Techinquest blogHow rebate money goes missing, how bill-only spend escapes contract price, and what the people who build the checks have learned.https://techinquest.com/A rebate year, worked through: one supplier contract from signature to statementhttps://techinquest.com/blog/a-rebate-year-worked-through/https://techinquest.com/blog/a-rebate-year-worked-through/An invented five-hospital system and one invented supplier contract, followed quarter by quarter: tier ladder, share commitment, a late payment, a wrong tier, a $0 rebate, and the year-end statement.Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTFinance and strategyWhat a late bill-only request costs, line by linehttps://techinquest.com/blog/what-a-late-bill-only-request-costs/https://techinquest.com/blog/what-a-late-bill-only-request-costs/One invented bill-only request, seven lines and a $12.40 variance, costed two ways: filed late on paper and corrected after the invoice, or filed through a structured form and checked before the PO.Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTBill-only and implantsBuilding the CFO business case for rebate and implant spend controlshttps://techinquest.com/blog/cfo-business-case-rebate-implant-spend-controls/https://techinquest.com/blog/cfo-business-case-rebate-implant-spend-controls/A vendor-neutral method for sizing rebate and bill-only implant opportunity from your own ledger, contracts and a small sample, then presenting it in terms finance can verify.Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTFinance and strategyImplant price variance: how to price-check a bill-only request before it becomes a POhttps://techinquest.com/blog/implant-price-variance-bill-only-price-check/https://techinquest.com/blog/implant-price-variance-bill-only-price-check/Where implant price errors come from, the line-level and case-level checks that catch them before the PO is written, and what to do with a variance once you find it.Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTBill-only and implantsSurgical case reconciliation: matching what was implanted to what was billedhttps://techinquest.com/blog/surgical-case-reconciliation-implants/https://techinquest.com/blog/surgical-case-reconciliation-implants/What a reconciled implant case looks like, which mismatches are worth chasing, and why manufacturer device credits are a Medicare compliance issue that starts in supply chain.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTBill-only and implantsThe other revenue recovery: the rebate money your supply chain already earnedhttps://techinquest.com/blog/supply-chain-revenue-recovery/https://techinquest.com/blog/supply-chain-revenue-recovery/Revenue recovery usually means denied claims. This is the supplier-side version: rebates and credits your purchases earned that never arrived, and how to size the gap yourself.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTFinance and strategyBill-only purchase orders, explained: the workflow from surgery to paid invoicehttps://techinquest.com/blog/bill-only-purchase-order-process-explained/https://techinquest.com/blog/bill-only-purchase-order-process-explained/An operating manual for bill-only purchasing: the seven steps, who owns each one, where the two records of a surgery drift apart, and the controls and metrics to run it by.Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTBill-only and implantsSeven ways hospitals lose supplier rebates they already earnedhttps://techinquest.com/blog/seven-ways-hospitals-lose-supplier-rebates/https://techinquest.com/blog/seven-ways-hospitals-lose-supplier-rebates/A lifecycle map of where earned supplier rebates disappear, from contract setup to the general ledger, with a test for each leak that you can run on your own data.Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTRebates