Next generation of the Premier healthcare alliance's QUEST collaborative focuses on patient experience, reform, and reducing harm, readmissions

CHARLOTTE, N.C. AND WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 6, 2012) – The Premier healthcare alliance's QUEST^®: High Performing Hospitals collaborative has expanded from 157 charter members to include 293 hospitals across 40 states, an 87 percent increase in participation since the project began.

Premier healthcare alliance and Verisk Health join forces to help hospitals and health systems better assess quality, utilization and cost of care

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (February 2, 2012) – The Premier healthcare alliance and Verisk Health, a leader in risk management solutions to the global healthcare industry, have joined forces to offer data solutions to help hospitals and health systems better define, measure and improve the health of their communities.

New Jersey primary care clinic chosen by the Premier healthcare alliance for serving complex, high-needs patients

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (February 1, 2012) – AtlantiCare Special Care Center (SCC) has been honored by the Premier healthcare alliance with the 20th annual Monroe E. Trout Premier Cares Award for providing high-quality, innovative primary care service to chronically ill patients.

Three Dallas hospitals partner with the Premier healthcare alliance to adopt a new supply chain metric, collaborate to exceed expense reduction goals

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (January 25, 2012) – Methodist Health System of Dallas has saved more than $6.5 million through a risk sharing partnership with the Premier healthcare alliance.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (January 23, 2012) – The Premier healthcare alliance is accepting applications for the third wave of its QUEST^® Comparative Effectiveness & Innovation Program (QCEIP). Suppliers volunteer to participate in the program to evaluate products and clinical interventions in real-world settings at Premier member hospitals.

Hospitals establish proven standards of care that outpace national averages to bend the cost curve and improve healthcare quality

CHARLOTTE, N.C., AND WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 18, 2012) – In three years, 157 hospitals participating in the Premier healthcare alliance's QUEST^®: High Performing Hospitals national collaborative have saved an estimated 24,820 lives and reduced healthcare spending by nearly $4.5 billion.

January 12, 2012

The Premier healthcare alliance strongly opposes MedPAC's recommendation to level payment for evaluation and management (E&M) services across sites. Even though MedPAC moderated its draft recommendation, we are extremely concerned about the impact this proposal will have on all hospitals, but especially those that serve as a safety net for vulnerable Medicare beneficiaries, as well as integrated health systems and academic medical centers. If adopted, this recommendation will significantly stall movement toward health system integration and coordination of care, which represent the main approach for reducing costs and improving quality without harming access for patients.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (January 10, 2012) – Healthcare experts from the Premier healthcare alliance will address the importance of integrating healthcare information technology (HIT), connecting labor with quality and adopting effective unique device identifiers this month.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (January 4, 2012) – The Premier healthcare alliance board of directors has appointed 10 top U.S. hospital and health system leaders to a pair of stockholder committees. The committees help lead the alliance's more than 2,500 hospitals and 80,000-plus other sites in efforts to transform and improve healthcare.

December 19, 2011

The Premier healthcare alliance congratulates member organizations Banner Health, Fairview Health Services, Park Nicollet Health Services, Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Steward Health Care System and Sharp HealthCare for their selection and decision to participate in the Pioneer accountable care program. These organizations are true leaders fostering the movement toward team-based, coordinated care. This alternative to the Medicare shared savings program will provide an advanced on-ramp to those systems that are well on their way to full continuum accountable care, while reinforcing the alternative payment arrangements they already have in place with private payors.

Board also appoints new vice chair, two new members to help lead the alliance's 2,500 hospitals and 80,000-plus other healthcare sites

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (December 15, 2011) – Geisinger Health System President and CEO Glenn D. Steele Jr., MD, PhD, has been named chairman of the board of directors for the Premier healthcare alliance.

December 15, 2011

The Premier healthcare alliance commends the Generic Pharmaceutical Association (GPhA) for implementing the Accelerated Recovery Initiative, a private sector solution that could greatly help mitigate or prevent potential drug shortages. This is a highly innovative approach to ensuring a continuous, uninterrupted supply of medications. Moreover, we believe this is an essential first step to ensure safe and effective care for sick patients, and we are hopeful this solution will maintain or increase market competition.

