector, GHX

Learn how Ochsner Health has addressed the continuous change notorious in the healthcare supply chain by bringing together the right people, processes and technology. Leveraging tools and visualization dashboards, Ochsner Health has optimized operations across the organization while successfully navigating change management challenges. The “guardrails” established throughout the health system have improved product selection, increased contract compliance and enhanced spend management. In this session, Ochsner Health will share lessons learned and insights gained through their ongoing optimization journey. 

Speakers:

René Gurdián Jr., AVP, Supply Chain Finance and Strategy, Supply Chain, Ochsner Health
Maiya Madden, Manager, Contract Pricing Operations, Ochsner Health

In this session, Children’s Nebraska, Children’s Wisconsin and Sarasota Memorial will describe their journeys to radical improvements in perfect order scores and order management automation within three different ERP systems - PeopleSoft, Oracle and Workday. The panelists will share strategies and processes that helped maximize EDI automation and drive down exceptions in digital procure-to-pay (P2P) transactions within their individual ERP environments. 

Panelists:

David Orlovsky, Director, Supply Chain System Analytics, Children's Wisconsin
Natalie Hughes, Manager, Value Analysis and Purchasing, Children's Nebraska
Robert Milano, Executive Director, Supply Chain, Sarasota Memorial Health System

Moderator: Sezin Kilincci, Manager, Consulting, GHX

Hear from three suppliers on what’s driving them to improve their perfect order rates and other related areas and practices they’re implementing to see real results, like achieving an 85% reduction in pricing errors, increasing ASNs with an account to 96% (>30% increase) and eliminating the need to send approximately 11,000 price exception emails. While methods to drive excellence can look different for each supplier, a typical commonality is the desire to increase touchless transactions for the organization – and its customers. Understand tools these suppliers are leveraging that drive a more effortless customer experience – delivering greater customer and employee satisfaction. 

Panelists:

Robbi Katz, Manager, Global Master Data  & Electronic Systems, Terumo Blood Cell Technologies
Drew Fite, Sr. E-Commerce Consultant, Roche
Carlene Meyer, Manager, E-Commerce, Customer Support,  KARL STORZ

Moderator: Jackie Coles, Customer Success Manager, GHX

Join Speare Memorial, Cone Health and VCU Health, healthcare organizations of different sizes, as they share real-world examples of how to improve supply chain resiliency. This session will explore how supply chain teams must think far beyond managing inventory costs to strike a balance between proper inventory management practices and mitigating the risk of supply shortages. In the face of ongoing disruptions, traditional supply chain management techniques, such as JIT, may be the right approach for some supplies, but not all. During a facilitated open forum, attendees can share ideas and practices they've recently implemented to become more resilient.
 

Panelists:

Joe Caristi, CFO, Speare Memorial Hospital
Billy Puckett, Assistant Director, Sourcing, Cone Health
Andria Davis, Director, Strategic Sourcing, Contracting and Value Analysis, VCU Health 

Moderator: Hitch Pursel, Manager, SMB Provider Sales, GHX

In 2018, Froedtert launched the Strategic Partner Council as the cornerstone of its vendor relationship strategy. In this session, learn why the Council was formed and how it has created value for suppliers, Froedtert and our industry. Since its inception, the Council has demonstrated true partnership through transformative collaborations aimed at improving supplier-provider relationships. These include co-development of a standard supplier scorecard and a standard business review template, joint review of vendor visitation policies, and collaboration on data standards. 

Panelists:

Jack Koczela, Director, Sourcing & Transformation - Supply Chain, Froedtert Health
Alan Mavis, Sr. Director, National Accounts, Baxter Healthcare Corporation
David Hooper, Provider Sales Leader, W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

Moderator: Mike Bishop, SVP, Provider Sales, GHX

In this panel discussion, speakers from Providence St. Joseph Health System, Nuvance Health and CentraCare will explore how health systems of various sizes have different needs, strategies and goals when it comes to procure-to-pay (P2P) automation. They will discuss commonalities and differences in their organizations when turning to technology for optimization of P2P processes. A central theme to the session is that while each healthcare organization is different, they have all achieved value from their end-to-end P2P automation initiatives that siloed processes cannot deliver. This includes compounding time and cost efficiencies through invoicing and payment. 

