Accusation Of Conflicts At a Supplier To Hospitals
By MARY
WILLIAMS WALSH (NYT) Series 1856 words
Late Edition -
Final, Section C, Page 1, Column 2
ABSTRACT
- Conflicts of interest
and self-dealing among companies that negotiate purchase of supplies
for nation's hospitals are alleged by Cynthia Fitzgerald, who says
she was fired from Novation, leader in field, after complaining
about her company's business practices, including pressure to steer
millions of dollars in business to former official of buying group's
predecessor; accusations, which are disputed by Novation, are part
of lawsuit that small medical device maker, Retractable
Technologies, filed in Texas federal court, accusing Novation and
Premier Inc of effectively locking it out of hospital market; two
groups negotiate contracts for about two-thirds of nation's
hospitals; graph (M) (Article in series Medicine's Middlemen)
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