December 15, 2011

Members of the Premier healthcare alliance applaud CMS for releasing regulations requiring greater transparency and public reporting of manufacturers' payments of value to physicians and teaching hospitals.

December 15, 2011

The Premier healthcare alliance is disappointed that the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is considering two proposals that would put hospital care in jeopardy. With hospital Medicare margins projected at -7.0 in 2012 and more reimbursement and sequestration cuts ahead, hospitals are already operating under tremendous financial challenges. A full marketbasket update is a minimum step to ensure that hospitals have the financial resources needed to continue providing highest quality patient care, while serving as a significant source of employment in their communities.

November 21, 2011

While we are disappointed that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the Joint Committee) has moved into the sequestration process, members of the Premier healthcare alliance continue to believe that practical solutions can be implemented that will greatly improve healthcare quality, while simultaneously reducing costs for payors, providers and patients.

Fifteen Premier healthcare alliance hospitals, health systems achieve significant savings using quality and safety solutions

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (November 17, 2011) – Fifteen hospitals and health systems have saved more than $1.1 million with Premier Insurance Management Services Inc. (PIMS) on their hospital professional liability insurance premiums.

Premier's QualityAdvisor solution helps reduce HACs, mortality, readmissions and costs while addressing physician practice evaluation

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (November 14, 2011) – Adventist Health System, the largest not-for-profit Protestant healthcare provider in the nation, will help support care delivery across 10 states with clinical data from the Premier healthcare alliance.

Premier healthcare alliance's Economic Outlook shows providers interested in lower-cost device alternatives demonstrating equal or better clinical outcomes to brand-name products

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (November 10, 2011) – An analysis of costs for 12 orthopedic and cardiac case categories shows 323 hospitals are losing $1.82 billion annually due to shortfalls in Medicare reimbursement. This represents 30 percent of the overall cost across these categories.

Medicare, Premier healthcare alliance HQID project served as test-bed for bipartisan provision in reform law

• Over six years, participants:

  • Improved quality scores by an average of 18.6 percent while outperforming non-participants

  • Saved an estimated 8,500 heart attack patients

  • Administered more than 960,000 additional evidence-based measures to 2.7 million patients

  • Received $60 million in Medicare awards

• 211 hospitals received 1,343 awards in Year 6 for quality improvement, overall performance

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (November 8, 2011) – Results from six years of the nation's largest hospital value-based purchasing (VBP) demonstration show annual improvements in patient outcomes across six high volume clinical areas.

Largest healthcare provider in Hawaii now member of the Premier healthcare alliance's PACT collaborative to improve community health overall

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (November 4, 2011) – Hawaii Pacific Health has joined the Premier healthcare alliance's PACT™ (Partnership for Care Transformation) collaborative to build the necessary capabilities that are required under the final Medicare shared savings rule. PACT works to eliminate waste, improve quality, and promote health and wellness across the continuum.

October 31, 2011

The Premier healthcare alliance commends President Obama and his administration for taking action to help further reduce and prevent drug shortages and subsequent price gouging that is challenging our nation's providers to effectively care for patients and control costs.

Premier ranks 22 overall, 3 for large companies; 24 members also make annual list

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (October 27, 2011) – Modern Healthcare magazine has named the Premier healthcare alliance to its fourth annual list of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare for the third year in a row.

September 2011 edition of the Premier healthcare alliance's Economic Outlook also features insights from industry experts on comparative effectiveness, medical device transparency

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (October 25, 2011) – Uncertainty about macroeconomic conditions and the potential impact of health reform could be leading to more conservative health system capital budget expenditures, according to a survey published in the Premier healthcare alliance's September 2011 Economic Outlook.

October 20, 2011

The Premier healthcare alliance supports CMS in its efforts to develop people-centered, sensible regulations for accountable care organizations (ACOs). This new model of care delivery represents one of our best hopes for overcoming fragmentation in care delivery. In forming ACOs, we believe we will achieve greater clinical integration and collaboration among doctors, hospitals and other care providers, and foster alignment of accountable care principles across public and private payors. The end result will be better, safer and more convenient care delivered at a lower cost for the benefit of healthcare consumers nationwide.

