Supply Chain
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.
Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based self-managed, non-traded real estate investment trust, has closed on a $275 million unsecured revolving credit facility.
The Premier healthcare alliance reports that its new failure-to-supply program has helped more than 1,400 members save more than $3.5 million in the past year.
Abbott Laboratories, B. Braun Medical and Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane have agreed to pay $421 million to settle False Claims Act allegations, the Justice Department announced Tuesday.
Healthcare organizations are moving closer to the adoption of global supply chain standards, according to an independent survey of healthcare providers, group purchasing organizations, device manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors.