ComplianceHealthcare Operations Advisory · Est. 2011
We've helped 14 healthsystems cut $220 millionin operating waste withouttouching patient outcomes.
Most recent engagement — St. Augustin Health System, Chicago, IL · Closed Q4 2025
Compliance audits energy contracts, supply chain agreements, and waste vendor relationships inside hospitals and multi-facility health systems — then rebuilds them. The savings go to the balance sheet, not the consultant's slide deck.
Meridian Regional Health System
The Problem
Meridian was spending $6.2 million annually across 4 facilities under utility contracts signed in 2016 — before deregulated market rates dropped 22%. Their facilities team had flagged the discrepancy twice. Both times, the contracts auto-renewed while the flag sat in a procurement queue. The CFO learned the full cost exposure during our intake call.
The Intervention
- Full audit of 4 facility utility contracts against current deregulated market rates in the PJM grid
- Identified $1.4M in demand-charge overages caused by HVAC scheduling misalignment
- Renegotiated primary utility agreement with 18-month rate lock at 19% below prior contract
- Implemented automated demand-response protocols across all facilities, reducing peak draw by 14%
Documented Outcome
10-year NPV of contract renegotiation
St. Augustin Health System
The Problem
St. Augustin operated 9 facilities across the Chicago metro area with 7 separate linen service vendors, 3 biohazard hauling contracts, and a GPO agreement that had not been benchmarked since 2019. Annual supply chain spend was $41M. The VP of Supply Chain estimated 15% in potential savings. The actual figure was higher.
The Intervention
- Consolidated linen services from 7 vendors to 2 regional providers with system-wide volume pricing
- Renegotiated biohazard hauling from 3 contracts to a single system-wide agreement — $2.1M annual reduction
- Identified 14 GPO contract categories with lower-cost alternatives from non-incumbent vendors
- Implemented quarterly vendor performance reviews tied to contract renewal eligibility
- Retrofitted HVAC scheduling across 11 facilities, reducing energy intensity per bed by 18%
Documented Outcome
Total 5-year supply chain savings
Cascadia Health Network
The Problem
Cascadia had just inherited a net-zero pledge from a board resolution passed in 2022 and a sustainability officer with no operating budget to execute it. Meanwhile, their CFO was staring at $14.8M in annual utility spend across 22 facilities and a GPO contract that had been grandfathered through two mergers. Nobody had looked at the underlying vendor terms since 2017.
The Intervention
- Full operating audit across 22 facilities — energy, waste, supply chain, and facilities maintenance
- Identified $4.2M in GPO contract overpayments tied to post-merger redundant SKUs
- Renegotiated energy contracts in Washington and Oregon, leveraging renewable PPAs for net-zero credit
- Consolidated medical waste hauling from 11 vendors to 3, with performance-based pricing tiers
- Delivered net-zero roadmap denominated in cost-per-adjusted-discharge, ready for board presentation
Documented Outcome
7-year total operating savings
How We Work
Four principles that explain why the savings are real.
Audit Without Assumptions
We read every contract. Energy, linen, biohazard, GPO, facilities maintenance — every line. Most firms summarize. We annotate. The savings are in the language nobody reads twice.
Operational Language Only
Our deliverables are written for the CFO who will present them to the board, and for the facilities director who will implement them Monday morning. No framework decks. No maturity models.
Outcomes Tied to Your Existing Metrics
We denominate savings in your cost-per-adjusted-discharge, your energy cost per square foot, your waste-per-bed-day. The comparison that matters is always against your own baseline.
Implementation Is the Engagement
We don't hand off a report. We stay through renegotiation, vendor transition, and the first full billing cycle that proves the number. Engagement ends when the savings appear on the ledger.
"The Compliance team found $9.4 million in our linen contract that our GPO had been renewing automatically for six years. Six years. That conversation paid for the entire engagement before the second site visit."
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2024 Benchmark Report
The Healthcare Waste Benchmark Report.
68 pages. Compiled from 14 health system engagements representing $220M in documented savings. Includes median energy cost-per-square-foot by facility class, waste hauling rate benchmarks by region, GPO contract comparison data, and a self-audit worksheet your CFO can present to the board.
- Energy contract renegotiation playbook — 17 pages
- Waste hauling benchmark rates by region (2022–2024)
- GPO alternative contract comparison matrix
- Self-audit worksheet: 43 line items, 4 cost centers
- Three redacted case studies with full financial detail
"This is the document I wish I'd had before our last GPO renewal. We would have saved two years of over-market pricing."
David Kwan, VP Supply Chain · Pacific Northwest Health Network
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