Welcome to BlueBin's Financial Focus newsletter! We're excited to bring you insights on the intersection of finance and healthcare, specifically how supply chain dynamics impact financial performance. Tailored for those on the finance side of healthcare, this newsletter will provide valuable analysis and strategies to help you navigate the complexities of healthcare finance. Stay tuned for expert insights and actionable tips to enhance your financial decision-making!
Employee Spotlight
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KEVIN LEWIS
Why I'm Passionate About Healthcare Supply Chain
My passion for healthcare supply chain stems from its critical role in saving lives and supporting public health through the timely delivery of essential supplies and services. I'm also driven by the inefficiencies in the U.S. healthcare system—despite high spending, we rank low in outcomes and face widespread medical bankruptcies. This motivates me to push for real, measurable improvements across all areas of healthcare performance.
What positive improvements have you observed BlueBin Solutions' impact healthcare organizations?
I’ve worked in healthcare for over 35 years and saw BlueBin’s impact when it launched 15 years ago. Its approach to digitizing and streamlining inventory and supply chain management quickly stood out. BlueBin drives cost savings, improves clinical and operational outcomes, supports sustainability, enhances resilience, and advances GS1 adoption—all contributing to stronger healthcare performance.
Outside of Work
Southern California offers endless activities outside of work. I enjoy hiking, mountain biking, and exploring beaches and towns along the PCH. I also frequent art exhibits, live music events, new restaurants, and pro sports games, and volunteer throughout LA County. Lately, I’ve been exploring lots of Mexico
Industry News
Learn what's happening in the financial side of healthcare.
Tariffs on pharmaceutical imports—particularly from high-cost but tax-incentivized manufacturing hubs like Switzerland, Ireland, and Germany—risk driving up drug prices or insurance premiums, compounding shortages and ultimately increasing patient cost burdens without meaningfully restoring U.S. manufacturing capacity in the near term.
Facing persistent cost pressures, rising denials, and shrinking reimbursements in 2025, health systems must abandon reactive, siloed workflows and adopt AI-powered, "preactive" revenue strategies—eliminating issues before they arise—to protect revenue, ease clinician burden, and ensure long-term financial sustainability.
The AHA urged policymakers to protect patient care and hospital solvency by maintaining tariff exceptions for essential medical imports, accelerating supply chain risk mapping, and strengthening domestic production—warning that rising costs, persistent shortages, and over-reliance on foreign sources jeopardize access, resilience, and financial sustainability.
BlueBin Client Success Story
Learn more about BlueBin client partner successes.
Mercy Hospital & Medical Center saved over $1 million annually and reduced storage space by nearly 50% by implementing BlueBin’s specialized kanban inventory management system—demonstrating how lean supply chain optimization delivers measurable financial and operational gains.
Polls
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What is your healthcare organization's top financial priority for the next 12 months?
Request a Complimentary Supply Chain Resilience Assessment
For a limited time, BlueBin is offering a complimentary supply chain resilience assessment for healthcare organizations, including acute and non-acute facilities, to evaluate their resilience framework against industry-leading practices.
Note: BlueBin’s mission is to transform healthcare by enhancing the supply chain process, ensuring that patient care staff have the right supplies at the right time, and maximizing efficiency. In line with this mission, BlueBin advocates for and supports the AHRMM Keys for Supply Chain Excellence. By focusing on improving inventory management, optimizing supply chain processes, and minimizing waste, we aim to reduce costs, accelerate operational efficiency, and enhance clinical outcomes throughout the continuum of care. The AHRMM Keys for Supply Chain Excellence serve as key performance indicators (KPIs), establishing essential standards for supply chain management in the healthcare field. Learn more about the AHRMM Keys.
Blog summary: To withstand cost shocks and protect care continuity, hospitals must strengthen financial resilience through strategic liquidity management, revenue diversification, agile cost controls, and technology-enabled risk planning—ensuring
Did you know? BlueBin enhances hospital financial resilience by cutting supply costs, optimizing inventory, enabling predictive risk management, and ensuring operational continuity, turning the supply chain into a strategic shield against cost shocks.
Financial Tip
Reduce Rush Orders & Expedited Shipping Costs
Use BlueBin's real-time consumption signals and predictive alerts to flag low inventory weeks in advance, eliminating last-minute panic buys and costly overnight shipping, saving thousands in avoidable rush order expenses.
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