Number	22442
Subject	Hospitals
Source	FW Weekly, (Fort Worth, TX)
State	TX
Year	2005
Publication Date	11/23/05
Summary	Novation, a group purchasing organization based in Texas, was created to negotiate lower prices with medical supply manufacturers on behalf of one-third of the hospitals nationwide. It has been accused of actually raising prices and squeezing out small manufacturers. Thanks to an exemption granted by Congress, from anti-kickback laws, Novation is financed by the very manufacturers it's supposed to be fighting.
Category	Computer-Assisted Reporting
Pages	13
Keywords	doctors;medical supplies;medical ethics;federal government;business ethics; Congress; kickbacks
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