Supply Chain
The Senate has passed legislation that would repeal a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires small businesses, including physicians, to file an IRS form 1099 for each vendor purchase of $600 or more.
Amerinet, a St. Louis-based national group purchasing organization, has begun offering member facilities a program designed to help reduce energy consumption.
Overall U.S. healthcare prices increased slightly from November to December, rising 0.3 percent, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Via Christi Health, the largest healthcare provider in Kansas, is expanding its relationship with MedAssets to optimize its financial improvement and lower costs on physician preference items through the company's clinical cost management consulting capabilities.
Verisk Health, based in Waltham, Mass., has announced that its Sightlines Performance Measurement solution, designed to enable managed care organizations to review results quickly and easily for Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) quality measurement and reporting solutions, has been fully certified by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
The Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a self-managed, non-traded real estate investment trust, has completed the acquisition of a medical office park in Cary, N.C., for $28.2 million.
Atlanta-based MedAssets has recently announced deals with three healthcare systems that are designed to bring clinicians into the picture when determining how to cut waste and save money on supplies.
Novation, a healthcare supply contracting company, has announced that its Failure-To-Supply Recovery Service saved the members it serves more than $6.5 million in 2010.
Owens & Minor, a national distributor of medical and surgical supplies to the acute-care market, lead the 2010 list of the "Top 25" Healthcare Supply Chain operations issued by research and advisory firm Gartner, Inc.
Overall U.S. healthcare prices increased slightly from October to November, rising 0.2 percent, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.