Healthcare

Improving Waste Expense Management in Healthcare

Healthcare providers have specialized waste expense management needs. Cass works with all types of facilities, including assisted living communities, hospitals, dental offices, blood and plasma centers and skilled nursing organizations, to contain their waste and recycling costs. Today’s healthcare facilities are confronted and challenged with declining reimbursements and revenue sources as a result controlling operational costs becomes a higher priority than ever before. Healthcare providers are facing unique challenges regarding their waste and recycling: 

• Staffing shortages and turnover
• Steep, unpredictable price growth 
• Inability to audit invoices and usage per complex billing formats 
• Strict regulations and high cost of Regulated Medical Waste (RMW)

Cass provides a solution to these challenges. Waste expense management services from Cass deliver cost control mechanisms, tight quality control and clear visibility on your waste and recycling services. We deliver these results while liberating your resources to focus on your core business priorities.

We deliver savings by focusing on three main activities: 

1. Negotiate value-based hauler contracts that combine below market rates and reliable service levels that allows health facilities security in knowing their waste expense category is under control by professional experts in the waste industry. Optimize waste service levels – Cass maintains accurate data on the waste volume generated at each of your facility locations. Using this information, we can determine the right mix of equipment and service frequency for each of properties, helping your reduce costs with no degradation in service. 
2. Invoice audit and dispute management – Our unique technology allows us to understand your invoices at the line item level. Using automation, we compare all invoice charges to contract terms and valid service requests to precisely and systematically audit every one of your waste and recycling invoices. When overcharges are found, we request refunds from your vendors or advise the correct amount to pay.

Our time tested, proven closed loop environment gives healthcare providers a Procure to Pay process that delivers the results in the complex, regulated medical waste category Invoice processing.

Our procure-to-pay core solution for managing waste and recycling includes:

• Sourcing and Procurement
• Invoice Processing and Dispute Management
• Invoice Audits and Optimization 
• Centralized Customer Support for day-to-day service requests 
• Visibility to inventory, costs and usage
• Vendor Management
• Secure, on-time Bill Payment
• Plus, Professional Services: Environment Assessment and Benchmarking

Cass is NOT a broker – you maintain complete control and visibility. Working with Cass, you will offload day-to-day management of your waste removal needs but still maintain control of the decision-making process. Think of us as your full-time waste management department. Using the centralized support that Cass provides, your facility managers will have one number to call for all waste-related needs.