Premier Announces New Supplier Agreements- October, November, December

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Premier Inc. has announced new group purchasing contracts with suppliers, which are available to its acute care, non-acute healthcare and non-healthcare members (unless otherwise noted). Below are the agreements by effective date.

Effective November 1, 2018

Neonatal Specialty Products

• NeoChild LLC, a woman-owned business enterprise

Surgical Endoscopy and Video Equipment – Rigid

• Zimmer Biomet

Surgical Hemostatic Products and Sealants

• Pfizer Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.

Ultrasound Gel

• Advance Medical Designs Inc.
• Cardinal Health 200 LLC
  • This agreement is available to select healthcare classes of trade.
• HR Pharmaceuticals Inc.
• National Therapy Products Inc.
• NEXT Medical Products Company LLC

Effective November 15, 2018

Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology Products

• Osprey Medical

Surgical Hemostatic Products and Sealants

• Davol Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.

Effective December 1, 2018

Medical and Surgical Products Distribution

• AxisCare Health Logistics Inc.

Effective January 1, 2019

Affiliate Physician Distribution Services

• McKesson Medical-Surgical Inc.
  • This agreement is available to physician and oncology centers who are listed as an affiliate on the membership roster and to members who previously purchased from distributor under prior agreement PS-AS-001.

Doors, Frames and Hardware

• ASSA ABLOY Sales and Marketing Group Inc.

Nasal Antiseptic and Decolonization Products

• 3M Company
  • This agreement is available to acute care and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• Medline Industries Inc.
  • This agreement is available to select acute care and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• PDI-Professional Disposables International
• SourceMark LLC, a minority-owned business enterprise

Purchasing Cards and Electronic Payables

• American Express Travel Related Services Company Inc.
• CPS Payment Services LLC
• PNC Bank, National Association
• U.S. Bank National Association

Specialty Distribution – Laboratory and/or Research Products

• Cardinal Health 200 LLC
  • This agreement is available to select acute care and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• Fisher HealthCare, a division of Fisher Scientific Company LLC
• McKesson Medical-Surgical Inc.
• Medline Industries

Effective February 1, 2019

Bedside Procedure Trays and Needles

• Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc.
  • This agreement is available to select U.S. healthcare providers located throughout the continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii.
• Becton Dickinson and Company together with its affiliates
  • This agreement is available to select U.S. healthcare providers located throughout the continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii.

Blood Bank Analyzers, Reagents, Consumables and Services

• Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc.
• Grifols Diagnostic Solutions Inc.
• Immucor Inc.
• Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc.
• Quotient Biodiganostics Inc., a small business enterprise

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Products

• Boston Scientific Corporation
• Olympus America Inc.
• STERIS Corporation
  • This agreement is available to acute care and non-acute healthcare facilities.

Instrument Containers

• Aesculap Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute care and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• CareFusion 2200 Inc.
  • This agreement is available to U.S. healthcare providers, not including retail pharmacies, retail and other contract research organizations.
• Case Medical Inc.
• Healthmark Industries Co. Inc., a small business enterprise
• Specialty Surgical Instrumentation dba Symmetry Surgical Inc.

Laparoscopic Surgical Instruments

• Aesculap Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• CareFusion 2200 Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• Integra LifeSciences LLC
• KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.

OR Lights and Booms

• Getinge USA Sales LLC
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• Skytron LLC, a small business enterprise
• STERIS Corporation
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• Stryker Sales Corporation, acting through Stryker Communications Inc.
• Hill-Rom Company Inc. dba Trumpf Medical
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.

OR Tables

• Getinge USA Sales LLC
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• Mizuho Orthopedic Systems Inc. dba Mizuho OSI
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• Skytron LLC, a small business enterprise
• STERIS Corporation
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• Hill-Rom Company Inc. dba Trumpf Medical
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.

Patient Prep Clippers and Blades

• Becton, Dickinson and Company together with its affiliates (BD/CareFusion)
  • This agreement is available to select acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.

Stainless Steel Equipment, Storage Systems and Mobile Carts

• STERIS Corporation
  • This agreement is available to acute care and non-acute healthcare facilities.

Surgical Instrument and Scope Repair

• STERIS Instrument Management Services Inc.
• Mobile Instrument Service and Repair Inc., a small business enterprise
• SVS LLC dba S2S Global

Surgical Instruments

• Aesculap Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• CareFusion 2200 Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• Integra LifeSciences LLC
• KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• Novo Surgical Inc., a minority-owned business enterprise
• Specialty Surgical Instruments Inc. dba Symmetry Surgical Inc.

Surgical Microscopes

• Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc.
• Leica Microsystems Inc.
• Olympus America Inc.

Suture Removal and Laceration Trays

• Cardinal Health
  • This agreement is available to select acute care and non-acute healthcare providers.
• LSL Industries Inc. dba LSL Healthcare Inc., a minority-owned business enterprise
• Medical Action Industries Inc.
• Medline Industries Inc.
  • This agreement is available to select acute care and non-acute healthcare providers.

Effective March 1, 2019

Closed Ventilation Suction

• Avanos Medical Sales LLC

General Urological Products

• Bard Medical Division, C.R. Bard Inc.

