Purchasing news and information

The average price paid for PET/CT systems dropped 27% from May to June as more hospitals purchased budget-friendly models of the systems during that period, according to the most recent Modern Healthcare/ECRI Institute Technology Price Index.
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The healthcare industry is gradually overcoming its fears and is—finally—about to get high on the cloud.
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The Leapfrog Group introduced a new online tool to help businesses calculate what they pay for hospital errors, accidents and infections, drawing a new round of criticism from the AHA.
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A new regulation will allow certain hospitals to buy orphan drugs at deeply discounted prices if they're used to treat non-orphan conditions or diseases.
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The Premier healthcare alliance, one of the nation's largest group purchasing organizations, is considering an initial public offering, a move attacked by rival MedAssets.
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Healthcare industry groups are pressing regulators to issue the delayed final rule requiring manufacturers to mark medical devices with unique identifiers to improve patient safety and help healthcare providers during product recalls.
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Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital, a small not-for-profit hospital in Ontonagon, Mich., last year generated about $1 million in revenue from a federal program that allows safety-net providers to purchase deeply discounted drugs.
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A burst of products and services are encouraging supply chain leaders to look to a centralized computer cloud.
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New guidelines on patient-provider financial interactions could be severely tested by high-deductible insurance plans.
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Managed care rapidly gained and quickly lost favor more than a decade ago, but even as it lost ground, it never fully lost a hold in the market. Now, it's an increasingly popular option among seniors enrolled in Medicare, and some managed-care tenets—care coordination led by primary care and...
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