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Novation Releases 2010 Cardiovascular Watch Report

Showcases Information on Some of the Newest Cardiovascular Innovations

IRVING, TX; February 19, 2010 – Novation, the leading health care contracting supply company of VHA Inc., University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) and Provista, LLC, today released the new issue of Cardiovascular Watch, a report showcasing information on many of the newest cardiovascular innovations featured at the 2009 Vascular InterVentional Advances (VIVA 09) meeting and the 2009 Transcatheter Cardiovascular therapeutics Symposium (TCT 09). These two conferences are leaders in highlighting new advances in the CV arena. The report features information gathered at the conferences on products and practice trends. Novation shares this information to provide health care providers with insight regarding key and emerging trends and products.

Novation’s cardiology team attends key CV and peripheral vascular meeting that focus on innovative and emerging devices and therapies. Our goal is to monitor these devices and provide an assessment of their potential supply chain impact, "said Scott Crandall, Sr director contract services at Novation. “ We hope this “early warning’ approach will help the members we serve plan and budget for these emerging technologies.”

Novation’s focus at the meeting was on new technologies and techniques and their potential to effect U.S. health care. Some areas of emerging technology covered at this year’s scientific meeting:

• Bioabsorbable Coronary Stents
• Innovation Cardiac Devices
• Chronic Total Occlusion Devices
• Drug-Eluting Balloon Catheters
• Percutaneous Valves

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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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