Panelists:

Ehab Sahawneh, VP, Business Intelligence & Performance, Resource Engineering & Hospitality Group, Providence St. Joseph Health
Scott Skrzypczak, AVP, Operations and Procure-to-Pay, Nuvance Health
Pooja Gupta, Finance & Supply Chain Business Process Manager, CentraCare

Moderator: Christy McClure, Manager, Consulting Services, GHX

Hear from Henry Ford Health on how they rose from the bottom to the top of the GHX Supply Chain of Distinction ratings in just 24 months, significantly reducing price and part number exceptions, improving fulfillment rates, and achieving a best-in-class perfect order rate. It is a story of internal and external partnerships, cultural change, leadership development, tackling “daunting” work and challenges by “just getting going,” and ultimately celebrating industry-leading success. These improvements allowed Henry Ford Health to reassign many procure-to-pay (P2P) full-time employees (FTE) to value-added tasks.

Speakers:

Suresh Ramadurai, Director, Supply Chain Systems, Reporting and Analytics, Henry Ford Health System
AvInash Narayanamoorthy, Manager, Supply Chain Systems, Reporting and Analytics, Henry Ford Health System 

Executing change across a large healthcare system is challenging and complex. Innovation requires “out of the box” thinking and flawless execution to push beyond the status quo. Learn how two innovative leaders from Advocate Health’s supply chain team envisioned a new model for supply chain resiliency by overcoming a complex merger of two large IDNs, a new ERP system roll-out and diverse stakeholder needs to deliver meaningful change.

Panelists:

Hunter Chandler, Assistant Vice President Supply Chain Technology and Analytics, Advocate Health
Joe Bichler, Associate Vice President, Strategic Sourcing, Advocate Health

Moderator: Marlin Doner, Vice President, Product Management, GHX

Learn how the LivaNova team optimized their order-to-cash processes and enhanced customer experience through automation and data-driven insights. LivaNova was able to reduce manual work, improve cash flow, and shift their team’s focus to more strategic initiatives. Their efforts led to a reduction in order exceptions and improved customer satisfaction. The session will highlight the impact of digital transformation and strong partnerships in driving operational improvements in healthcare.

Panelists:

Chris Anne Cocanougher, Senior Director, Commercial Operations, LivaNova
Amy Antoline, Supervisor, Customer Service, LivaNova
Stacy Ransom, Sr Manager, Customer Service, LivaNova

Moderator: Hallie Torrence, Customer Success Manager - Supplier, GHX 

Hear from HCA, J&J, McLeod and Medtronic on how they are tackling the complexities of managing bill-only implant and consignment orders. While some of these organizations have divulged challenges, ideas and success stories at previous Summits, others are new to the conversation. During this dynamic session, attendees will have the unique opportunity to hear from four trading partners side-by-side sharing tangible solutions and practices they are implementing to drive efficient capture, reconciliation and order dissemination and reduce procedure to payment cycles.

Panelists:

Don Emery, Sr. Manager, Supply Chain Procure-to-Pay, HCA
Carmen Winfield, Vice President, Supply Chain, McLeod Health
Kurt Underkoffler, Vice President, Commercial Operations, Johnson & Johnson
Roel Bosma, Director, Global eBusiness & Digital Innovation, Medtronic

Moderator: Michael DeLuca, SVP, Value Realization, GHX

Supply chain leaders from Lurie Children’s Hospital will share how they are successfully navigating the persistent challenges of supply disruptions by leveraging data, automation and reporting to improve backorder management. Learn how stakeholders across procurement and purchasing are applying data-driven insights to reduce manual triage, increase supply chain visibility, and support more informed purchasing decisions. Attendees will walk away with actionable strategies to drive efficiency, make proactive decisions and strengthen supplier collaboration in their own organizations.

