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Study to Document Billions in Annual Health Care Savings From 'Group Purchasing Organizations' That Could Play Bigger Role in Obama Health Care Reform
Date:4/27/2009

Schneller, who has held teaching and research posts at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Duke University Medical Center, Union College, Albany Medical Center, and Columbia University, is the author of over 35 journal articles as well as the co-author of Strategic Management of the Health Care Supply Chain (Jossey-Bass).

News event speakers will be:

  • Report co-author Dr. Eugene S. Schneller;
  • Todd Ebert, president and CEO, Amerinet, Inc., a St. Louis-based investor-owned group purchasing organization;
  • Alan Yordy, president and CEO, Peacehealth Hospital, Bellingham, Washington; and
  • Curtis Rooney, president, Health Industry Group Purchasing Association.

The Health Care Sector Advances survey and report conducted by Dr. Schneller was carried out with financial support from the Health Industry Group Purchasing Association.

TO PARTICIPATE: You can join this live, phone-based news conference (with full, two-way Q&A) at 1 p.m. EDT on April 29, 2009 by dialing 1 (800) 860-2442. Ask for the "health care savings study" news event.

CAN'T PARTICIPATE?: A streaming audio recording of the news event will be available on the Web as of 7 p.m. EDT on April 29, 2009 at http://www.gpossavemoney.org.

CONTACT: Leslie Anderson, (703) 276-3256 or landerson@hastingsgroup.com.

ABOUT HIGPA

The Health Industry Group Purchasing Association (HIGPA) is a broad-based trade association that represents 16 group purchasing organizations, in
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SOURCE Dr. Eugene S. Schneller, Arizona State University; and Health Care Sector Advances, Inc.
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