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“Client Focused Conversation” about Managing Technology in the Remote Workforce with BDO and Optisave
Optisave Senior Consultant Jason Stringer spoke with BDO’s Tom Takasaki, Director, BDO Alliance, about Post-COVID trends and "tips from the field" for IT Cost Reduction, during a 11/6/20 BDO “Client Focused Conversation"
“Telehealth Post COVID-19” Webinar with BDO and Optisave
Optisave Co-Founder John VerMeulen and other Optisave Thought Leaders Participated in BDO Alliance Webinar, Healthcare Industry Monthly Call, September 9, 2020.
“Cashflow and Cost Savings Ideas for Hospitals” Webinar
Optisave Co-Founder and Managing Director, Evan Katzman, to Participate in SpendMend Summer 2020 Thought Leadership Series, August 11, 1 p.m. ET
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Digital Revolution in Healthcare Webinar
Optisave recently moderated a Digital Revolution in Healthcare virtual panel for the Penn Club of D.C. alumni group.
On June 11, 2020, Optisave’s Lisa Katzman moderated front-line panelists as they discussed how COVID-19 has accelerated the Digital Revolution in healthcare, and how it will factor into our return to a new normal. Hear thought leadership from three expert panelists:
- Chris Brandt, WG'08, Founder & CEO, Audacious Inquiry (Ai), an information technology and policy company focused on connected healthcare
- Sunil Budhrani, C'95, Chief Executive Officer at Innovation Health - Aetna, a CVS Health Company & Inova Health System partnership
- Genevieve Morris,
Owner, Integral Health Strategies (IHS), Health IT and strategic consulting services
Redefining Excellence Award in Exceptional Customer Service (2020)
Optisave was awarded the BDO Redefining Excellence Award in Exceptional Customer Service for BDO Alliance USA companies, based upon our commitment to excellence as trusted advisors for our clients, and in particular, the example of our relationship and reputation at a large New England academic medical center. The award was presented online at the 2020 BDO National Alliance Conference in May.
BDO’s Clear Choices Award
Optisave won BDO 2019 Clear Choices Award for Technological Innovation, Business Resource Network (BRN) category.
Proud of Optisave for winning BDO’s Clear Choices Award this weekend in Las Vegas! Chosen out of over 100 affiliated Business Resource Network companies for best aligning to BDO’s core value of Technological Innovation!
Proud of Optisave for winning BDO’s Clear Choices Award this weekend in Las Vegas! Chosen out of over 100 affiliated Business Resource Network companies for best aligning to BDO’s core value of Technological Innovation!
We may have been big winners in Vegas but the REAL JACKPOT comes from helping clients every day to realize significant cost savings and process improvements.
Welcome Optisave LLC To BDO Alliance USA!
Optisave joined BDO’s Alliance USA effective January 2018, as a member of the Business Resource Network (BRN).
We are pleased to announce that Optisave LLC has joined the BDO Alliance USA effective January 1, 2018. Based in Grand Rapids, MI, Optisave is a nationwide provider of IT cost reduction and performance improvement solutions. Over the past 16 years, Optisave has completed more than 300 engagements in top healthcare provider systems, producing more than $750M in combined savings.
Serving hospitals, health systems, higher education, financial services, retail, and manufacturing, Optisave utilizes a proprietary process to achieve cost savings, performance improvement and practice leadership in IT. They help organizations assess and prioritize opportunities, and then implement performance improvements.
The main contact is John VerMeulen, who can be reached at 616-450- 2322 or jvermeulen@optisavellc.com. The Business Resource Network Liaison is Tom Takasaki at 847-903-7330 or ttakasaki@bdo.com. Please contact John or Tom regarding Optisave's solutions and capabilities.
BDO’s Announcement, January 2018.
Optisave is a Business Resource Network (BRN) member, The BRN is BDO’s network of more than 100 independent firms providing a wide range of non-accounting services.
BSI Healthcare Services and Optisave LLC Announce Strategic Partnership
Partnership Will Benefit Hospital and Healthcare Systems Nationwide
August 18, 2014: Grand Rapids, MI: BSI Healthcare Audit Services (BSI Healthcare Services) and Optisave LLC (Optisave) today announce plans for a Strategic Partnership to further enhance the cost savings and operational improvement opportunities in healthcare IT services. This partnership supports BSI Healthcare Services’ push to deliver premium cost savings across all aspects of their clients’ business including IT, telecom, maintenance and support contracts, license schemas and more. Serving hundreds of top healthcare provider systems nationwide for over a decade, Optisave has produced in excess of $500M in combined savings through its technology optimization services led by an exceptional staff of industry professionals.
August 18, 2014: Grand Rapids, MI: BSI Healthcare Audit Services (BSI Healthcare Services) and Optisave LLC (Optisave) today announce plans for a Strategic Partnership to further enhance the cost savings and operational improvement opportunities in healthcare IT services. This partnership supports BSI Healthcare Services’ push to deliver premium cost savings across all aspects of their clients’ business including IT, telecom, maintenance and support contracts, license schemas and more. Serving hundreds of top healthcare provider systems nationwide for over a decade, Optisave has produced in excess of $500M in combined savings through its technology optimization services led by an exceptional staff of industry professionals.
“Combining our healthcare procure-to-pay expertise with Optisave’s IT cost management services in applications, infrastructure, support and connectivity
opens new doors for our clients to easily reduce costs and risk of noncompliance, as well as improve relationships with vital technology vendors,” said Dan Geelhoed, President and Chief Executive Officer of BSI Healthcare Services. “We’ve created a seamless way to help our clients find savings in far more aspects of their business.”
“BSI Healthcare Services is a great partner and this agreement exemplifies both of our companies’ shared vision and dedication to cost savings,” remarked John VerMeulen, Co-founder of Optisave. “Teaming together to engage in technology optimization and the resulting cost savings is an exciting development for Optisave.”
The strategic partnership between BSI Healthcare Services and Optisave provides hospitals, health systems and academic medical centers with an opportunity to save in all areas where technology is present from business applications to infrastructure hardware to voice/data services and all aspects in- between.
“BSI Healthcare Services is a great partner and this agreement exemplifies both of our companies’ shared vision and dedication to cost savings,” remarked John VerMeulen, Co-founder of Optisave. “Teaming together to engage in technology optimization and the resulting cost savings is an exciting development for Optisave.”
The strategic partnership between BSI Healthcare Services and Optisave provides hospitals, health systems and academic medical centers with an opportunity to save in all areas where technology is present from business applications to infrastructure hardware to voice/data services and all aspects in- between.