Speakers:

Katelyn Storton, CMRP, Senior Director, Supply Chain, Lurie Children’s Hospital
DanNita Crawford, Manager Supply Chain Procurement, Lurie Children’s Hospital
Denise Barajas Procurement Lead, Lurie Children’s Hospital
Paige Conrad, Manager, Supply Chain Business Systems Master Data, Lurie Children’s Hospital

Attend this thought-provoking panel discussion featuring supply chain and clinical leaders from three different healthcare organizations - MaineHealth, Providence St. Joseph Health and Virtua Health - as they share their unique approaches to achieving clinical integration. Explore how their distinct perspectives address shared challenges, fostering improved outcomes and operational efficiency. Learn how diverse strategies can converge to create a high-maturity, data-driven supply chain.

Panelists:

Guy Love, RN, Executive Director, Clinical Resource Integration, RN, CNOR, PSJH
Christina Bobco, Manager, Clinical Resource Management, Virtua
Gina Quinn-Skillings, Senior Medical Director, Strategic Clinical Innovation and Supply Chain, MaineHealth

Moderator: Suzanne Smith, BSN, RN, Solution Advisor, Value Analysis, GHX

Hear how Bon Secours Mercy Health and Siemens Healthcare are making meaningful strides toward supply chain efficiency by breaking down barriers to collaboration through direct engagement and CSM-moderated discussions. Successes like these don’t happen overnight. Learn how fostering transparency, establishing shared accountability, and equipping teams with the right knowledge and tools are driving real progress. 

By addressing common challenges, such as EDI discrepancies, order confirmation gaps and data misalignment, Bon Secours Mercy Health and Siemens Healthcare are advancing their Perfect Order performance. Walk away with practical strategies to implement collaboration-driven improvements in your organization. 

Panelists:

Mark Roberts, IT Business Operations Analyst, Siemens Healthineers
Eric Medved, Sr. EDI Administrator, Bon Secours Mercy Health

Moderator: Kelly White, Customer Success Manager IV, GHX

Explore the full value of GHX to support your company’s goals and objectives, including key strategies and insights to enhance compliance, streamline processes and drive overall efficiency.

Speaker: Andrea Bundermann, Sr. Solution Engineer, GHX

*This session will be offered twice.

Empower teams with clinical research and spend analytics to make more informed sourcing decisions and evaluate performance.

Speakers: 

April Imel, Sr. Solution Engineer, GHX
Leighann Kreitzer, Solution Engineer, GHX

Improve your workflow efficiency with GHX data solutions, designed to integrate seamlessly and increase data accuracy. Empower your team with tools that enhance information management and operational effectiveness.

Speaker: Jayne Nelson, Sr. Solution Engineer, GHX

Enhance efficiency by automating invoice processing, minimizing errors, and speeding up payment cycles. Empower your team with tools that streamline financial transactions and optimize cash flow management for all parties involved.

Speakers: 

Mike Mercado, Solution Engineer, GHX
Trudy Lotter, Sr. Solution Engineer, GHX
Andrea Hasanbegovic, Channel Sales Director, GHX

Gain valuable insights and practical tips to simplify and optimize daily procurement activities, resulting in more controlled, efficient and accurate purchasing practices. Learn how the GHX Marketplace Bill Only solution can streamline the reconciliation process, enhance visibility into the procurement lifecycle, and reduce manual processes.

Speaker: Eric Wehler, Solution Engineer, GHX

Discover how credentialing and compliance tools empower healthcare provider and supplier organizations to address industry challenges, streamline operations, mitigate risks, and foster collaboration to strengthen their relationships.

Speaker: Alex Thomas, Solution Engineer, GHX

Learn how to reduce costs and improve processes with complex (implant, rush, drop ship) orders through supplier and provider collaboration.

