ContractGuardby Howard Medical
Free for independent, critical access, and rural hospitals

Find the gap between your contracts
and your invoices.

Most hospitals are being billed at rates that do not match the contracts they signed. ContractGuard finds every instance. You take it to your suppliers and your GPO and recover the difference.

48-hour deliveryNo costConfidential
How it works

Three steps. We do the heavy lifting.

Send your data. We compare contract rates to invoice rates by hand. You get a report inside 48 hours.

01

Send us your files

Upload your active vendor contracts and your 12-month PO and invoice history through a secure Dropbox link. Whatever format you have. We work with what you have got.

02

We compare contract to invoice

Our senior team manually matches every invoice to the contract that governs it. Where the price you were charged does not match the price you signed for, we flag it.

03

Get your report

Within 48 hours, you receive a personalized report listing every line item where you were overbilled, the vendor, the contracted rate, the invoiced rate, and the dollar recovery available.

What we find

Hundreds of thousands per hospital. In overbilling alone.

From our experience working with hospitals, contract-to-invoice misalignment routinely produces six figures of straight overbilling that nobody catches. ContractGuard is built to find every instance, document it cleanly, and put it in your hands.

What we identify

Invoice rates that exceed contract rates

Line items where you were charged more than the contract you signed allows. Per SKU, per vendor, per date. Backed up with the source documents so the finding is defensible the moment your supplier sees it.

What you do with it

Take it back to your suppliers and GPO

The report is yours. You bring it to your vendors and to your GPO with the evidence already documented. They correct the billing. You recover the funds. Howard never contacts your suppliers unless you specifically ask us to.

The trade

A transparent exchange.

We are up front about what we ask for and what you get.

What you give us

  • Your active vendor contracts
  • Your 12-month PO and invoice history
  • Any usage data you have, so we can see how supplies actually flow through your facility
  • Nothing clinical, nothing patient-related

What we give you

  • A clean overbilling report within 48 hours
  • Every flagged line with vendor, SKU, contracted rate, invoiced rate, and dollar recovery
  • The findings are yours to use however you want, with or without us

Ready to see where you are being overbilled?

Upload your contracts and 12-month invoice history. You will have your report within 48 hours.

Submit your files
Submissions go directly to Mark Litton, CEO at Howard Medical. Your data stays confidential. We do not share, sell, or repurpose hospital purchasing data. No obligation.
FAQ

Common questions.

Why is this free?
Howard Medical is a medical supply distributor. We earn our money supplying hospitals, not selling analysis. We do this work because it helps hospitals like yours and it sometimes leads to a broader conversation about Howard Medical as a secondary supplier. If it does not, you still keep the report.
Will you contact our vendors or GPO?
No. ContractGuard is just analysis. The report goes to you. Anything you do with it is your call. We never contact your suppliers or your GPO unless you explicitly ask us to.
Will this disrupt our existing distributor or GPO relationships?
No. ContractGuard sits next to your existing relationships, not in front of them. The report helps you hold your current vendors accountable to the contracts they signed with you.
How long does the analysis take?
Most reports go out within 48 hours of receiving complete files. Complex contract structures can take a bit longer. We tell you up front if that is the case.
Who sees my data?
Only the Howard Medical leadership team. We do not share, sell, or repurpose hospital purchasing data in any form.