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Novation Appoints Pete Allen as Senior Vice President, Sourcing Operations

IRVING, TX; February 2, 2010 – Novation, the leading health care contracting supply company of VHA Inc., University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) and Provista, LLC, announced today it has added Pete Allen to its executive leadership team to serve as senior vice president, sourcing operations for Novation. Reporting directly to the president and CEO, he will lead the strategic direction as well as the daily operations of Novation’s contracting and program services. Departments reporting to Allen include pharmacy, lab, food, facilities, corporate, research and business products, capital, PPI and imaging, custom contracting, medical/surgical and medical/surgical distribution.

Allen joins Novation with more than 18 years of in-depth health care supply chain experience. His skill set includes extensive experience in the areas of cross functional management, profit and loss responsibility, marketing, sales management, distribution management, new product development, political lobbying and people development.

“The addition of Pete rounds out a very strong and diverse leadership team, and further enriches our complementary balance of knowledge and experience”, said Jody Hatcher, Novation president and CEO. “Pete has a strong passion and track record for pursuing strategic opportunities that grow, advance and differentiate our business.”

Prior to joining Novation, he served in numerous positions at BD Medical including national accounts director, political lobbyist and since 2002, has led the worldwide Infusion Therapy business unit. He spent 5 years with Kimberly-Clark Corporation, where he was responsible for national accounts and global healthcare marketing. In addition, for the past 10 years, he has been an active fundraiser, medical team leader, volunteer and member of the Board of Directors for the Project Perfect World Foundation, a non-profit, 501 3-c charity dedicated to improving the lives of children in the developing world.

Pete earned a Master of Business Administration degree in marketing and international business from the University of Texas and a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Pennsylvania State University. Pete, his wife Gloria and their four children will relocate to Dallas from Utah.

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About Novation
Founded in 1998, Novation is the leading health care supply contracting company for more than 25,000 members of VHA Inc. and the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), two national health care alliances, and 5,500 members of Provista, LLC, representing 28,000 sites. Novation provides alliance members contract and price management and spend management services. Based in Irving, Texas, Novation develops and manages competitive contracts with more than 600 suppliers. VHA, UHC and Provista members used Novation contracts to purchased nearly $37.8 billion in 2009.

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