Novation Recognizes 22 Suppliers for Their Excellent Service to VHA, UHC and Children's Hospital Association Members in 2012

IRVING, Texas, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Novation, leading health care supply chain expertise and contracting company for the members of VHA Inc., UHC, Children's Hospital Association, and Provista LLC, recognized 22 suppliers yesterday at its annual Supplier Summit. These awards were given in recognition of the winners' superior service provided to the health care organization members of VHA, UHC and Children's Hospital Association.

In addition to the awards recognizing specific areas of service, Novation is also honoring the overall supplier of the year with the second annual Mark McKenna award. Mark McKenna served as the president and CEO of Novation from 1999 through 2006. He passed away in October of 2011 after a lengthy battle with cancer. His distinguished career in supply chain management and supply cost control spanned 30 years with medical device manufacturers as well as provider-owned group purchasing organizations. By honoring the overall supplier of 2012 who demonstrated outstanding service, this award continues McKenna's legacy of putting hospitals and patients first.

The 2012 winners are:

"We are pleased to honor those suppliers who went above and beyond last year to provide superior customer service and industry-leading value," said Pete Allen, senior vice president of sourcing operations at Novation. "Working with hospitals and suppliers, we are here to ignite each other's passions, to illuminate new ways, to combine our forces to overcome obstacles, and in that process, to create new paths to success. Together we can do amazing things. Together we can change the very nature of healthcare today."

About Novation, Winner of the Ethics Inside^® Certification
Founded in 1998, Novation is the leading health care supply chain expertise, analytics and contracting company for the more than 65,000 members of VHA Inc. and UHC, two national health care alliances, Children's Hospital Association, an alliance of the nation's leading pediatric facilities, and Provista, LLC. Novation provides alliance members with sourcing services, as well as information and data services. Based in Irving, Texas, Novation develops and manages competitive contracts with more than 600 suppliers. VHA, UHC, and Provista members used Novation contracts to purchase approximately $43 billion in 2012. Novation has earned the coveted Ethics Inside^® Certification from Ethisphere Institute, a leading international think tank dedicated to the research and promotion of best practices in corporate ethics and compliance. Novation was also named on Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies list, and is the only company in the health care industry to earn both distinctions for two consecutive years. To learn more about Novation, please visit www.novationco.com and follow @NovationNews.

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