Government Documents
- FDA's Contribution to the Drug Shortage Crisis
House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 15, 2012
Read Document - Group Purchasing Organizations: Federal Oversight and Self-Regulation
Government Accountability Office, Mar. 30, 2012
Read Document - Letter from Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) et al to Federal Trade Commission chairman Jonathan Leibowitz requesting investigation into GPO contracting practices
Nov. 9, 2011
Read Document - Group Purchasing Organizations: Services Provided to Customers and Initiatives Regarding Their Business Practices
Government Accountability Office, August 2010
Read Document - Empirical Data Lacking to Support Claims of Savings With Group Purchasing Organizations
Senate Finance Committee, Minority Staff Report, September 24, 2010
Read Document - Group Purchasing Organizations: Services Provided to Customers and Initiatives Regarding Their Business Practices
Government Accountability Office, August 2010
Read Document - Review of Revenue from Vendors at Three Group Purchasing Organizations and their Members
Office of the Inspector General, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), January 2005
Read Document - Discussion Draft: A Bill to amend Title XI of the Social Security Act to repeal a safe harbor with respect to vendors in order to ensure full and free competition in the medical device and hospital supply industries
U. S. Senate, 109th Congress, 1st Session, 2005
Read Article - Improving Health Care: A Dose of Competition
A Report by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, July 2004
Read Article - Joint Federal Trade Commission/Department of Justice Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy
September 26, 2003
Read Document - Group Purchasing Organizations: Use of Contracting Processes and Strategies to Award Contracts for Medical-Surgical Products
General Accounting Office. July 16, 2003
Read Document - Letter from Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Mike DeWine (R-OH) to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
May 2, 2003
Read Document - Group Purchasing Organizations: Pilot Study Suggests Large Buying Groups Do Not Always Offer Hospitals Lower Prices
General Accounting Office. April 30, 2002
Read Document - Letter from Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) to Inspector General Janet Rehnquist, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
September 21, 2001
Read Document - Letter from Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) to Attorney General John Ashcroft, Department of Justice
March 5, 2001
Read Document - Letter from Assistant Attorney General Joel Klein, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, to Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
August 28, 1998
Read Document - Letter from Senator John McCain (R-AZ) to Assistant Attorney General Andrew Fois, Department of Justice
August 17, 1998
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