In today’s fast-paced, innovation-driven world, organizations can no longer rely solely on traditional actions to drive results. What separates the good from the genuinely great is not just talent or strategy, but the culture that underpins how people think, act, and show up every day. At the heart of many high-performing organizations lies one powerful mindset: a culture of ownership.
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One of the greatest gifts we can offer our profession—and ourselves—is to be present, to participate, and to engage with purpose. In the world of healthcare value analysis, where every decision can affect clinical outcomes, operational workflows, and financial sustainability, our voices and our actions matter deeply.
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For Mother’s Day, I asked my husband to accompany me on a hike. We set out on what seemed like a straightforward 5-mile hike, according to AllTrails™. But after seven days of New England rain, the trail had other plans. What should’ve been a moderate-rated path turned into a mucky, uneven 6-mile journey filled with a few course adjustments, slow climbs, and some unavoidable messes. As we trudged through the mud—sometimes detouring, sometimes stepping straight into the thick of it—I couldn’t help but think about the path we walk as value analysis professionals.
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Nurses Week is an annual celebration dedicated to recognizing the invaluable contributions of nurses around the world. It honors those who work tirelessly on the front lines of healthcare, providing care, comfort, and support to patients and their families. The history of Nurses Week is rooted in the legacy of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, and has evolved over the years to become a global observance.
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The Application Portal for the 2025 Window for the AHVAP Fellows Designation Program is now open! Applications close at midnight ET on August 31, 2025.
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Over six months ago, the Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals, Inc. (AHVAP) launched our AHVAP Circle Community, which is a new, exclusive AHVAP member benefit. Since this time, our community has now reached over 1,000,000 impressions as of today, which puts our community in the top 1% of other Circle Communities nationwide.
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We are thrilled to announce the launch of the AHVAP Journal of Healthcare Value Analysis and Call for Submissions portal, the premier peer‑reviewed publication dedicated to advancing the science and practice of healthcare value analysis. We invite you to contribute your original research, case studies, reviews, and thought‑leadership articles that explore innovative strategies for optimizing clinical outcomes, driving cost‑effectiveness, and enhancing patient safety.
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Stakeholder Interactive Discussion Guide for Healthcare Value Analysis Programs
This guide contains interactive discussion points for key stakeholders in the healthcare value analysis (VA) process to assist in facilitating collaboration and high levels of engagement in the VA process.
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The Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP) is proud to announce Dr. Hudson Garrett Jr., Executive Director and Executive Vice President of AHVAP has earned certification as a Leapfrog Certified Coach. Leapfrog’s Certified Coach Training is geared toward health care consultants, solution providers, and innovation partners who offer services, products, and technology designed to improve patient safety and health care quality in the thousands of hospitals nationwide that participate in Leapfrog’s annual voluntary Hospital Survey.
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We are delighted to announce a new membership payment option designed to make maintaining your AHVAP membership more convenient than ever. Effective immediately, you can choose to pay your membership dues through an automatic monthly or quarterly payment plan, providing you with greater financial flexibility and ease. This is available for both one and two-year individual memberships.
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Please note that the use of the AHVAP Logo is NOT permitted without the express written permission of AHVAP HQ in accordance with the AHVAP logo policy. This applies to individuals and corporations.
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The AHVAP May 2025 Industry Partner Zone recording is now available on your AHVAP University portal for your viewing pleasure.
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AHVAP Leaders, Karen Niven, Anne Marie Orlando, and Dr. Hudson Garrett are co-presenting the industry’s first poster on collaboration between the GI and Healthcare Value Analysis Specialties this week at the SGNA 2025 Annual Conference.
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CDC is assisting with an ongoing multistate investigation involving use of non-sterile ultrasound gel for ultrasound-guided percutaneous procedures (procedures that involve skin or tissue puncture). Product testing identified Paraburkholderia fungorum (formerly Burkholderia fungorum) from two non-sterile ultrasound gel products. Genetically similar isolates of P. fungorum were also detected primarily from patient blood cultures; some of these patients were known to have undergone ultrasound-guided percutaneous procedures prior to culture collection.
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Open Payments collects and publishes information about financial relationships between drug and medical device companies (referred to as "reporting entities") and certain health care providers (referred to as "covered recipients"). These relationships may involve payments to providers for things including but not limited to research, meals, travel, gifts, or speaking fees.
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Please help Team AHVAP congratulate Dr. Tori Martin for her graduation with her doctorate of Nursing Practice!
If you have a new career move or accomplishment that you would like to have recognized, please contact info@ahvap.org.
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 Please help Team Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP) in congratulating one of our own, Heather Smith, on your graduation with your Master's Degree in Nursing! We are immensely proud of your professional achievement! Way to go!
