Unique Device Identification: A unique opportunity
The Healthcare Supply Chain Association (HSCA) recently wrote to the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to express its support for the guidelines to…
Articles by Curtis Rooney
HSCA: GAO audit finds GPOs Good to Go
Numerous federal agencies have the authority to oversee the conduct and business practices of group purchasing organizations, but they seldom have had reason to exercise…
HSCA: Left to Their Own Devices
Pricing secrecy drives up costs, says government report The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a report that confirmed what healthcare group purchasing organizations…
HSCA: It just takes one!
Supply chain efficiency made easy The healthcare supply chain must change! It must become more efficient, less expensive and more patient-focused. That’s the deeply held…
HIGPA: Secrecy as Public Policy
‘Price secrets’ drive up costs for hospitals and taxpayers Medical device manufacturing giant Medtronic recently announced that it cancelled some of its largest group purchasing…
HIGPA: Is your supply chain ready to survive healthcare reform?
Don’t kid yourself. Changes to one part of healthcare can, and often do, affect the supply chain. Recently I was invited to participate in a…
HIGPA: Derwood Dunbar on GPOs
GPO veteran reflects on some key industry issues, including safe harbors and contract administration fees. The group purchasing industry turned 100 years old this year….
HIGPA: Green light for GPO savings tools
U.S. Court of Appeals decision puts to rest – for now – claims of conspiracy, price inflation and other horrors In the highest-level legal case…
HIGPA: Cost containment in an uncertain future
The legislative part of healthcare reform is over, but the regulatory process is just beginning The healthcare reform law has an estimated 540 new provisions…
HIGPA: Taxes and Transparency
Journal of Healthcare Contracting readers may be aware that one provision of the recently passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the healthcare reform law)…