Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with Premier’s New Custom Procedure Trays, Packs, and Gowns Contracts

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CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(EMWNews)–Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for

custom procedure trays (CPTs), packs, gowns and related products that

offer Premier members the option of capturing up-front price savings on

current CPT purchases as well as additional expense reductions through

utilization review, standardization and conversion opportunities.

Contracted suppliers – all incumbents –

include AVID Medical Inc. of Toana, Va.; Cardinal Health of Dublin,

Ohio; Medline Industries of Mundelein, Ill.; Total Pack Management, LLC,

of Detroit, a minority business enterprise; and WindStone Medical

Packaging Inc. of Billings, Mont., a small business enterprise.

“Our new custom pack agreements, effective

January 1, 2009, position Premier members well in front of competitors

in terms of cost and price per pack,” said

Michael Georgulis, Purchasing Partners’ vice

president of Sourcing.

“The agreements contain immediate

opportunities to begin significant cost savings –

six months before the new agreements are effective –

as a result of amendments to current agreements we were able to

negotiate with two of the suppliers,”

Georgulis explained. “We are especially

pleased with the agreements’ focus on

Web-based tools for component management and conversions from

non-contracted suppliers.”

According to Georgulis, the contracting process was guided by input from

a CPT Task Force assembled from representatives selected nationwide as

well as the Premier member Surgical Services Committee, which made the

final decisions.

“The new portfolio also includes limits on

price increases related to CPT component changes,”

he said. “The contract notification is well

in advance of the effective date of the new agreements, so our members

will have ample time to review current CPT utilization and fully

evaluate the comprehensive value offered in the new agreements.”

The 60-month agreements are available to acute care and continuum of

care members of the Premier healthcare alliance.

About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

recipient

Serving more than 2,000 U.S. hospitals and 53,000-plus other healthcare

sites, the Premier healthcare alliance and its members are transforming

healthcare together. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, Premier operates

one of the leading healthcare purchasing networks and the nation’s most

comprehensive repository of hospital clinical and financial information.

A subsidiary operates one of the nation’s largest policy-holder owned,

hospital professional liability risk-retention groups. A world leader in

helping healthcare providers deliver dramatic improvements in care,

Premier is working with the United Kingdom’s National Health Service

North West and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to improve

hospital performance. Headquartered in San Diego, Premier has offices in

Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Washington. For more information,

visit www.premierinc.com.

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