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Distributor News:

• Cardinal introduces SupplyCentral™
• HDMA releases report on costs & benefits of EPC adoption
• McKesson renews Wal-Mart agreement

Manufacturer News:

• Action Surgical signs with Novation
• Amerinet renews Sammons Preston Roylan deal
• Aspen Surgical acquires Sterion medical product business
• Smiths Medical MD signs three-year Premier contract
• Toshiba implements Servigistics solution
• APP receives approval for Carboplatin Injection
• Brewer Company signs deal with PBI
• Cardiac Science & Concentra to co-market AEDs
• Cerner signs as reseller of Quinton technology
• North Coast Medical signs Amerinet deal
• Per-Se & Stromberg form strategic relationship
• American Scientific Resources awarded Novation contract
• E-Z-EM completes spin-off of AngioDynamics
• Hatch Medical to secure U.S. distribution for OSSAPLAST®
• Midmark names representative for northern CA
• SafePro USA names Atkinson as president
• VaxGen awarded $877M contract for anthrax vaccine
• Aircast to be acquired by Tailwind Capital Partners
• Angiolink Corp acquired by Medtronic Inc
• CMS awards $100M in contracts to CGI-AMS
• HHS implements TECSYS EliteSeries 7.2
• R2 Technology names Kinninger as CFO

Provider and Provider Services News:

• Bremen breaks ground for new hospital
• Scottsdale to build third hospital in region
• CHIPS Network introduces Web-based purchasing service
• GNYHA Consulting & MHS announce supply chain alliance
• HHS launches family history initiative
• MedCath to divest Heart Hospital of Milwaukee
• Advocate Health Care denied CON
• Brigham & Women's $315M expansion to be green
• General Health expansion to break ground
• Broadlane acquires National Oncology Alliance Inc
• GNYHA sues HHS over revised wage-index areas
• St. John's Mercy (MO) plans new hospital
• St. Mary's opens Nicklaus Children's Hospital

• Publisher's Letter: 2004 Winners
• Ask the Expert:
  Uncle Sam Ponies Up More Coverage for Early Screenings
• Full Plate
• HIDA Market Report
• Big Company Comes Calling
• Back in Business
• Inova Makes Changes in Support of Its Vision
• Medical Devices Hit the Radar Screen
• 10 Timely Tips for Mastering the Complex Sale
• 2004 Repertoire/HIDA Excellence in Sales Awards
• Territory Planning
• When $20 and an Ego Are More Important than a Decade of Customer Loyalty
• I Want to See the CEO
• Time Management for Manufacturers Reps
• Windshieldtime
• Where it’s at
• Helping Out Third-World Countries
• Group Practice Docs Earned Slightly more in 2003
• EOL Tech Talk: Sterilization
• HIDA 2004 Chicago
• NDC to Hold Lab Training Seminar at HIDA 2004
• People News
• Rep Corner: Justin Cobbs
• New Products
• Pros and Cons of Employee-Sponsored Long-term Care Insurance
• Classifieds
• $ 128 Question
• “Conspiracy to Defraud” might be a Stretch

• HIGPA Membership Elects 2005 Board of Directors 
• HIGPA’s Public Policy Voice to be Enhanced with Support from Procurement and Supply Chain Executives
• Allen Dunehew, Amerinet-St. Louis VP of Pharmacy Presented with the 2004 HIGPA Chairman’s Award
• Ed Gravell, Cardinal Health VP of Health Systems Recipient of the 2004 HIGPA Achievement Award 
• HIGPA Opposes Medical Device Competition Act of 2004, Statement by Robert Betz, Ph.D. President & CEO, HIGPA
• Compliance Programs Ensure Best Practices for the Health Care Procurement and Supply Chain Industry, HIGPA President & CEO, Robert Betz, Ph.D., Says in Testimony to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee
  For a copy of the testimony please click here.
• HIGPA Unveils Web-based Vendor Information Exchange: Ensuring Providers Access to Innovative Technology
• HIGPA Asks CMS for Clarification with Medicare’s ‘Average Sales Price’ Interim Final Rule
  Click here for a copy of the comment letter.
• HIGPA’s GPO Members Self-Certify Compliance with Association’s Code of Conduct 
• GPOs Stress Patient Safety to Providers Seeking Rx Importation Regardless of Financial Concerns, HIGPA Testimony to HHS States.
  Click here for a copy of the written testimony
• HIGPA Endorses Adoption of GLN for Health Care Supply Chain.
• HIGPA Publishes Pharmaceutical Guidelines to Ensure Integrity and Safety of Products for Patient Care. Click here for a copy of the guidelines.
• Antitrust Expert Argues GPO Business Practices Reduce Product Costs and Attendant Marketplace Risks; Codes of Conduct Ensure Voluntary Compliance
  Click here to download new report. 
• HIGPA’s 2004 National Pharmacy Forum Scheduled for Feb. 9-11; SICOR Inc. Among Event’s Leading Sponsors

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