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“GPOs continue to bundle unrelated products and companies, execute long-term and sole-source contracts, award no-bid contracts, collect excessive fees, and police the markets for select dominant companies in a way that excludes innovative, cost-effective technologies,” says Leahey. “As a result, patients, caregivers and taxpayers still suffer from the anticompetitive and exclusionary practices of GPOs.”
GPOs currently operate under a legal “safe harbor” exemption from the antikickback provisions of the Social Security Act. MDMA has lobbied for years for legislation to prevent these practices.
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