Acceptance proves the machine is what was bought. It says nothing about the volume the purchase was approved on. Yoel Bakas of Medsolve Dynamics, twenty years on the vendor side of these agreements,…
Before asking for another treatment machine, establish what limits the ones already in service. Yoel Bakas of Medsolve Dynamics explains why a capital review needs staffed hours and treatment mix…
Twenty years on the vendor side, and an honest answer about which machine to buy would still have been his machine. Yoel Bakas on where a vendor's physicist sits on that one question, and only that…
Yoel Bakas on why a competing bid earns its keep even when everyone knows which vendor wins, and what one question did for a vault budget. From Yoel Bakas's AMAC Summer Seminar 2026 session; this cut…
One flat service rate on a one-year-old linear accelerator and a twenty-year-old one means the LINAC service contract price is not built from parts, labor, travel or downtime history. Yoel Bakas on…
Every hospital-based cancer program pays its own institution for space, lab and IT, and almost none can show how the figure was built. Yoel Bakas on why the largest number in a capital file is often…
Every service agreement has one clause that grows on its own, and it is almost never the clause that gets negotiated. Yoel Bakas on what a five percent annual step actually costs across a five year…
The radiopharmaceutical supply chain consolidated on paper on August 3, 2026, when Curium and Lantheus signed a definitive merger agreement. Yoel Bakas on why the period between signing and closing —…
A radiation oncology capital price that has not moved in twenty years.Onboard imaging, arc delivery, the next iteration of arc delivery, a couch upgrade — all half a million dollars. The same couch is…
The challenges of operationalizing clinical plans and the impact of supply chain disruptions on service lines. The importance of ownership and preparation in the successful launch of new…
