Bill-only, implants and related areas like Physician Preference Items (PPI) are an ever-increasing major expense.
Gallion
An iHarbor product
from the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS)
Digital Bill-Only Implant Management and Analytics Platform
Gallion consolidates bill-only purchases and payments into a single user-friendly digital application.
- Eliminates manual processes
- Improves accuracy and compliance
- Increases efficiency and transparency
- Lowers costs
THE PROBLEM
A Major Expense at Most Hospitals
Implants: Medicare TKA & THA*Projections and Epidemiology of Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in Medicare Patients to 2040-2060
$25.7 Billion
Annual supply chain savings opportunity in the US Market*Navigant Consulting, 2019
40% to 60%
of hospital expenditures on supplies are attributed to PPI*Burns et al, 2018. Physician preference items: what factors matter to surgeons? Does the vendor matter?
8%
Annual increase in manufacturer’s price for artificial knees and hips*Montgomery and Schneller, 2007. Hospitals’ Strategies for Orchestrating Selection of Physician Preference Items
THE SOLUTION
Introducing Gallion
A Real-Time, Clinically-Integrated Bill-Only Supply Chain and Analytics Solution for the Enterprise
A One-Stop Bill-Only Solution
Our bill-only supply management system eliminates manual processes, digitizes and standardizes workflows, improving accuracy, efficiency, transparency, and costs.
Automatic
Bill Sheets
Vendors can easily generate an electronic bill sheet in real-time during a surgical procedure to ensure accurate bill-only supplies are included.
EMR & Real-Time
ERP Validation
Perioperative staff receive confirmation by the end of a procedure that the bill sheet matches the EMR, so they can fix any discrepancies immediately.
Accurate
Purchase Orders
Supply chain managers are notified if the billed amount doesn’t match the ERP contracted price, so they can make corrections before Gallion creates the purchase order.
Timely
Payments
Because errors are flagged during the process, billers have less downstream manual reconciliation, so they can manage a high volume of payments more efficiently.
Contract Price
Benchmarking
Gallion compares your hospital’s contract prices for implants, PPI, and other bill-only supplies with market benchmarks, meaning more competitive future pricing opportunities with vendors.
Comprehensive
Analytics
With insights into case costs, waste, clinical outcomes, and more, executives gain better financial control of PPI and improved partnerships with clinicians.
Robust Analytics
Gallion offers sophisticated evidence-based analytics with insights into case costs, waste, clinical outcomes, and more.
Billing Efficiency Metrics
- Bill processing time
- Remediation rate
- Invoice reconciliation
- Productivity in terms of bill aging
Supply Chain & Contracting
- Monitor non-contracted items & items outside of constructs
- Vendor cost & utilization by surgeon
Financial Metrics & Costs
- Benchmarks & savings
- Waste analysis
- Total cases per facility
- Physician preference items (PPI) spend
Surgeon & Clinical Metrics
- Spend analysis
- Clinical outcomes
- Procedure volume
- Patient risk factors
- Comparison trends
Improving Workforce Productivity
Continuity and real-time integration across the entire stakeholder value chain.
Gallion
Built by a Health System for Health Systems
Here at iHarbor, we didn’t just develop Gallion. We have been using Gallion since 2021 at the largest hospital healthcare provider in Maryland.
At the University of Maryland Medical System, with Gallion, we:
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Processed more than 14,000 total joint and spine cases
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Completed billing for nearly 120,000 implants and supplies
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Onboarded 21 new vendors and 133 vendor representatives
