KANSAS CITY, MO -- The office of Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill has at last referred the anti-trust case of Lee's Summit, Missouri, entrepreneur Samuel Lipari, now in its eighth year, to the Department of Justice Inspector General.
From this point forward, it is the job of the Inspector General to root out the sources of corruption in its own Department of Justice for having consistently obstructed Lipari from getting a fair shake from the courts.
Lipari's anti-trust lawsuit has sought to reveal the epic greed of three Goliath companies-VHA, Novation LLC and General Electric-for cornering the U.S. market in artificially jacking up and controlling the cost of medical supplies in every doctor's office, clinic, hospital, nursing and care facility in the nation for the past decade.
Using his own funds and representing himself without benefit of legal counsel, Lipari has steadfastly attempted to protect the common, ordinary citizen by disarming this triumverate cartel that successfully extorts billions each year from Americans seeking healthcare.
"These three companies have deep pockets," says Lipari, "lined with preposterously vast earnings from fraudulent and usurious fees garnered by anyone who sees a doctor or seeks medical care."
Records obtained by Lipari provide irrefutable documentation of wiretapping, Internet surveillance and corruption by the Department of Justice, VHA, Novation LLC and General Electric in a years-long feint to block Lipari from entering-and reducing cost in-the nation's current $1.8 trillion hospital-supplies market.
"In this gigantic fiscal landscape," says Lipari, "Medicare and Medicaid are regularly bilked by VHA, Novation LLC and General Electric through monopolistic group purchasing organizations. These GPOs extort kickbacks by passing illegal management fees to member hospitals on to government and private health insurance funds."
The civil case addressing the Department of Justice's illegal interference with Lipari is Lipari v. General Electric Company, et al, US District Court for the Western District of Missouri Case no. 07-0849-CV-W-FJG, presided over by Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr., Chief Judge of the US District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
About Novation:
Novation comprises the 2,500 members of VHA Inc. and the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC), two national health care alliances and nearly 9,000 members of Provista, LLC (formerly known as Healthcare Purchasing Partners International, LLC (HPPI). VHA, UHC and Provista members purchased $31.6 billion through Novation LLC in 2006.
About VHA:
VHA, Inc. is the owner of Novation LLC the largest hospital supply distributor in the nation. Media contacts can be made through Lynn Gentry, Senior Director of Public Relations VHA Clinical Initiatives, (972) 830-0798, lgentry@vha.com 220 Las Colinas Blvd. East Irving, Texas 75039 (800) 750-4972 www.vha.com About General Electric Company
(NYSE: GE) GE is the creator and part owner of GHX, LLC the nation's sole remaining hospital supply electronic marketplace to health system institutions. Media contacts can be made through General Electric, Fairfield Russell Wilkerson, 203-373-3193 (office) 203-581-2114 (mobile) russell.wilkerson@ge.com www.ge.com
About Medical Supply Chain:
Medical Supply Chain (MSC) is a worldwide provider of web-based supply chain collaboration solutions with an electronic marketplace serving health care communities and their trading partners. Samuel Lipari founded Medical Supply Chain in May 2000 to effectively lower healthcare costs for everyone in the U.S.
Medical Supply Chain was founded in May of 2000 with a mission to deliver enabling supply chain technology and lower health care costs. To learn more visit; http://www.MedicalSupplyChain.com/news.htm or call Samuel Lipari at 816-365-1306
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