Practice Greenhealth's Greening the Supply Chain™ initiative provides a common set of tools for purchasers, suppliers and manufacturers to drive competition for a greener market

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (October 13, 2011) – The Premier healthcare alliance has endorsed Practice Greenhealth's (PGH) Greening the Supply Chain initiative and its industry standard tool for medical product procurement.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. and HOUSTON (October 12, 2011) – The Premier healthcare alliance has partnered with Encore Health Resources to help health systems define the technology requirements, priorities and resources needed as they move toward clinically integrated, coordinated care delivery.

Boulder Community Hospital, new member of Premier healthcare alliance QUEST collaborative, working to improve patient experience and reduce mortality, infections and costs

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (October 10, 2011) – Boulder Community Hospital has joined more than 270 hospitals across the nation working to improve care delivery in the Premier healthcare alliance QUEST^®: High Performing Hospitals collaborative.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (October 4, 2011) – The Premier healthcare alliance is hosting a new webinar series that addresses six key evidence-based metrics for healthcare performance improvement.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (September 23, 2011) – Testimony of Mike Alkire, chief operating officer, Premier healthcare alliance, on "Examining the Increase in Drug Shortages" before the Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, U.S. House of Representatives.

Missouri health system uses the Premier healthcare alliance's energy task force and environmental scorecard for support

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (September 21, 2011) – Heartland Health has saved 15,300 trees, 342,400 gallons of oil and 2,703 cubic yards of landfill space while reducing its energy costs with greener practices and support from the Premier healthcare alliance.

Premier ranks 59 for PhysicianFocus interactive technology linking physicians and health systems for performance improvement

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (September 15, 2011) – The Premier healthcare alliance and 15 of its more than 2,500 members have been named to the 2011 InformationWeek 500, a list of the top technology innovators in the nation. Premier was ranked 59 on the list, up from 72 last year, and 10th in the healthcare industry.

Marquette General Health System, a new owner of the Premier healthcare alliance, participates in collaboratives, compares performance using nation’s largest clinical, financial and operational database

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (September 12, 2011) – Marquette General Health System of Marquette, Mich., has joined the Premier healthcare alliance, consisting of more than 2,500 hospitals and 76,000 other healthcare sites, to improve care delivery.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (September 1, 2011) – Premier healthcare alliance experts will speak around the country addressing integrated care, reform and supply chain innovation in September.

8/25/11

In comments filed today on the Outpatient Prospective Payment (OPPS) Proposed Rule, the Premier healthcare alliance argues that CMS is inappropriately putting reimbursements at risk by fudging statutory requirements to post value-based purchasing (VBP) measures for at least one year prior to the performance period.

Illinois health system uses pharmaceutical resources more appropriately with Premier healthcare alliance support

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (August 24, 2011) – Alexian Brothers Health System of Arlington Heights, Ill., has saved more than $1 million and improved the quality of care system-wide through an antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) developed in conjunction with the Premier healthcare alliance.

8/23/11

Members of the Premier healthcare alliance commend the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for new bundled payment programs aimed at fostering the movement toward team-based, coordinated care.

1,745 unsolicited sales offers collected from "gray market" vendors, analysis shows average offered mark-up of 650 percent for drugs needed to treat critically ill patients

Recommendations created to help providers make safe, reliable purchases

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (August 16, 2011) – As healthcare providers deal with record rates of drug shortages, some "gray market" vendors are putting profits ahead of patients, offering drugs desperately needed at exorbitant price mark-ups. And in certain cases, the drugs being offered may be counterfeit, stolen, ineffective or unsafe.

Savings achieved without sacrifices to quality using scaled, data-driven analytics in categories ranging from drug eluting stents to parking management; participants also benefit from sharing and implementing best practices

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (August 15, 2011) – Hospitals participating in the Premier healthcare alliance's ASCEND^® (Accelerated Supply Chain Endeavor) program saved more than $56 million in two years.

Premier contracts, aggregation opportunities and spend management technology help Mount Sinai Medical Center reduce supply expense per adjusted admission by 7 percent

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (August 10, 2011) – Mount Sinai Medical Center of Miami Beach, South Florida's largest private independent not-for-profit teaching hospital, saved $1.76 million in 2010 through its partnership with the Premier healthcare alliance.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (August 9, 2011) – More than 250 healthcare experts from across the nation, recently convened to share proven strategies and best practices to prevent harm, and reduce readmissions and costs while providing the best patient experience.

