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title: How Carle Health Cut Expenses by $20M with Clinical Spend Management
description: Carle had to cut expenses by $20M. Curvo spend management found forgotten product categories. Interview explains how small projects grew to big savings.
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# [How Carle Health Cut Expenses by $20M with Clinical Spend Management](https://www.gocurvo.com/case-study/carle-foundation-hospital-success-story)

 Written by [Curvo](https://www.gocurvo.com/case-study/author/curvo) | Jun 21, 2021 4:00:00 AM

*An independent third party interviews Debbie Schmidt, Director of Supply Chain Services and Bob Slesinski, Value Analysis Coordinator, at Carle Foundation Hospital, to find out the impact that Curvo has had.*

### Their Needs

Carle Foundation was tasked with reducing their expenses by 20 million dollars. But finding cost-saving opportunities quickly and efficiently can be difficult — especially after you’ve already identified the bigger contracts. “We wanted to find those product categories that nobody thinks about,” Ms. Schmidt said. “We wanted to analyze the data and categorize the spend, so we could see where the opportunities were.”

The smaller projects can really add up. “We didn’t even think of some of the potential cost savings that Curvo showed us,” Ms. Schmidt said.

 

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