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04/04/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient, Inc., the largest member-driven health care performance improvement company in the country, today announced the recognition of 23 suppliers and distributors for delivering exceptional service to members. The awards were presented on Wednesday, April 3 during the 2019 Vizient Connections Business Summit in Las Vegas. This year, Vizient restructured its annual spring conference to create a combinedmore...
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04/01/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In response to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) request for public input on the methodology of the Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating on the Hospital Compare website, Vizient has submitted a detailed proposal for a more clinically grounded approach for the ratings. Vizient’s recommendations are intended to improve the Star Rating’s accuracy and clarity for patients, as well as to createmore...
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03/27/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient today announces its support of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health for moving forward to advance a number of pieces of legislation that will begin to tackle out-of-control prescription drug spending. We are encouraged by this morning’s markup of bills that aim to reduce drug prices by taking steps to support increased competition in the prescription drug marketplace. We aremore...
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03/27/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient, Inc. announces it will host the 2019 Vizient Connections Business Summit April 2-5 at the ARIA in Las Vegas. This year, Vizient has restructured its annual spring conference to create a combined member and supplier event with an agenda designed to foster greater understanding and collaboration around business needs that can lead to more cost-effective care delivery. “The Connections Businessmore...
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03/22/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient announces its participation in the panel discussion for the upcoming webinar, “What’s Trending in Hospital Pharmacy in 2019,” hosted by Becker’s Hospital Review. The webinar is scheduled from noon to 1 p.m. CDT Wednesday, March 27. Carina Dolan, PharmD, director of clinical oncology and pharmaceutical outcomes with the Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence at Vizient, will participate as a panelist formore...
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03/18/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient today announced that it has endorsed two more bills aimed at reducing drug prices by taking steps to support competition in the prescription drug marketplace. First, Vizient endorsed the Fair Access for Safe and Timely (FAST) Generics Act of 2019. The FAST Generics Act would ensure that drug makers are unable to utilize stall tactics to prevent generic drug manufactures from accessingmore...
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03/12/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient announces its participation in LogiMed, a national health care supply chain conference, focused on improving the health care supply chain in today’s dynamic healthcare environment. Steve Downey, group senior vice president, Supply Chain Operations, at Vizient will present at the event which will take place March 19-21 in San Diego. Downey will share insights on strengthening hospital-suppliermore...
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03/08/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient announces that it will be presenting at the HDA Distribution Management Conference and Expo, being held March 10-13 at the JW Marriott Desert Springs in Palm Desert, Calif. During the event, Katrina Harper, PharmD, MBA, DPLA, BCPS, senior clinical manager, Center for Pharmacy Practice Excellence, at Vizient, will be a featured panelist for three conference sessions focused on implications related tomore...
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03/04/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient, Inc. announces it will be hosting a congressional briefing titled “Caring in Crisis: The Critical Role of Hospitals During Disasters.” The briefing will bring together experts from across the nation who have dealt with some of the most devastating recent natural disasters and mass-casualty events, including Hurricane Harvey in Texas and the Boston Marathon bombing. The panel will discuss how hospitals preparemore...
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02/27/19IRVING, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vizient, Inc. announces 43 new, renewed or expanded member agreements with health care organizations in the third and fourth quarters of 2018. The new agreements—which include academic medical centers, community hospitals, integrated health delivery networks and non-acute health care providers—reflect continued growth as well as high member retention for the company. “Hospitals and health systems aremore...
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