Novation's Period 2 National Group Buys Offer Hospitals Significant Savings In New Categories

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Apr 10, 2015, 10:00 ET

IRVING, Texas, April 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Novation, the nation's leading health care services company, announced that its Period 2 National Group Buys launched April 1 and will be effective through June 30.

Novation's Group Buys provide significant savings and value-added benefits to the participating members of VHA Inc., UHC, Children's Hospital Association and Provista by combining member purchasing volume to maximize savings opportunities. In addition to price, Novation's Group Buys often provide value in the form of incremental payment terms, reduced or free shipping, extended delivery terms, multimodality discounts, financing options and service discounts. 

In addition to 16 product categories from Philips Healthcare – plus one from Invivo Research (a wholly owned subsidiary of Philips Healthcare) – Novation's Period 2 Group Buys feature several first-time participating suppliers and new category offerings,  including:

  • Pharmacy offerings NOVAPLUS® Mitomyocin and Etoposide from Accord Healthcare and NOVAPLUS Meropenem from Fresenius Kabi USA
  • Superior brand name refrigeration products from US Foods
  • Three furniture product lines through Business Interiors by Staples
  • Document destruction services from Shred-It USA

Participating members can achieve savings that range from 2% to 31% off contract price and 10% to 60% off list price on products across 33 capital equipment, business services and pharmacy categories, including some NOVAPLUS private-label brands, through the following Group Buys:

  • Angiography/cardiovascular systems
  • Computed tomography equipment
  • External defibrillators
  • General radiography systems
  • General radiography systems (mammography)
  • Hemodynamic  and electrophysiology  monitors
  • Infant care equipment
  • Mobile fluoroscopy/C-arms
  • MRI equipment
  • Nuclear medicine cameras
  • PACS and imaging informatics
  • Patient monitors and related supplies
  • PET-CT systems
  • Radiology/fluoroscopy systems
  • Ultrasound systems
  • Ventilators
  • MRI peripherals
  • Computed radiography systems
  • Furniture
  • Clinical laboratory distribution (cold storage)
  • Acute care and long-term care beds
  • Low-temperature sterilizers
  • Lasers
  • NOVAPLUS Mitomyocin and Etoposide
  • NOVAPLUS Meropenem
  • Rehab care
  • Document destruction services
  • Chemistry/Immunochemistry
  • O.R. tables and accessories
  • Surgical lights and booms
  • Hospital-grade televisions
  • Exam room equipment
  • Food service distribution and procurement services

These products are available through agreements awarded to the following suppliers:

  • Agfa Healthcare
  • Business Interiors by Staples
  • Cardinal Health
  • Hill-Rom
  • Johnson & Johnson/Advanced Sterilization Products
  • Lumenis Inc.
  • Accord Healthcare
  • Fresenius Kabi USA
  • Patterson Medical Supply Inc.
  • Philips Healthcare
  • Invivo Research (a wholly owned subsidiary of Philips Healthcare)
  • Shred-it USA Inc.
  • Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics
  • Skytron LLC
  • TB&A Hospital Television Inc.
  • UMF Medical
  • US Foods Inc.

"We continue to expand Novation's National Group Buys beyond traditional categories, so we are especially pleased to be able to include new offerings within the pharmacy, furniture, business services and food categories as part of our Period 2 Group Buys," said Mike Clemens, Novation vice president, capital equipment and diagnostic imaging. "We are excited about our ability to offer health care organizations additional opportunities to lower costs above and beyond our nationally negotiated contracts."

Since their inception in 2005, Novation's Group Buys have saved members more than $942 million in more than 49 major categories. In addition, members have purchased more than $3.9 billion through Group Buys since 2005.

About Novation, Recipient of the Ethisphere Institute's Ethics Inside Certification
Novation is the nation's leading health care services company, focused on revolutionizing operational performance for more than 100,000 members and affiliates of VHA Inc., UHC, Children's Hospital Association and Provista LLC. Novation's progressive approach to cost performance, data and intelligence, and integrated advisory solutions helps health care providers envision and advance new models of cost-effective, high-quality care. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Novation is committed to the highest standards of ethical behavior and twice has been honored with the Ethisphere Institute's coveted Ethics Inside® Certification, and has been named four years consecutively to Ethisphere's World's Most Ethical Companies list. To learn more about Novation, please visit novationco.com and follow @NovationNews on Twitter.

SOURCE Novation