Supply Chain

San Francisco-based pharmaceutical distributor McKesson has agreed to pay $18 million to settle allegations that it failed to comply with shipping and handling requirements of its vaccines, thereby violating its contract with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Chicago-based OpenMarkets and the Greater New York Hospital Association Services have renewed a group buying agreement in which GNYHA Services hospital members can participate in certain OpenMarkets programs at a discounted rate.

The following three stories discuss the orthopedic supply chain, compiled on Becker's Hospital Review over the past two months.

Restructuring and implementing supply chain support systems may not be enough for hospitals to realize their full savings potential.

Irving, Texas-based Novation awarded a three-year contract renewal to Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Spiracur to provide its mechanically powered wound care solution to members of the group purchasing organization.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new drug to treat acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections.

A cohort of physician groups wrote a letter to CMS asking the agency to delay launching the public Open Payments database of physician payments to allow physicians more time to register, review and dispute any reported data.

The majority of 15 of the top medical device makers grew their workforce by an average of 6 percent in 2013, indicating a strong outlook for the industry, according to a report from EP Vantage, a financial analysis firm.

The following are six of the largest group purchasing organizations ranked by acute-care hospital members, according to each organization's self-reported* numbers.

As healthcare costs rise and reimbursements fall, hospitals and health systems are looking to trim excess spend from any place they can. The hospital supply chain is the second largest spend of a health system, so it provides a number…