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A monthly newsletter for the hospital supply industry, providing market news and detailed reports on trends in hospital and medical group purchasing across the country. Coverage includes hospital supply price surveys, hospital purchasing news, price index
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Spine product pricing presents latest cost control challenge; second of a two-part series.
July 1, 2009... After relative success negotiating hip and knee implant prices, many hospitals now view spine products as the new battleground. Controlling supply costs in the spine market is an inherently more difficult challenge due to the sheer number of products and technologies available. For example,...
Good news: knee implant prices slip; small, but important price retreat for two straight years.(PRICE SURVEY)(Reprint)
July 1, 2009... Prices for knee implants declined for the second straight year, reflecting stronger group purchasing contracts and a measure of product standardization and physician cooperation in hospitals.
According to the 2009 HMM Price Survey, based on reports from The ECRI Institute in Plymouth...
Pharma prices jump in first quarter.(PRICE INDEX)
July 1, 2009... Prices for a small market basket of four basic medication categories surged in the first quarter of 2009, jumping by 3.52% according to new figures from IMS Health in Plymouth Meeting, PA.
Psychotherapeutics and cardiovasculars, which increased 6.41% and 5.68% respectively, led the...
Finished goods prices rebound.(PRICE WATCH)
July 1, 2009... After two months of decline, prices for finished goods swung back into positive territory in April, rising 0.6%, according to the latest producer price index (PPI) report of seasonally unadjusted prices. According to figures supplied by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, despite the small rise,...
Recession batters hospitals but leaves most suppliers unharmed: capital equipment and pharma struggle, but consumables sales show resilience.
May 1, 2009... By all accounts, the nation's economic downturn is exacting a financial toll on U.S. hospitals. Strained by surging levels of uncompensated care, falling occupancy, and declining surgical volume, particularly in elective surgery, hospital budgets are feeling a pinch not felt for decades, if...