Speakers:

Mike Mercado, Solution Engineer, GHX
Casey Pickett, Solution Engineer, GHX

Gain valuable insights on navigating M&A complexities, including practical strategies for a seamless transition. Learn best practices for due diligence, integration planning and leveraging growth opportunities to maximize your potential in an evolving market.

Speaker: Andrea Bundermann, Solution Engineer, GHX

Discover lessons learned and explore solutions to maximize your cloud ERP system investment and position your organization for success beyond your system go-live date. 

Speaker: Doug Keverline, Sr. Solution Engineer, GHX

Join this User Group to learn how GHX’s credentialing expertise combined with RepScrubs’ innovative scrub dispensing system are setting a new standard for vendor compliance. Explore how this customizable integration elevates compliance standards, streamlines vendor access to procedural areas, and enhances both patient safety and operational efficiency. Gain valuable takeaways that you can implement within your organization to improve vendor compliance, streamline operations, and enhance safety.

Speakers:

Geffry LaFortune, Customer Service and Supplier Relationship Manager, Hackensack Meridian Health
Thomas Spang, Customer Service Lead, Hackensack Meridian Health

*This session will be offered twice.

Join this User Group to learn how to leverage hosted content in GHX Marketplace for effective directive buying, including location-based pricing. Discover how to maximize filter groups to control item visibility for different user groups. Expand your supply chain’s control, ensure compliance with purchasing decisions, enhance decision-making, and streamline your purchasing processes.

Speakers: 

Gennady Beyzarov, Manager, Supply Chain Info Systems, Boston Children's Hospital
Will Lee, Sr. Director, Supply Chain & Support Services, Connecticut Children's

In this User Group, explore best practices and lessons learned for suppliers onboarding with providers using various transaction types. Learn how to increase the volume of electronic transactions, streamlining procurement and improving efficiency. Discover how to properly set up trading partner connectivity in the GHX Registration Center to enable seamless transactions through MyExchange, avoiding blind requests. These strategies will help suppliers and providers onboard more quickly, improving overall productivity and accelerating the process for all parties involved.

Speakers: 

Bill Becker, Director, Customer Care, Verathon
Jim Pawlicki, EDI Supervisor, Boston Scientific Corporation
Brandi Readus, Senior Digital Integration Lead - Healthcare, CDW Government

Attendees will have an opportunity to learn how GHX can support Infor ERP cloud migrations through an open discussion about best practices, learnings, and content specific to each ERP. Sessions are designed to be informal to ensure individuals have an ample amount of time to ask institution-specific questions.

Speaker: Melissa Amell, Sr. Director, Healthcare Strategy, Supply Chain, Infor

*ERP User Group sessions are scheduled for the morning of Friday, May 16.

Attendees will have an opportunity to learn how GHX can support Oracle ERP cloud migrations through an open discussion about best practices, learnings, and content specific to each ERP. Sessions are designed to be informal to ensure individuals have an ample amount of time to ask institution-specific questions.

Speaker: Jeff Grizzaffi, Sr. Director, Healthcare Supply Chain Product Strategy, Oracle

*ERP User Group sessions are scheduled for the morning of Friday, May 16.

Attendees will have an opportunity to learn how GHX can support Workday ERP cloud migrations through an open discussion about best practices, learnings, and content specific to each ERP. Sessions are designed to be informal to ensure individuals have an ample amount of time to ask institution-specific questions.

Speaker: Keith Lohkamp, Vice President, Supply Chain Management for Healthcare, Workday

*ERP User Group sessions are scheduled for the morning of Friday, May 16.