8/1/11

The Premier healthcare alliance applauds the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' decision to reduce its prospective documentation and coding adjustment from 3.15 to 2 percent in fiscal year 2012, as detailed in the Inpatient Prospective Payment (IPPS) final rule. However, we continue to believe that this adjustment methodology is flawed.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (August 1, 2011) – Baptist Health South Florida of Coral Gables, Fla., has saved more than $5 million using the Premier healthcare alliance's spend management tool.

Premier healthcare alliance releases first detailed financial report on accountable care for shared savings program options

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (July 27, 2011) – Today the Premier healthcare alliance released the first detailed financial analysis of accountable care in a report analyzing the risks and opportunities associated with each Medicare shared savings program.

Supply Mix Index™ integrates clinical and supply cost data from 700+ facilities to calculate a Supply Mix Index figure for any acute care organization in the U.S.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (July 25, 2011) – Members of the Premier healthcare alliance are identifying supply savings opportunities through a value-added Supply Mix Index methodology, which combines clinical and supply cost data from more than 700 hospitals.

Members of the Premier healthcare alliance program use data-driven analytics that properly scale improvement opportunities to achieve savings without sacrificing quality of care

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (July 21, 2011) – Five hospitals participating in the Premier healthcare alliance's ASCEND^® (Accelerated Supply Chain Endeavor) program have been honored with the inaugural 2011 ASCEND Peak Performance award.

Premier's group buy program delivers value through coordinated, volume-driven purchasing opportunities

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (July 13, 2011) – The Premier healthcare alliance today announced that a group buy for energy conservation and management featuring solutions from General Electric of Fairfield, Conn., is now available. The group buy supports energy efficiency efforts to lower costs, consumption and carbon footprint.

7/12/11

Members of the Premier healthcare alliance commend the American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP) for drawing greater public attention to the increasingly problematic issue of drug shortages in the healthcare supply chain.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (June 29, 2011) – The Premier healthcare alliance has promoted Mike Alkire to the position of chief operating officer (COO), effective immediately.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (June 27, 2011) – The Premier healthcare alliance recognized the winners of its sixth annual awards for suppliers exceeding operational and quality expectations at its 2011 Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition in Nashville, Tenn., on June 15.

More than 200 hospitals, health systems and suppliers recognized for cost and quality improvements, operational excellence, innovation and a dedication to diversity

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (June 23, 2011) – Addressing 4,000 healthcare professionals at the Premier healthcare alliance's 2011 Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition, Premier President and CEO Susan DeVore suggested that the best way to "future-proof" healthcare delivery is a re-crafted system of care delivery that is increasingly scaled, integrated, efficient and patient-centered.

Four hospitals are winners of the Premier 2011 AEIX Risk Management Award

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (June 22, 2011) – Premier Insurance Management Services Inc. (PIMS) of the Premier healthcare alliance has awarded four alliance member hospitals with its annual American Excess Insurance Exchange (AEIX) Risk Management Award.

Detroit Medical Center and Print Media Corporation are winners of the 2011 Premier Diversity Award

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (June 21, 2011) – Detroit Medical Center of Detroit and Print Media Corporation of Miami have been recognized by the Premier healthcare alliance for purchasing goods and services from diverse suppliers, and developing procurement strategies aligned with their communities.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (June 20, 2011) – Forty leading hospitals and health systems have been recognized by the Premier healthcare alliance as winners of its fifth annual Supply Chain Excellence and Innovation Awards for superior performance.

Premier's group buy program delivers value through coordinated, volume driven purchasing opportunities

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (June 17, 2011) – The Premier healthcare alliance today announced that a new group buy for wind turbines is available with Southwest Windpower of Flagstaff, Ariz. The group buy supports wind energy, the nation's fastest growing source of energy.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (June 15, 2011) – Six of the nation's top hospitals will be honored tonight for their achievements in delivering high-value healthcare as a part of the Premier healthcare alliance QUEST^®: High Performing Hospitals collaborative.

