GPO Safe Harbor Vulnerable? Senate Inquiry Targets Hospital Purchasers
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Senators with important ties to health reform negotiations have launched an inquiry into the common hospital group purchasing organization practice of collecting fees from device companies and other suppliers
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