“Hospital Group Purchasing: Has the Market Become More Open to Competition?”

July 15, 2003

NOTICE OF SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING TIME CHANGE

The hearing on "Hospital Group Purchasing: Has the Market Become More Open to Competition?" scheduled by the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights for Wednesday, July 16, 2003, will begin at 11:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building, rather than the previously scheduled time of 2:30 p.m.

By order of the Chairman

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REVISED FINAL WITNESS LIST

Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary

United States Senate

Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights

on

"Hospital Group Purchasing: Has the Market Become More Open to Competition?"

Wednesday, July 16, 2003

11:00 a.m., 226 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Panel I

Mr. Mark McKenna

President

Novation

Irving, TX

Mr. Richard Norling

Chairman and CEO

Premier

San Diego, CA

Mr. Said Hilal

Chairman and CEO

Applied Medical Resources Corporation

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

Mr. Thomas Brown

Executive Vice President

BIOTRONIK, Inc.

Lake Oswego, OR

Mr. Gary Heiman

President and CEO

Standard Textile

Cincinnati, OH

Mr. Lynn James Everard

Hospital Purchasing Consultant

Coconut Creek, FL

Ms. Elizabeth Weatherman

Managing Director

Warburg Pincus, LLC

New York, NY