Few sports movies capture the essence of resilience and determination, quite like Rudy (1993). Based on the true story of Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger, a young man with a dream to play football for the University of Notre Dame despite overwhelming obstacles, the film is an inspiring case study in leadership. Rudy’s journey is filled with valuable lessons for anyone striving to lead with purpose, determination, and heart.
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As the healthcare landscape continues to evolve in complexity and urgency, so does the critical need for consistency, accountability, and evidence-based decision-making across all clinical and operational domains. At the heart of this transformation lies healthcare value analysis—a dynamic, multidisciplinary practice that bridges clinical outcomes, financial stewardship, and patient safety. And yet, despite its growing influence on care delivery, supply chain performance, and regulatory alignment, healthcare value analysis remains one of the few core specialties without universally accepted professional standards.
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This past week, I was reminded of a key concept: no one is born an expert. You see, we often look at seasoned professionals and assume they’ve always had the knowledge and confidence they have today. But the truth is, every expert was once a beginner—asking questions, making mistakes, and learning along the way.
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I recently attended the National Academies of Practice (NAP) annual conference where I was inducted as a professional member. It was a humbling experience, and I’m grateful to be part of the 2025 class. However, the true value of the conference wasn’t just the induction itself but the overall tone and focus of the event.
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The Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP) proudly announces the launch of the Industry’s First Instructions for Use (IFU) Coalition and Summit, an unprecedented event designed to revolutionize the way medical device instructions are developed, implemented, and utilized across healthcare. This landmark summit will convene a coalition of leaders and stakeholders from diverse sectors including acute care adult and pediatric hospitals, leading academic teaching institutions, national infection prevention and control experts, major medical societies and associations, and the nation’s foremost Group Purchasing Organizations.
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 The Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP) is pleased to announce the availability of a new enduring continuing education course available on the AHVAP University. You will need to log into the AHVAP website and then again to the AHVAP learning management system website to access the enduring program.
Today's program, AI Office Hours, featuring Kyle Atkins is now available for enduring continuing education credit and viewing at your leisure. Also, be sure to check out the special ChatGPT tool in the AHVAP Circle, member's only community Resource Center.
Make sure that you take advantage of this new enduring program offering and earn continuing education hours.
We look forward to seeing you on an upcoming AHVAP educational webinar.
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Picture an electrifying, one-hour, high-energy virtual event where the brightest minds in healthcare value analysis come together—ready to tackle even the toughest challenges head-on. That’s exactly what you’ll find at our upcoming AHVAP Hackathon, led by an experienced value analysis innovator with a passion for practical, transformative solutions.
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The deadline for the new CMS Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM) is rapidly approaching, and as such, we would like to take this opportunity to provide you with important resources to increase your awareness regarding this important initiative.
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Preparing for a board certification exam can be a daunting process, and we understand that! As such, AHVAP is excited to announce the availability of a new virtual live workshop, our new Signature Certified Value Analysis Healthcare Professional (CVAHP™) Board Certification Review Course. The virtual workshop will take place on May 9, 2025, from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. ET. Don't miss out on joining us for this educational workshop with our expert faculty.
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The Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP) is pleased to announce our April webinar program with attorney Fred DeVore.
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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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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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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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The Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals ( AHVAP) is proud to announce the development of the industry's first comprehensive standards for professional practice in healthcare value analysis. This groundbreaking initiative establishes a unified framework aimed at elevating quality, efficiency, and safety in the healthcare value analysis process.
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Over six months ago, the Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals, Inc. (AHVAP) launched our AHVAP Circle Community as 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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 Please help the Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP) in congratulating the following AHVAP members and leaders in being inducted into the National Academies of Practice in Washington, DC:
- Robin Lane, MBA, BSN, RN, CVAHP, PNAP, FAHVAP
- Sharon Roberts, BSN, RN, CVAHP, PNAP
- Dr. Ruth Carrico, PhD, DNP, FNP-C, CIC, FSHEA, FAAN, FNAP
- Andrea H Flinchum, MPH, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC, FRSPH, FNAP
The entire Team at the Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP) is extremely proud of these AHVAP members for their well-deserved recognition!