PhysicianFocus combines intuitive access with industry's richest data, linking physicians and integrated care delivery systems to drive higher performance levels

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (June 14, 2011) – Premier has released its latest technology to support the industry's quest to transform healthcare. PhysicianFocus™ will be used by both practicing physicians and physician leaders to demonstrate value and identify opportunities for performance improvement.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (June 13, 2011) – Eighteen new medical innovations will be featured during a national program focusing on innovation and performance improvement in healthcare.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (June 9, 2011) – A new Premier healthcare alliance program will debut market-shifting clinical procedures, diagnostic practices and therapeutic interventions that offer significant quality improvement and cost savings.

The AEIX program, managed by Premier Insurance Management Services Inc., has been in business for 21 years

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (June 7, 2011) – American Excess Insurance Exchange (AEIX), RRG achieved 100 percent renewal retention for the sixth year in a row.

The AEIX program helps health systems reduce the long-term cost and volatility of excess liability insurance, while ensuring availability and access to coverage

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (June 2, 2011) – American Excess Insurance Exchange (AEIX), Risk Retention Group has been ranked among the top 10 best performing midsized commercial insurance companies of 2010 by SNL Financial.

The AEIX program, managed by Premier Insurance Management Services Inc., has returned more than $130 million to participants since inception

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 25, 2011) – On June 1, the American Excess Insurance Exchange (AEIX), Risk Retention Group will distribute a surplus of more than $29 million to 16 of its owner health systems that are members of the Premier healthcare alliance.

Premier's Catholic Contracting Group contracts help Skagit Valley Hospital identify potential annual savings of more than $2 million, a 13 percent reduction in spend

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 23, 2011) – Skagit Valley Hospital of Mount Vernon, Wash., saved more than $1 million by joining the Premier healthcare alliance.

Premier consulting, Craneware software help optimize reimbursement, compliance, efficiency

CHARLOTTE, N.C. and ATLANTA (May 17, 2011) – Wilson Medical Center, an owner of the Premier healthcare alliance, has expanded its Premier relationship by choosing Craneware Revenue Integrity Solutions™ to help prepare for the financial implications of health reform, which could reduce reimbursement by as much as 10 percent for some hospitals.

Advanced Hospital Care program is the nation's first statewide partnership between a health plan and hospitals to measure patient care

HONOLULU, HAWAII and CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 12, 2011) – The Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) has partnered with its statewide network of hospitals and the Premier healthcare alliance on Advanced Hospital Care, a new initiative to improve quality and reduce costs for residents of Hawaii.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 9, 2011) – Experts from the Premier healthcare alliance will address pressing issues such as health reform, accountable care organizations (ACOs) and healthcare information technology (HIT) around the country in May.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 3, 2011) – The Premier healthcare alliance and Biotronik Inc. USA today announced new savings opportunities for cardiac rhythm management (CRM) devices.

Virginia health system to participate in QUEST collaborative with support from programs to reduce harm, readmissions, length-of-stay, mortality, complications and costs

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 2, 2011) – Valley Health of Winchester, Va., has joined a trio of Premier healthcare alliance performance improvement initiatives that address health reform implications while driving quality and cost improvements.

Premier healthcare alliance, Safe Injection Practices Coalition convene open meeting to focus on solutions to enhance patient safety  

Premier's OperationsAdvisor to help clinical top performer peer groups improve efficiency, increase employee and patient satisfaction, identify improvement opportunities

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (April 26, 2011) – The Premier healthcare alliance has enhanced its OperationsAdvisor^® labor productivity and supply management product. The product will help top performing hospital peer groups cost-effectively improve clinical and operational performance.

National Premier healthcare alliance collaborative stresses consistent, accurate and timely diagnosis to improve treatment outcomes for ED patients presenting with chest and abdominal pain

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (April 13, 2011) – To improve safety, efficiencies and patient satisfaction in the emergency department (ED), hospitals have partnered with the Premier healthcare alliance on a two-year national collaborative.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (April 12, 2011) – Experts from the Premier healthcare alliance will speak around the country in April discussing health reform, healthcare information technology (HIT), accountable care organizations (ACOs) and supply chain improvement.

