Premier : Healthcare: Supply chain management innovations now benefitting patients
March 31, 2016 at 02:26 pm EDT
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Forbes: Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) continue to be a dominant feature in healthcare's supply chain management landscape. And they are playing an increasingly significant role in the industry's progress, as several have evolved and diversified their services capabilities in ways that are now recognized as beneficial to patient outcomes. As evidenced in part by Premier's growth and public offering, the industry's largest GPOs not only continue to diversify, but they are consolidating right along with their members.
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Premier, Inc. is a healthcare improvement company uniting an alliance of approximately 4,350 United States hospitals and health systems and approximately 300,000 other providers and organizations. It operates through two segments: Supply Chain Services and Performance Services. The Supply Chain Services segment includes the Companyâs group purchasing organizations (GPO), supply chain co-management, purchased services, and direct sourcing activities. The Performance Services segment consists of three sub-brands, which include PINC AI, the Companyâs technology and services platform; Contigo Health, the Companyâs direct-to-employer business; and Remitra, the Companyâs digital invoicing and payables business. It delivers technology-enabled platform that offers critical supply chain services, clinical, financial, operational and value-based care software as a service (SaaS) as well as clinical and enterprise analytics licenses, consulting services, and third-party administrator services.
PREMIER, INC. 
