Premier, Inc.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Premier, Inc. has announced new contracts with suppliers, which are available to its acute care and continuum of care members (unless otherwise noted). Below is a list of the agreements by effective date.

January 1, 2015

Biological Blood Plasma

  • Baxter Healthcare Corporation Bioscience Division of Deerfield, Illinois
  • Bio Products Laboratory (BPL) of Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Biotest Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Boca Raton, Florida
  • CSL Behring of King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania
  • Cangene bioPharma, Inc. doing business as Emergent BioSolutions of Berwyn, Pennsylvania
  • GrifolsUSA, LLC . of   Research Triangle Park, NC
  • Octapharma USA, Inc. of Hoboken, New Jersey

Enterprise Image Management Solutions

  • Agfa Healthcare Corporation of Greenville, South Carolina
  • Lumedx Corporation of Oakland, California

Laparoscopic Surgical Instruments

  • KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. of El Segundo, California

Regenerative Skin Grafting Products

  • ACell, Inc., a small business enterprise of Columbia, Maryland
  • Alliqua BioMedical of Langhorne, Pennsylvania
  • Derma Sciences, Inc. of Princeton, New Jersey
  • Medline Industries, Inc. of Mundelein, Illinois
  • MiMedx Group, Inc., a small business enterprise of Marietta, Georgia
  • Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, Inc. (MTF) of Edison, New Jersey

Surgical Instruments

  • KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. of El Segundo, California

February 1, 2015

Microscopes, Accessories, Parts and Service

  • Leica Microsystems, Inc. of Buffalo Grove, Illinois
  • Nikon Instruments, Inc. of Melville, New York
  • Olympus America, Inc. of Center Valley, Pennsylvania

March 1, 2015

Automated Endoscopic Reprocessors

  • EndoSafe Endoscopy Products, LLC of Kennesaw, Georgia
  • Medivators, Inc. of Minneapolis
  • STERIS Corporation of Mentor, Ohio

Blood Pressure Cuffs & Accessories

  • GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc. of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
  • Welch Allyn, Inc. of Skaneateles Falls, New York

Fetal Monitoring

  • Vital Signs, Inc. of San Diego, California
  • GE Healthcare of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
  • Philips Healthcare of Andover, Massachusetts

Invasive Cardiology Equipment

  • GE Healthcare of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
  • Philips Healthcare of Andover, Massachusetts

I.V. Robotics Preparation and Filling Devices

  • Aesynt Incorporated of Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania
  • Becton, Dickinson and Company of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey

Low Temperature Sterilization Products

  • Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems, Inc. of Piscataway, New Jersey
  • Steris Corporation of Mentor, Ohio

Non-invasive Cardiology Equipment

  • GE Healthcare of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
  • Mortara Instrument, Inc. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Vital Signs, Inc. of San Diego, California
  • Welch Allyn, Inc. of Skaneateles Falls, New York

Obstetrical Data Management Systems

  • GE Healthcare of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

 Physiological Monitoring Systems

  • Authentidate Holding Corp, a small business enterprise, of Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
  • CJPS Healthcare Supplies & Equipment, a minority-owned business of Scottsdale, Arizona
  • Dräger Medical, Inc. of Telford, Pennsylvania
  • GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Inc. of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
  • Vital Signs, Inc. of San Diego, California
  • Mindray DS USA, Inc. of Mahwah , New Jersey
  • Nihon Kohden America, Inc. of Irvine, California
  • Philips Healthcare of Bothell, Washington
  • Spacelabs Healthcare, LLC of Snoqualmie, Washington
  • Welch Allyn, Inc. of Skaneateles Falls, New York

Pulse Oximetry Devices

  • Covidien of Mansfield, Massachusetts
  • Masimo Americas of Irvine, California
  • Smiths Medical ASD, Inc. of Norwell, Massachusetts

Stainless Steel Equipment, Storage Systems and Mobile Carts

  • Blickman, Inc. of Clifton, New Jersey
  • Lakeside Manufacturing, Inc. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • MASS Medical Storage, LLC, a minority-owned business, of Lenexa, Kansas
  • Pedigo Products, Inc., a small business enterprise, of Vancouver, Washington

Steam Sterilizers

  • Belimed, Inc. of Charleston, South Carolina
  • Getinge USA, Inc. of Rochester, New York
  • STERIS Corporation of Mentor, Ohio

 Washers and Decontaminators

  • Belimed, Inc. of Charleston, South Carolina
  • Getinge USA, Inc. of Rochester, New York
  • STERIS Corporation of Mentor, Ohio

May 1, 2015

Airway Clearance Products

  • Electromed, Inc. of New Prague, Minnesota
  • Hill-Rom Company, Inc. of Batesville, Indiana
    • Hill-Rom is available to acute care and long-term care facilities only, unless agreed to on a case by case basis.

For January's contract announcements, click here.

About Premier, Inc. Premier, Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC) is a leading healthcare improvement company, uniting an alliance of approximately 3,400 U.S. hospitals and 110,000 other providers to transform healthcare. With integrated data and analytics, collaboratives, supply chain solutions, and advisory and other services, Premier enables better care and outcomes at a lower cost. Premier, a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient, plays a critical role in the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, collaborating with members to co-develop long-term innovations that reinvent and improve the way care is delivered to patients nationwide. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier is passionate about transforming American healthcare.www.premierinc.com; as well as Twitter,Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Foursquare  and Premier's blog for more information about the company. Contacts



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