GPO controversy prompts more studies, this time aimed at public,...

Hospital Materials Management;  November 1, 2002 ;     157 words ......controversy over the value of group purchasing continues to generate research. The Health Industry Group Purchasing Assn. (HIGPA), Arlington, Va...studies to quantify the value of group purchasing, according to a statement. One...

Novation Explains Value of Group Purchasing to Senate Subcommittee.

PR Newswire;  May 2, 2002 ;     700+ words ......representatives of the major group purchasing organizations, including...Mark McKenna, on the value group purchasing brings to health care organizations...that have been critical of group purchasing organizations and their...

Changing of the guard won't change the course of group...

Hospital Materials Management;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Retiring group purchasing veteran Robert Bud Bowen says...However, that doesn't mean that group purchasing organizations (GPO) will have...are no longer the basic unit of group purchasing, and larger members have demanded...

GPOs work to cultivate better image as senators continue scrutiny of...

Hospital Materials Management;  April 1, 2006 ;     283 words ...Three months after the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association (HIGPA) introduced its...introduced early this year, by nine group purchasing organizations (GPO), all but two of...HIGPA members. Called the Healthcare Group Purchasing Industry Initiative (HGPII), members...

MedAssets' Colo. connection; State group creates regional GPO to reap...

Modern Healthcare;  June 11, 2007 ;     504 words ......state association to launch a regional group purchasing program intended to provide value...savings to participating hospitals. Group purchasing can easily save hospitals 10% to 15...factors that drove it to consider a group purchasing program. Illinois and New York hospital...

Latest GPO report finds up to $39 billion in savings to hospitals from...

Hospital Materials Management;  August 1, 2005 ;     176 words ...Group purchasing organizations save hospitals 10...manufacturers. The Health Industry Group Purchasing Assn. (HIGPA), Arlington, Va., on...legal data to detail the value that group purchasing provides the health care system...

Law specifically exempts `joint purchasing'.(from group purchasing...

Hospital Materials Management;  October 1, 2001 ;     388 words ......possible anti-competitive practices by group purchasing organizations (see HMM, August 2001...the competitive impact of hospital group purchasing organizations on smaller, innovative...have long called for better access to group purchasing contracts for smaller companies. Meanwhile...

Changes at the top for RBS Group purchasing

Supply Management;  March 2, 2006 ;     148 words ......Andy MacLellan has been promoted to group purchasing director. He joined RBS in May 2002...the RBS purchasing board as head of group purchasing infrastructure. He is to lead group-wi...down. Ed Smith, formerly director group purchasing and property operations, has been...

Enqwest Corporation and MedAssets/HSCA Create a Premier Group Purchasing...

PR Newswire;  September 16, 2002 ;     348 words ......with MedAssets/HSCA to create a major group purchasing organization. By combining relationships...industries with MedAssets' expertise in group purchasing, Enqwest can leverage concepts that...Enqwest is an innovative provider of group purchasing and contracted pricing. By ...

For GPOs, e-commerce is all show; After years of waiting, buying groups...

Modern Healthcare;  October 9, 2000 ;     700+ words ...E-commerce electrified group purchasing organizations this year by barely...take a snapshot of the evolving group purchasing industry, Modern Healthcare conducted its 12th annual Group Purchasing Survey. This summer, 29 organizations...

Greater use of IT, GPO contracts, physician input will generate the most...

Hospital Materials Management;  July 1, 2006 ;     211 words ......as well as more consistent use of group purchasing contracts, a new survey reveals. Meanwhile...operating room expenses * Better use of group purchasing organization (GPO) contracts Larger...They were less willing to rely on group purchasing contracts to help them save on supplies...

Premier Awards 'Camera Pill' Group Purchasing Agreement for Member...

PR Newswire;  January 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Endoscope or camera pill , a two-year group purchasing agreement to sell its one-of-a-kind...enhancing safety, and reducing costs. Group purchasing for equipment, pharmaceuticals, and...Certainly, we're pleased to be the first group purchasing organization to offer Given Imaging...

Voluntary code of ethics is industry's answer to proposed regulation of...

Hospital Materials Management;  May 1, 2005 ;     237 words ...The Health Industry Group Purchasing Assn. (HIGPA), Arlington, Va., is encouraging, but not participating...proposed legislation that would tighten restrictions on group purchasing activities. HIGPA designed the original code of conduct...

Eye and ear hospitals' efforts to select new GPO bring deja vu on many...

Hospital Materials Management;  August 1, 2005 ;     183 words ......is considering dumping its current group purchasing organization, Premier, Charlotte...association was expected to issue an RFP for group purchasing services by July 1, and to host a...conference of the Health Industry Group Purchasing Assn. (HIGPA), also in Arlington...

NJHA GROUP PURCHASING FORMS NATIONAL RELATIONSHIP

PR Newswire;  July 30, 1996 ;     694 words ......provide purchasing services for NJHA Group Purchasing customers. The venture will strengthen...distribution agreements, while NJHA Group Purchasing will serve as the marketing and service...letter of intent, is not a merger. NJHA Group Purchasing will retain the opportunity to ...