Congratulations!
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Congratulations to Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP) member, Dr. Alexandira Garcia, on your successful completion of your PhD!
Tremendous congratulations to you Dr. Garcia on your well-deserved accomplishment!
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The following message is being communicated to all AHVAP members at the request of our partners at the US Department of Health and Human Services:
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a dramatic restructuring in accordance with President Trump's Executive Order, “Implementing the President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ Workforce Optimization Initiative.”
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Congrats to Robin Lane for wearing that Presidential Volunteer Service award well! The entire team is very proud of you!!
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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 Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP) Certification Center has been accepted as a Full Member of the Association of Test Publishers (ATP). ATP is a global authority on ensuring credentialing bodies adhere to the most rigorous professional credentialing standards for test publication and assessment in the industry. The AHVAP Certification Center exceeds all professional credentialing standards for both our certification and micro-credential programs.
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There is still time to attend our in-person AHVAP Certification Center Medical Products Instructions for Use Specialist Micro-Credential (MPIUS) being hosted on April 18, 2025, in Louisville, KY. This special program is being hosted with KY Infection Preventionists. The course is almost sold out, so register ASAP.
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The Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP) Certification Center is pleased to announce that registration for the Infection Control Value Analysis Specialist Micro-Credential May Cohort is NOW OPEN. This innovative micro-credential program is the first of its kind in the medical industry and has been developed based on current infection control evidence-based guidelines and product regulatory requirements.
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Investor's Business Daily
Tariff uncertainty has cast a pall over medical stocks, revealing an uncomfortable truth about the supply chain for lifesaving medical devices made by trailblazing companies like Intuitive Surgical and Exact Sciences. It's particularly challenging for an industry grappling with a supply chain held together by "bubblegum and shoestring," says Dave Evans, chief executive of Fictiv, which helps companies manage manufacturing challenges, including the complicated "spiderweb" that makes up the supply chain.
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Risk & Insurance
Business leaders across nearly every sector are bewitched by AI’s potential to automate repetitive tasks, improve efficiency and save money. Health care is no exception. Doctors and other providers are curious about the ways AI can be used to automate patient communication, improve response times, manage tasks like scheduling and inventory and help improve care outcomes in radiology and imaging. These tools are promising, but like any new technology they could expose health care firms to unexpected risk.
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The Medicine Maker
Accurately forecasting medication use has long been a pain point within medical systems, as has finding the balance between over- and under-ordering medications (to the detriment of patients). In recent years, this tightrope has been further complicated by ongoing drug shortages and further exacerbated by supply chain disruptions caused by natural disasters. According to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, a record-high 323 active drug shortages were reported in the first quarter of 2024.
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American Hospital Association
Microsoft March 5 announced that 550 rural hospitals have joined the Cybersecurity for Rural Hospitals Program, an initiative created last year in partnership with the AHA that includes free and heavily discounted cybersecurity services. It also includes nonprofit pricing for qualifying critical access hospitals on Microsoft enterprise licenses. Visit the registration page to learn more and sign up for the program.
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Fierce Healthcare
A bipartisan, bicameral group of senators has introduced legislation that would give the president new authority to negotiate and strike trade deals—which includes the handling of tariffs—with foreign countries for medical goods such as drugs and devices. The bill, also backed by industry pharmaceutical and group purchasing organizations, aims to strengthen the country’s medical supply chain, which lawmakers said became strained during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Health Care Business News
Change Healthcare showed us that our healthcare systems are reliant on an ecosystem and that we have hidden risks throughout. A single point of failure - one virtual workstation compromised for a failure to require multi-factor authentication - stymied our entire healthcare infrastructure in the most significant event of its kind, ever. There are myriad government efforts to manage the risks of this global ecosystem reliance.
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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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