Fighting The Group Purchasing Mafia
Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) have been on the radar as a contributing factor to rising hospital costs, medication shortages, stifling introduction of innovative products from smaller companies, and hurting patients. Before the 1970s, GPOs’ main source of revenue was through membership dues. Today, GPOs collect “contract administrative fees” (rebates, kickbacks) from vendors typically based on a percentage of the costs of the products that the GPO negotiates with hospitals. In Fighting The Group Purchasing Mafia we interview Phillip L. Zweig the award-winning financial journalist and author. Plus:
Group Purchasing Oligopoly - The Fleecing of US Healthcare
GPO Cartels - Risking Innovation, Inflating Cost, and Killing Patients
Hospital Horror Stories - From Rate A Hospital.com
Doctor Burnout By EMR – Where EHR Went Wrong
Patient Harm By EMR – Where EHR Went Wrong
Ethics of Drug Sales – Drug Industry Payments and Gifts to Physicians
Drug Purchasing Cartels – GPOs Fighting The Import of Cheaper Drugs
Keeping Sprits Up – Virtuous Humor
Physician Satisfaction – Should anyone care?
2021 Person of the Year –Fighting the GPO Mafia and Legalized Fraud
