Premier inks pacer/ICD pacts
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Medtronic, Guidant and St. Jude will supply pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators to the group purchasing organization's 1,500 hospital affiliates under separate two-year, multi-source agreements. Effective May 1, Premier projects the pacts will provide added savings of 5%, or $44 mil., and generate an estimated $865 mil. in annual purchasing volume...