New pharmacy benefit management program provides transparent model for lowering overall drug costs, improving performance and quality with hospital-specific solutions for prescription drug benefit plans

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (April 7, 2011) – The Premier healthcare alliance has partnered with MedImpact Healthcare Systems Inc., a San Diego-based pharmacy benefit manager (PBM), to co-develop a program that helps hospitals and their benefit plan participants better manage the costs and quality of prescription drugs while delivering exceptional service.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (April 1, 2011) – More than 600 employees from the Premier healthcare alliance donated over 2,400 hours of community service on March 31 at 18 locations across the Charlotte region.

Nearly 90 percent of survey respondents recently experienced a drug shortage that may have caused a medication safety issue; majority of drugs expected to remain in short supply in 2011

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 28, 2011) – Prescription drug shortages are increasing healthcare costs while challenging providers in properly caring for patients, according to an analysis released today. These drug shortages increase the risk to patients due to the introduction and use of unfamiliar drugs to work around the shortages.

Silicon Valley hospital to align with more than 2,500 healthcare providers, use performance improvement technologies, products and services

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 24, 2011) – El Camino Hospital of Mountain View, Calif., has expanded its relationship with the Premier healthcare alliance to access products, services and programs that will significantly reduce costs while supporting continuous improvements in clinical quality and patient safety.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 22, 2011) – More than 130 chief nursing officers (CNOs) nationwide have joined a network dedicated to improving quality, safety, and efficiency while addressing the expanding role of CNOs to help healthcare organizations effectively relate to the consumers of care in their communities.

Premier and alliance owner Baptist Health South Florida recognized for exceptional ethical leadership

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 21, 2011) – The Premier healthcare alliance has been named one of the Ethisphere Institute's 2011 World's Most Ethical Companies for the fourth year in a row. Ethisphere selected Premier from a record number of applicants across the globe.

Record savings achieved through participation in collaborative programs, use of solutions combining clinical, supply chain and operational data to enhance performance

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 16, 2011) – By providing higher quality, more cost-effective care, hospitals and health system members of the Premier healthcare alliance achieved a record combined member-validated savings of nearly $1.4 billion in its fiscal 2010.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 14, 2011) – In March, experts from the Premier healthcare alliance will speak around the country discussing health reform, accountable care organizations (ACOs) and supply chain improvement.

Murray-Calloway County Hospital benefits from Premier healthcare alliance discounts, performance improvement solutions

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 10, 2011) – Murray-Calloway County Hospital (MCCH) has saved more than $100,000 on its hospital professional liability insurance for the next year. The 152-bed, not-for-profit hospital based in Murray, Ky., achieved these savings because of special incentives negotiated by Premier Insurance Management Services Inc. (PIMS), a for-profit corporation wholly owned by the Premier healthcare alliance.

Premier's Accountable Care Implementation Collaborative will use tool to determine how quickly to transition to the ACO, which populations should be targeted and how to structure shared savings arrangements

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 7, 2011) – Experts from 28 of the nation's leading health systems developed a comprehensive financial modeling tool to assess the economic impact associated with a system-wide transition to accountable care.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 3, 2011) – The Premier healthcare alliance has created a new tool to help hospitals and health systems assess the potential impact of value-based purchasing (VBP).

The Premier healthcare alliance releases white paper on Geisinger's success with investments in energy management

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 1, 2011) – Energy efficient initiatives including reducing greenhouse gas emissions and water use, and maintaining green construction practices help Geisinger Health System of Danville, Pa., save more than $6.3 million annually.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (February 18, 2011) – Experts from 28 of the nation's leading health systems have developed an industry standard information management capability road map for coordinating accountable care.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 16, 2011) – Healthcare experts, legislators and members of the Premier healthcare alliance learned on February 16 how 157 hospitals saved 22,000 lives and $2 billion in one year, and what could be achieved if the other 4,000 followed suit.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (February 16, 2011) – The Premier healthcare alliance board of directors has named leaders from five top U.S. not-for-profit hospitals and health systems to a pair of stockholder committees that provide strategic oversight to the alliance.

Inaugural Premier healthcare alliance Excellence Award recognizes a health system using collaboration to lead 2,400 hospitals toward transforming healthcare

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (February 15, 2011) – The Premier healthcare alliance has launched the second wave of a voluntary program evaluating products and clinical interventions in real-world settings at Premier member hospitals.

