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Chapter 1 Introduction to the value chain

a) What is a value chain

b) How does a value chain work

c) Value chains versus supply chains

d) Issues with the term "value"

e) Balancing cost, quality, and access to innovative products

Chapter 2 Introduction to the intermediaries in the healthcare value chain

a) Number and range of intermediaries

b) MCOs, PBMs, GPOs, wholesalers

c) Nagging questions about value added by intermediaries

d) Continuing calls and efforts to "dis-intermediate" the intermediaries

Chapter 3 Overview of GPOs

a) What are GPOs

c) Goals of GPOs

Chapter 4 History of GPOs (co-authored with David Cassak)

a) Early history of groups: 1910-1950s

b) Rise of local shared service organizations: 1960s-1970s

c) Emergence of contract compliance

d) Emergence of product portfolios

e) Rise of national and regional groups: 1970s-1980s

f) Desperately seeking compliance: 1980s-1990s

g) Dealing with healthcare reform, capitation, and managed care: 1990s

h) Competitive threat posed by IDNs: 1990s

i) Competitive threat posed by Columbia/HCA

j) Group mergers: 1990s

k) Aftermath: Consolidated vendors, consolidated buyers

l) Value and performance challenges in the new millennium

m) Senate hearings overview

n) Group mergers in the new millennium

o) Growing threat of regional GPOs

Chapter 5 Performance of GPOs

a) GPO operations and strategy

b) Hospital prices

c) Value of group purchasing

d) GPO fees

e) GPO contracting practices

f) GPO customer service and satisfaction

g) GPO clinical review processes

h) GPO oversight, codes of conduct, and self-regulation

i) GPO competition: national and regional

Chapter 6 Analysis of Specific GPO Issues

b) Exclusionary agreements

d) Differentiation versus commodification of GPOs

Chapter 7 Overview of PBMs

a) What are PBMs

b) Goals