If you have a new career move or accomplishment that you would like have recognized, please contact info@ahvap.org.
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Congratulations Joe Bichler on your new position as Vice President Strategic Sourcing at Premier!
If you have a new career move or accomplishment that you would like have recognized, please contact info@ahvap.org.
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The Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP) is excited to launch the Faces of Healthcare Value Analysis campaign — a new initiative to spotlight the incredible journeys of our members and colleagues who are transforming the landscape of healthcare.
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We’re delighted to unveil our brand-new Position Statement on a Standardized Product Review Process—an indispensable roadmap designed by members, for members to make product decisions faster, safer, and more consistent than ever before.
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Early-Bird Registration for the 2025 AHVAP Annual Conference and Industry Partner Expo, which will be hosted this October in beautiful Grapevine, Texas at the Gaylord Texan Resort is OPEN. This premier event, dedicated to advancing the field of healthcare value analysis, will bring together professionals, thought leaders, and industry innovators to explore the latest trends, challenges, and best practices in value analysis. With an expected attendance of 500+ professionals from across North America, this is the industry's premier professional gathering for the healthcare value analysis specialty.
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The AHVAP Certification Center has successfully met the criteria to renew our membership in the global authority for professional credentialing and accreditation, the Institute for Credentialing Excellence, as a full member. The AHVAP Certification Center is very proud of our affiliation with the Institute for Credentialing Excellence to ensure alignment with industry best practices for professional credentialing, certification programs, and micro-credentials.
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Association of American Medical Colleges
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses in the U.S. health care supply chain, as lockdowns at Chinese manufacturing plants rippled into shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) and contrast dye used for CT scans, among other medical products. The crisis prompted the formation of a committee by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), which published a 2022 report, at the request of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, titled “Building Resilience into the Nation’s Medical Product Supply Chains.”
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Business Insider
When Hurricane Helene hit North Carolina in late September, it caused more than $59 billion in damages. Among those businesses damaged was one of the US's main manufacturers of IV fluids, used to rehydrate patients and give them medicine. The resultant shortage forced hospitals to conserve and reduce their use of IV fluids, which led to canceled surgeries and treatment delays. Such disruptions to hospital inventory have long been hard to predict and difficult for hospitals to navigate.
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NPR
The federal government has removed COVID-19 vaccines from the list of shots recommended for healthy pregnant women and children, federal health officials announced Tuesday. The decision will make it much harder for parents to get their children vaccinated and for pregnant people to get the shots because insurance companies will likely no longer pay for them.
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Healthcare IT News
Funding shortfalls and workforce shortages leave small, rural and resource-constrained healthcare providers especially vulnerable to ransomware attacks that disrupt care delivery. That's a reality that cannot be ignored, according to a new report prepared for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by the Health Sector Coordinating Council's Cybersecurity Working Group.
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Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would sign an executive order to cut prescription prices to the level paid by other high-income countries, an amount he put at 30% to 80% less. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he would sign the executive order on Monday morning to pursue what is known as "most favored nation" pricing or international reference pricing. The U.S. pays the most in the world for many prescription drugs, often nearly triple that of other developed nations.
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RealClear Health
President Trump recently announced that his administration will soon impose a "major tariff" on pharmaceutical imports, in response to various trade barriers that other countries place on American goods and services. Exempting medicines from tariffs is the only way to fulfill his promise to lower Americans' healthcare costs. Many of the medicines that American patients rely upon are manufactured with Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and other components sourced from Europe. And for a variety of logistical, scientific, and regulatory reasons, medical supply chains are extremely complex.
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Please make sure that you update your contact information on the AHVAP website so that we can stay in touch. Here is our contact information so that you can always reach the most appropriate team member to assist you:
Mailing Address:
2870 Peachtree Rd NW #915-7500
Atlanta, GA 30305
AHVAP Headquarters Phone Number:
(888) 400-6844
AHVAP Help Desk Email to assist with membership, clinical education, annual conference, and all other AHVAP member benefits:
info@ahvap.org
AHVAP Executive Director, Dr. Hudson Garrett Jr.:
hudson.garrett@ahvap.org
Thank you for your continued membership in the premier healthcare value analysis association!
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The AHVAP Certification Center Help Desk is available to assist with all questions regarding CVAHP™ certification, micro-credentials, credentialing, certification status, board certification/licensure board inquiries, and recertification:
certification@ahvap.org
AHVAP Certification Center Headquarters Phone Number:
(888) 400-6844
Chief Credentialing Officer, Dr. Hudson Garrett Jr.:
hudson.garrett@ahvap.org
AHVAP Certification Center Program Manager, Shana Roberts, MBA:
Certification@ahvap.org
Thank you for your dedication to board certification and credentialing in the specialty of healthcare value analysis.
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