A market survey commissioned by GHX reveals 82% of respondents ranked retaining and expanding current customer sales as their top commercial priority with the ultimate goal of reinvesting in new innovations to improve patient care. The research focuses on contract-to-cash business process improvements across commercial execution, customer experience, operational efficiency and cash flow optimization. Denise Odenkirk of GHX will dive into the survey results and the strategic importance of these enablers. Attendees will gain key insights from the survey and learn eight strategies that commercial, financial and operational leaders can use to boost efficiency and strengthen customer relationships.

Speaker:

Denise Odenkirk, Vice President, Supplier Sales, GHX

Based on a recent GHX and HFMA survey, presenters will describe how accounts payable (AP) optimization is transforming operations, cutting costs, and positioning healthcare organizations for financial resilience in an increasingly volatile economic environment. Healthcare organizations face mounting financial pressures, from declining reimbursements to workforce and security challenges, making cash flow management more critical than ever. Once a back-office function, AP is now a strategic priority, directly influencing financial decisions. However, manual processes and outdated systems limit its potential. In this session, learn how healthcare leaders are driving efficiency, improving forecasting, and enhancing security with new investments in AP automation.

Speaker: Nate Smith, Vice President, Business Development, GHX

In healthcare, we often talk about value and cost. But what is the cost to an organization when they forget about the human element behind their financial numbers? Research shows recovery from a negative work experience varies based on its severity, individual resilience, and workplace support. It may take weeks, months or longer, with lasting effects in toxic environments. In this session, attendees will learn ways they can overcome the “cost of not” by making small changes to their culture that boost employee engagement and produce large gains.

Speaker: Michael Cavanaugh, Owner, Rustic Cognition

In this session, Northwestern Medicine and J&J Med Tech will share how they aligned on a strategy for streamlined end-to-end suture management that has delivered mutual efficiency gains, order simplification and greater supply chain resiliency. Through cross-functional collaboration, including end-to-end clinical integration, and decisions informed by a dashboard of key SKUs and metrics, the trading partners have successfully met their objectives for product standardization, channel consolidation and process optimization. They will present improvement results, including PO reduction and consolidated shipments. This work has opened the door to greater transparency and proactive backorder communication that has improved supply availability. 

Speakers:

Chet Damania, Senior Manager, Supply Chain Solutions, Johnson & Johnson
Mike Hopkins, VP, Supply Chain Distribution & Logistics, Northwestern Medicine
Jim Haney, Director, Supply Chain Customer Solutions, J&J MedTech

GHX's Senior Product Trainer, Amber Robinson, will lead this introduction to managing trading partner relationships in GHX Registration Center. This session is intended for providers who have implemented Registration Center, but need a refresher or who have new employees to train.

Speaker: Amber Robinson, Senior Product Trainer, GHX

*This 75-min session is scheduled for the morning of Friday, May 16.

Join us for three enjoyable and relaxing evening events—a wonderful way to unwind after busy days and connect with fellow Summit attendees. Further details will be announced closer to the event. 

WELCOME RECEPTION IN SUMMIT CENTRAL | Tuesday, May 13

Welcome to Atlanta and GHX Summit 2025! Reconnect with familiar faces and forge new connections with colleagues, friends and GHX associates. Enjoy delicious appetizers and refreshing drinks as you explore Summit Central. 

EVENING AT PONCE CITY MARKET | Wednesday, May 14

Join us for an unforgettable evening at THE ROOF at Ponce City Market! Under the Atlanta stars, enjoy stunning skyline views with live music and engaging activities. Sip handcrafted cocktails, savor delicious bites from top local vendors, and connect with fellow GHX Summit 2025 attendees in a chic rooftop setting. Ponce City Market is a 10-minute ride from the Hyatt Regency and GHX will provide shuttles. Don’t miss the city’s hottest rooftop experience!

THE FINAL NIGHT NETWORKING DINNER | Thursday, May 15

As we approach the final half day on Friday, take the time to celebrate our last night in Atlanta! Join us for an enjoyable culinary experience and a chance to reconnect with friends and colleagues for some fun. This evening provides another great opportunity to meet more industry peers before we head home. Additional details TBA.