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