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- Trinity Health Promotes Michael Slubowski to President of Hospital and Health Networks
- Medicaid Commission releases report to HHS; recommends $11 bln in cuts to Medicaid
- Consorta Awards Agreement for Patient Indentification Bands
- Allina Hospitals & Clinics Strengthens Relationship With VHA to Improve Efficiences and Care
- Novation Awards Diagnostic Imaging Contracts to 9 Suppliers, Providing Significant Savings to VHA and UHC Member Hospitals
- Sun Microsystems and InstantDx to Provide 1st Physician-Based Nat'l Health Record
- Catholic Health Assoc Calls for a Realignment of Moral and Fiscal Priorities to Address the Growing Numbers of Uninsured and Persons Living in Poverty
- New online tools help achieve savings in pharmacy supply costs
- CMS proposed rule establishes new reporting, auditing for Medicaid DSH payments, payments for care to undocumented aliens may be impacted; DSH allotments announced
- Consorta Sets Food and Nutrition Agreement for Frozen Potatoes
- SonoSite Signs Agreement with Novation
- Shared Services Healthcare selects ShiftWise to provide staff mgmt solutions to members
- Where’s the value in value analysis committees?
- Up Close with VHA’s Curt Nonomaque
- Preventing HAIs: Tips and tools you can use
- Leading Hospitals Partner with Premier to Advance Patient Safety
- New Industry-Leading Marketplace@Novation Application Gives VHA and UHC Hospitals Faster Access to Savings
- IRIS Enters Supply Agreement with MedAssets; Supply Chain Mgmt Company Has Vast Healthcare Industry Market
- National Oncology Alliance Names Bret Brodowy VP of Provider Solutions
- Sister Carol Keehan, DC, named President and CEO of the Catholic Health Assoc of the US
- GSA Aids in the Hurricane Relief Effort
- High Performers
- Sutron Corp Announces GSA Contract Extension
- Premier Disaster Support Team Assists Hospitals in Katrina’s wake
- Lavender & Wyatt Systems Integrates Verity LiquidOffice Business Process Mgmt and TeleForm Content Capture Software with Essentia
- Gil Minor’s takes
- Get your Customers to Listen
- Turnaround in AL
- Nurses Benefit from Supply Chain Overhaul
- GSA Ranked Among 'Top 10 Best Places to Work'
- SEIU Nurses Volunteer to Provide Medical Care, Vaccines to Katrina Survivors
- 1st Federal Vioxx Trial Moved to Houston
- Elemental's Security Compliance Mgmt Product Now Available to Federal Customers on Conquest's GSA Contract
- Reliant's New Health and Productivity Mgmt Services Program Helps Members Stay Healthy for Less
- UnitedHealthcare Officially Launches NM Operations
- International Drug Detection Firm Identa Signs 6 New Contracts
- Cardinal Health Signs Preferred Provider Agreement With Child Health Corp Of America For Pyxis Products
- Sigma-Aldrich forms pact with MedAssets
- VHA Forms Innovative Supply Chain Analytics Division
- Secretary Leavitt appoints VHA’s Lillee Gelinas to Commission
- VHA Highlights 10 Lessons Learned from Hurricane Season
- Fisher Scientific to Present at UBS Global Life Sciences Conference
- Sigma-Aldrich and MedAssets Announce Agreement
- Market Pulse: Quest Diagnostics gets Dept. Health & Human Svcs subpoena
- VA Awards $463,000 Grant for MN Veterans Home
- DLA Prepares for Hurricane Rita Relief Efforts
- Radiometer America Signs 3rd Blood Gas Agreement with Premier
- FL and AL waivers approved by HHS to provide healthcare to evacuees; similar to TX and MS waivers
- MedAssets Signs Multiple Accounts for Revenue Solutions
- New Policies of GPO’s Help Smaller Companies Gain Shares in the Wound Closure Device Market
- Full House Committee Will Hear Testimony From Leader in Electronic Health Information Exchange
- Latest Polling Data and 2006 Election Key Topics of Hospital Council's Annual Meeting
- Neoforma to Announce Q3 2005 Financial Results
- Dade Behring and Consorta Sign Multi-Year Agreements for Instruments, Reagents
- TMC ranks among top academic hospitals
- Patient Appointing Services Contract Awarded to Humana Military Healthcare Services
- MEDRAD is Awarded Medbuy Contract
- Shared Services Healthcare selects VasTech to provide staff scheduling/bidding services to members
- CMS publishes redistribution of unexpended SCHIP funds from FY'02
- Amerinet, WL Gore Add Products to their Contract
- Amerinet Announces Renewal Agreement with Care Line
- Amerinet Announces Agreement with AccessPt
- Broadlane Selects Germfree Labs to Provide Barrier Isolation Chambers to its Customers for 2nd Year
- New spend areas: A great adventure, or a problematic jungle?
