| 41. | The problems surfaced under Novation's new auditor, Deloitte & Touche.
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| 42. | Novation surveyed 282 hospitals; 69 responded.
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| 43. | But until now, Novation was not known to be named in a criminal investigation.
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| 44. | VHA, the larger of the two networks, holds the larger stake in Novation.
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| 45. | But some hospital executives say Novation officials have shown scant interest in their opinion of Neoforma.
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| 46. | So Novation decided to pay Neoforma the fees itself, using the hospitals'money instead.
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| 47. | Novation says it received about a dozen special advance payments from suppliers that were awarded contracts.
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| 48. | In addition, Novation said it would rebid existing contracts when improved medical products became available.
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| 49. | The hospitals own Novation through its corporate parents, VHA Inc . and University HealthSystem Consortium.
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| 50. | In August and September, Premier and Novation came out with new codes of ethical conduct.
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