Avinger (NSDQ:AVGR) said today it signed an agreement with group purchasing organization HealthTrust for Avinger’s portfolio of peripheral artery disease products. Get the full story at our sister site, Medical Design & Outsourcing.
Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO)
GPOs: Lombard Medical inks supply deal with Novation
Lombard Medical Technologies (NSDQ:EVAR) said today that it inked a 3-year supply deal with Novation for its Aorfix endovascular stent graft. Irving, Texas-based Novation is a group purchasing organization that serves more than 100,000 members and affiliates in the U.S., Lombard said, including VHA Inc., UHC, Children’s Hospital Assn. and Provista LLC. "Based on a thorough […]
GPOs: Premier says ACA is pushing providers toward value-based healthcare
RTI Surgical inks biologic implant supply deal with Novation
TEI, Novation sign contract for biologic mesh products

Regenerative medicine company TEI Biosciences said that it has been awarded a supply contract by group purchasing organization Novation for its biologic mesh products.
GPO: Premier, Cook sign new purchasing contract
Group purchasing organization Premier Inc. (NSDQ:PINC) has signed a new pricing contract for Cook Medical urology products, Cook announced Wednesday.
GPOs: Teleflex inks dialysis deal with Premier
GPOs: Infraredx lands 1,400-facility HealthTrust deal
Infraredx said it inked a deal with HealthTrust Purchasing Group for its TVC imaging system, which uses both near-infrared spectroscopy and intravascular ultrasound to provide images of coronary blood vessels.
GPO: Accuray lands 3-year contract with Premier
Novation gets into heart valves with Edwards Lifesciences
Medtech’s top stent-makers land SharedClarity contracts

Four of medtech’s biggest firms agreed to offer peripheral stents at specialized prices to members of SharedClarity, an organization formed through the alliance of some of the country’s largest health insurance and care providers.