- IRIS Enters Supply Agreement with MAGNET
- Johns Hopkins Health System: One Hopkins through HopkinsOne
- Distributors Respond to Katrina
- NDC signs 1st GPO deal with Amerinet
- Global Healthcare Exchange to Acquire Neoforma
- Global Healthcare Exchange to Acquire Neoforma
- National Coordinator for Health IT and VA Under Secretary for Health to Join Nat'l Quality Forum Board
- Hitch Arises in Putnam General Sale: Patients' Petition Could Open the Door to a Bid for Purchase From CAMC
- HMS Again Wins Cost Containment Contract with OK Medicaid
- Tanner Health System Chooses Premier as Its Supply Chain Improvement Partner
- Novation’s Contracting Expertise Minimizes Impact of Raw Materials Cost Increases on Hospitals
- Visiprise and HMS Software Announce Merger Agreement
- Market Pulse: Theragenics inks 4-yr deal w/ MedAssets Supply Chain Systems
- Fisher Scientific to Host Earnings Call
- Immucor faces delisting
- Hurricane relief, Medicaid and Medicare budget cuts complicate targeted 11/18/2005 adjournment
- LMA North America Renews Agreement to Supply Laryngeal Mask Airway Products to Premier
- LaserBand gets contract from purchasing group
- Neoforma Confirms Announcement Date for Q3 2005 Financial Results
- MedAssets Releases New Version of CrossWalk™, Offering Easy Evaluation of Multiple Pricing Strategies
- Senate Finance Committee releases reconciliation package; includes pay-for-performance, physician payment fix, ban on specialty hospitals
- OnRamp, Broadlane's New Customer Portal, Launches With One-Stop Access to Data and Tools
- TeamStaff Settles Disputed Insurance Premium and Loss Claims
- MedAssets Releases New Version of CrossWalk, Offering Easy Evaluation of Multiple Pricing Strategies
- SourceOne Healthcare Technologies Announces Distribution Agreement with HealthTrust Purchasing Group
- Neoforma Reports Q3 2005 Financial Results
- VHA Survey Shows Hospitals Are Re-Evaluating Their Disaster Recovery Plans Following Katrina and Rita
- MHA Announces Specialty Pharmacy Initiative
- Cardinal Health Q1 Results Reflect Strong Demand, Continued Earnings Improvement
- Cardinal Health Signs 1st Agreement With HealthTrust Purchasing Group for Alaris Products
- Owens & Minor Announces Cash Dividend for Q4 2005
- GlaxoSmithKline Posts 340B Ceiling Pricing on 340B Prime Vendor Program's Secure Web Site for Participants
- Dade Behring Reports Strong Revenue and Earnings Growth for Q3 of 2005; Company repurchases $49 mln of common stock
- Cardinal Health Signs 1st Agreement With Healthtrust Purchasing Group For Alaris Products
- NOVA Research Company Visits Down Under
- Zebra Technologies and MedAssets Announce New 3-Year Agreement

