Supply Chain
In the midst of recession and widespread uncertainty about the implications of healthcare reform, hospitals across the United States were forced in 2010 to implement innovative purchasing strategies to help cut costs.
A new study from the Office of the Inspector General has discovered that Medicaid may be paying for drugs it shouldn't.
Thomson Reuters has acquired GeneGo, a provider of biology and disease information, analytics and decision support services for pharmaceutical research and development.
TeleTracking announced that Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC), a 530-bed hospital in Savannah, Ga., is managing assets more effectively and at a lower cost since deploying TeleTracking’s RadarFind sensor-network based real-time location system (RTLS).
H.D. Smith, a Springfield, Ill.-based pharmaceutical wholesaler, has been selected by the Moffitt Cancer Center as its primary pharmaceutical supplier of critical therapies designed to help patients undergoing treatment for cancer.
After three years of using Craneware's Chargemaster Toolkit at its five teaching hospitals, Continuum Health Partners will add new tools designed to improve revenue integrity.
Cardinal Health is building its drug distribution portfolio with the acquisition of Kinray, Inc., a Whitestone, N.Y.-based privately held distributor of branded and generic medicines to more than 2,000 retail independent pharmacy customers.
Moody's Investor's Service predicts that the outlook for the global pharmaceutical industry remains negative, primarily due to the sector's increasing exposure to major patent expirations.
VHA, Inc., is looking to help hospitals cut millions of dollars in wasted expenses from their high-cost cardiology, orthopedics and spine service line procedures through a new "Door-to-Discharge" program.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has identified 356 suppliers that have received 1,217 contracts from Medicare to provide medical equipment and supplies to beneficiaries in nine communities across the United States.