Inaugural Premier healthcare alliance Excellence Award recognizes a health system using collaboration to lead 2,400 hospitals toward transforming healthcare

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (February 10, 2011) – Bon Secours Health System Inc. has been recognized by a national healthcare performance improvement alliance for its commitment to excellence and leadership in providing high quality, efficient care. The Marriottsville, Md., health system received the inaugural Premier healthcare alliance Excellence Award on February 1 during Premier's annual Governance Education Conference in Hollywood, Fla.

Illinois hospital to align with more than 2,400 healthcare providers, use integrated data to make clinical and supply chain improvements

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (February 9, 2011) – Edward Hospital & Health Services has saved more than $1 million by joining the Premier healthcare alliance. The full-service, regional healthcare provider based in Naperville, Ill., is also participating in programs to provide high-quality, cost-effective care.

45 Premier healthcare alliance hospitals, health systems share Excess Workers' Compensation profits

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (February 3, 2011) – Premier Insurance Management Services Inc. (PIMS) has returned $2,282,544 in experience credit payments to 45 Premier healthcare alliance member hospitals and health systems that participate in its Excess Workers' Compensation sponsored insurance program.

MemoryCare™ selected as 2011 Monroe E. Trout Premier Cares Award winner

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (February 2, 2011) – MemoryCare of Asheville, N.C., has been honored by the Premier healthcare alliance with the 19th annual Monroe E. Trout Premier Cares Award for helping families successfully care for their loved ones with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.

The Premier healthcare alliance's SafetyConnect program helps S.C. health system automatically upload data to the CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (January 31, 2011) – By eliminating piles of paper, McLeod Health is now able to more effectively monitor clinical data and reduce infections with the help of the Premier healthcare alliance's SafetyConnect™ program.

Premier healthcare alliance AEIX members benefit from insurance cost control, risk management programs to reduce harm

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (January 26, 2011) – Kettering Health Network, has joined the Premier healthcare alliance's American Excess Insurance Exchange (AEIX), Risk Retention Group.

22 hospitals and health systems share Fidelity & Fiduciary Liability profits

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (January 25, 2011) – Premier Insurance Management Services Inc. (PIMS) has returned $130,685 in experience credit payments to 22 Premier healthcare alliance member hospitals and health systems that participated in the PIMS Fidelity and Fiduciary Liability sponsored insurance program.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (January 24, 2011) – Experts from the Premier healthcare alliance will speak around the country in January and February discussing health reform, accountable care organizations (ACOs) and healthcare industry trends.

U.S. Communities provides resources and solutions to local and state agencies, school districts, higher education institutes and nonprofits

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (January 19, 2011) – More than 45,000 government and nonprofit agencies now have the opportunity to enroll in the Premier healthcare alliance's foodservice program that aims to improve community health and wellness while reducing costs.

Participants in Premier healthcare alliance GLN Transaction Program preparing for adoption of supply chain standards to meet industry sunrise date

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (January 10, 2011) – Participants in the second wave of a Premier healthcare alliance program are providing the industry with a blueprint for how data standardization can improve the quality, safety and cost-effectiveness of care.

Industry-first data sharing model among hospitals, doctors and outpatient clinics to support accountable care and performance improvements

ARMONK, N.Y. AND CHARLOTTE, N.C. (January 6, 2011) – IBM (NYSE:IBM) and the Premier healthcare alliance today announced plans to integrate health information from across hospitals and other healthcare sites. More than 2,400 hospitals and thousands of other healthcare sites will benefit from this model to help improve clinical outcomes, reduce waste and prepare for new methods of delivering care required by health reform.

PharmacyConnect^® uses data and knowledge sharing to improve the cost-effectiveness, quality and safety of care

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (January 5, 2011) – Pharmaceuticals are among the largest expense hospitals undertake today and these expenses are rising quickly. Members of the Premier healthcare alliance can now access a new dashboard to address pharmacy supply spending opportunities, trends and analysis.

Pharmacy supply chain leaders are now able to easily view key performance indicators that quickly measure pharmacy supply chain purchases to see how much they are spending and where, as well as opportunities for improvement.