Procurement & Disbursement Services

General Information

Effective in 2007 the responsibility for the purchase of clinical patient care supplies, medical equipment and related services was transferred from Procurement and Disbursement Services to the new Medical Supply Chain organization. Medical Supply Sourcing (formerly Medical Procurement) has assumed the leadership of coordinating the Group Purchasing Organization program for clinical supplies and other patient related programs. Medical Supply Sourcing also assumed the responsibility for direct patient care services including the management contracts for Medical Supply Distribution, Ambulance and Lifeflight, Environmental Services, Medical Bio-Hazard Disposal Services, Nutrition Services and Medical Transcription services.

All non-clinical product contracts, general MRO and facility maintenance service contracts will continue to be managed by Procurement Services. The purchase of supplies, services and equipment for the Research and Academic departments of the University will also remain with Procurement Services.

Although Medical Supply Chain is now a functional organization reporting to VUMC Administration, all core systems, methods, policies and procedures will remain common between Medical Supply Chain and Procurement Services. These common systems and methods include the existing purchase requisitions process, eProcurement, the Pcard program and invoice processing by Disbursement Services.

The Vendor Liaison Office now reports to Medical Supply Sourcing and will, for the foreseeable future, reside in the office located in the Crystal Terrace building.

Team Composition

Name	Position	Responsibility
Adams, Susan	Purchasing Agent	Med/Surg
Battle, Ophelia	Office Assistant	Vendor Liaison Office
Beadles, Ed	Materials Coordinator	Orders for all Clinic Areas, Returns/Repairs for Clinic Areas, Exceptions, and Backorders
Bearden, David	Associate Director	Management of Medical Supply Sourcing Department and Sourcing Officers
Benitone, Hastings	Purchasing Agent	Cath/EP/Radiology/GI Labs
Brown, Temisia	Office Assistant	Front Desk, PO Data Entry, Vendor Maintenance and Vendor Adds, receiving for Clinics, All other Duties as assigned
Depew, Lacy	Purchasing Assistant	PO processing, Capital Equipment order support, Expedites, PO exceptions, operational reports, backup for MedAsset and GHX for Distribution
Farmer, Jeffrey	Purchasing Agent	Labs/pharmacy
Gilmore, Connie	Purchasing Assistant	PO Processing Support Small and, Capital Equipment, Expeditor, PO Error Report, Transcripts, Back up for Front Desk, Exceptions for above orders and for Nancy Hopper, GHX Backup for Operative Services
Herron, Randy	Purchasing Agent	Operative Services (OR) Central Sterile Processing Perfusion and Anesthesia (Both VUH/VCH), Service Agreements Exceptions, GHX and Premier Contracts for the above areas
Jackson, Teresa	Purchasing Agent	Cllinics
McKnight, Renna	Purchasing Manager	Management of Medical Supply Sourcing Purchasing Team, Office Support Team and Contracts/Database
Pomeroy, Sharon	Sourcing Officer	Strategic Sourcing Programs for Operative Services (OR), Central Sterile Processing, and Medical Economics Outcomes Committee (MEOC) –Surgical and Procedural, Special Projects as Assigned (Both VUH/VCH)
Stewart, Kris	Purchasing Agent	Clinical Labs, Radiology, GI, ECMO, Respiratory Therapy, Medical Gases), Service Agreements Cath Labs (Both VUH/VCH), Small Equipment GHX, Premier Contracts for the above areas
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