group purchasing organization

Group purchasing organizations, focusing on the urgent care industry, have been formed.

In a related development, California has become the first state to take steps toward regulating the business practices of group purchasing organizations.

The problems were due to monopolistic actions of a major industry needle maker and hospital group purchasing organizations.

These hats have been and continue to be distributed by group purchasing organizations (GPOs) who supply hospitals with most equipment.

VHA also owns Provista, another group purchasing organization.

They have included executives of group purchasing organizations, which negotiate millions of dollars in supply contracts on behalf of nonprofit hospitals across the country.

BirchStreet's group purchasing organization partners include Avendra and Hilton Supply Management.

DeWine asked about antitrust, where many hospitals buy using GPOs (group purchasing organizations) to get discounts.

The trade group said it was its "understanding that the New York State Attorney General's office is looking at the general issue of group purchasing organizations."

An association of group purchasing organizations has since adopted an industry code of ethics, but some suppliers say it does not go far enough in ensuring competition in the marketplace.

A healthcare group purchasing organization (GPO) assists in promoting quality healthcare relief and assists diverse providers in effectively managing expenses.

Many analysts proposed, for example, that the company set up a joint venture for its X-ray film business, which has been under extreme pricing pressure from group purchasing organizations in medical care.

Officials of Premier and Novation deny that the departures will add up to an exodus from the large buying companies, known as group purchasing organizations, or G.P.O.'s.

The safety syringe manufacturer filed an antitrust lawsuit against the two largest hospital group purchasing organizations and a large syringe manufacturer claiming he was being shut out of the market.

As a result of these and other factors, many pediatricians have joined group purchasing organizations as a way to leverage their purchasing power and take advantage of the reduction in prices for vaccines and other products.

ARUP serves clients across the United States, including many of the nation's top university teaching hospitals and children's hospitals, as well as multihospital groups, major commercial laboratories, group purchasing organizations, military and other government facilities, and major clinics.

XEROX CORP., Stamford, Conn., the copier maker, said it had won a $250 million contract to provide printers, scanning devices, software and services to Broadlane Inc., Santa Barbara, Calif., a group purchasing organization for hospitals and health care providers.

In the United States, a group purchasing organization (GPO) is an entity that is created to leverage the purchasing power of a group of businesses to obtain discounts from vendors based on the collective buying power of the GPO members.