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Devika Sundaram

Healthcare Procurement Strategist

4 articles for HealUDoc

Devika Sundaram is a Healthcare Procurement Strategist writing for HealUDoc on supply chain & procurement. They have contributed 4 articles to the HealUDoc library.

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Articles by Devika Sundaram

Consumable Cost Per Bed Day: Measuring It and Reducing ItSupply Chain & Procurement

Consumable Cost Per Bed Day: Measuring It and Reducing It

Consumable spend hides in a single line of the P&L and gets managed by squeezing purchase prices. Measuring it per bed day by ward and case mix shows where it actually goes, and usually finds more money than any negotiation will.

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Devika Sundaram

Jul 9, 2026 · 11 min read

Configuring Hospital Billing for NPPA Ceiling Price RulesSupply Chain & Procurement

Configuring Hospital Billing for NPPA Ceiling Price Rules

A billing-system view of drug price control: keeping the controlled-item list current, separate line items for stents and implants, brand and batch on the estimate and final bill, and the documents a state drug controller inspection actually asks to see.

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Devika Sundaram

Apr 16, 2026 · 10 min read

Rate Contract vs Tender vs Direct Purchase: A Route PolicySupply Chain & Procurement

Rate Contract vs Tender vs Direct Purchase: A Route Policy

Not every hospital item deserves the same procurement route. This compares rate contracts, open tenders, limited tenders and direct purchase by shelf life, criticality, value band and urgency, and shows how to write the policy that assigns each item class a route.

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Devika Sundaram

Mar 19, 2026 · 11 min read

GeM Procurement for Hospital Medicines and ConsumablesSupply Chain & Procurement

GeM Procurement for Hospital Medicines and Consumables

How to run medicine and consumable bids on the Government e Marketplace: category and specification design, why seller participation collapses on clinical items, the technical rejection causes you control, and when GeM is the wrong route entirely.

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Devika Sundaram

Mar 5, 2026 · 11 min read

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