Reports
The following reports detail how the current GPO business model compromises the cost and quality of healthcare for American patients. It has been shown that eliminating the GPO safe harbor from the Medicare anti-kickback statute will result in approximately $2.5 billion annually to the Federal Government. Furthermore, many of the reports below highlight the fact that GPOs are less concerned about quality care and more concerned about generating revenues for themselves.
Group Purchasing Organizations: An Evaluation of Their Effectiveness in Providing Services to Hospitals and Their Patients
By S. Prakash Sethi, PhD
July 2006
The Budgetary Impact of Eliminating the GPOs’ Safe Harbor Exemption from the Anti-Kickback Statute of the Social Security Act
By Hal J. Singer, PhD
June 2006
Review of Revenue from Vendors at Three Additional Group Purchasing Organizations and Their Members
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Report
May 2005
Review of Revenue from Vendors at Three Group Purchasing Organizations and Their Members
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General Report
January 2005
Defining and Measuring Product-Based Cost Savings in the Health Care Supply Chain
By Lynn James Everard, CPM, CBM
February 2005
Antitrust Analysis of GPO Exclusionary Agreements: Comments Regarding Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy
By Einer Elhauge, Professor, Harvard Law School
September 2003
Group Purchasing Organizations: Use of Contracting Processes and Strategies to Award Contracts for Medical-Surgical Products
Government Accountability Office Report
July 2003
The Impact of Group Purchasing on the Financial Prospects of Health Systems: Changing Value Perceptions and Unintended Consequences
By Lynn James Everard, CPM, CBM
2003
The Exclusion of Competition for Hospital Sales through Group Purchasing Organizations
By Einer Elhauge, Professor, Harvard Law School
June 2002
Group Purchasing Organizations: Pilot Study Suggests Large Buying Groups Do Not Always Offer Hospitals Lower Prices
Government Accountability Office Report
April 2002
Is America’s Health Care Hindered by “Group Purchasing Organizations”?
By Garret G. Rasmussen, JD
April 2002
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