Premier and Novation in firing line over competition practices
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
US group purchasing organisations (GPOs) came under fire last week for alleged anticompetitive practices that include questionable financial relations with companies in the medical device industry. The New York Times reported on the activities of - Premier and Novation - the two private GPOs that act as "middlemen" for about half the nation's non-profit-making hospitals, negotiating contracts for some $34 billion in supplies.