  
  

  • This agreement is available to acute healthcare and non-acute healthcare providers.
• Coloplast Corp.
  • This agreement is available to select healthcare classes of trade.
• Medline Industries Inc.
  • This agreement is available to select healthcare classes of trade.

Paint and Related Sundries

• Benjamin Moore & Co.
• National Paint Alliance LLC
• PPG Architectural Finishes Inc.

Patient Beds, Mattresses and Therapeutic Surfaces – Purchase

• Hill-Rom Company Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute care and long-term care facilities located throughout the contiguous U.S., Alaska and Hawaii.
• LINET Americas Inc.
• Stryker Sales Corporation, acting through its Medical Division

Patient Beds, Mattresses and Therapeutic Surfaces – Rental

• Arjo Inc.
• Midtown Investments LLC dba Custom Medical Solutions
• Freedom Medical Inc.
• Hill-Rom Company Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute care and long-term care facilities located throughout the contiguous U.S., Alaska and Hawaii.
• Sizewise Rentals LLC
• Universal Hospital Services Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute care and non-acute healthcare providers.

Regional Anesthesia Trays and Supplies

• B. Braun Medical Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• Medline Industries Inc.
  • This agreement is available to select acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• Smiths Medical ASD Inc.

Stretchers

• Hill-Rom Company Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute care and long-term care facilities located throughout the contiguous U.S., Alaska and Hawaii.
• Stryker Sales Corporation, acting through its Medical Division

Effective April 1, 2019

Chemistry and Immunochemistry Analyzers, Reagents, Consumables and Service

• Abbott Laboratories Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute care and free-standing labs.
• Beckman Coulter Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute care and free-standing labs.
• HORIBA Instruments Incorporated dba HORIBA Medical
  • This agreement is available to acute care and free-standing labs.
• Roche Diagnostics Corporation
  • This agreement is available to acute care and free-standing labs.
• Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute care and free-standing labs.

Clinical Headwalls

• Amico Corporation
• Hospital Systems Inc., a woman-owned business enterprise
• WittRock Healthcare LLC

Cribs, Bassinets, Youth Beds and Related Products

• Atom Medical USA LLC
• HARD Manufacturing Co. Inc.
• Novum Medical Products of NY LLC, a small business enterprise

Equipment Leasing and Financial Services

• First Financial Corporation Leasing LLC dba First Financial Healthcare

Environmental and Facility Management Services

• Aramark Uniform Services, a division of Aramark Uniform and Career Apparel LLC
• Compass One Healthcare
  • This agreement is available to acute care providers and their owned, leased, managed or affiliated entities.
• Facility Source LLC
• G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• Linen Systems for Healthcare LLC dba MEDtegrity
• Sodexo Operations LLC
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities and durable medical equipment suppliers.

Glucose Management

• ARKRAY USA Inc.
• Azer Scientific, a small business enterprise
• HTL-STREFA
• MHC Medical Products LLC
• Omnis Health, a small business enterprise

OR Equipment Drapes

• Advance Medical Designs Inc., a small business enterprise
• Ecolab Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute care and surgery center classes of trade listed on the Premier membership roster.
• Premier Guard LLC, a small business enterprise
• TIDI Products LLC

Point of Care Blood Gas and Additional Tests

• Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.

Surgical Patient Prep Products

• 3M Company
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD/CareFusion)
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities

Effective May 1, 2019

Disposable Wound Protection Retractors

• Applied Medical Distribution Corporation
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities

Conveying Systems: Elevators, Escalators and Other Products and Services

• KONE Inc.
• OTIS Elevator Company
• ThyssenKrupp Elevator

Exam Gloves

• Ansell Healthcare Products LLC
• Cardinal Health 200 LLC
  • This agreement is available to select healthcare classes of trade.
• O&M Halyard Inc
• Innovative Healthcare Corporation (IHC)
• Medgluv Inc
• Medline Industries Inc
  • This agreement is available to select healthcare classes of trade.
• S2S Global
• Sempermed USA Inc
• Tronex International Inc

Equipment Recycling and E-waste Management

• Cascade Asset Management LLC, a minority-owned business enterprise
• Centurion Service Group LLC, a small business enterprise
• Healthcare Asset Network dba HANDLE
• Information System Resources (ISR)
• Tekyard LLC, a minority-owned business enterprise
• Wistron GreenTech (Texas) Corporation

Orthopedic Power Tools and Accessories

• Brasseler USA Medical LLC
• CONMED Corporation dba CONMED Linvatec
• Stryker Sales Corporation, acting through its Instruments Division
• Zimmer US Inc. dba Zimmer Biomet

Polysomnography, Neurological Equipment and Accessories

• Ambu Inc.
• Evoke Neuroscience Inc.
• Nihon Kohden America Inc.
• Vyaire Medical Inc.
  • This agreement is available to healthcare providers located in the continental U.S., Alaska and Hawaii. Retail pharmacies, other retail and contract research organizations (CROs) are excluded.

Surgeon Gloves

• Cardinal Health 200 LLC
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• Innovative Healthcare Corporation (IHC), a veteran-owned business enterprise
• Medline Industries Inc.
  • This agreement is available to acute and non-acute healthcare facilities.
• Molnlycke Health Care
• S2S Global

Wall Art and Mirrors

• Great American Art, a woman-owned business enterprise
• Phoenix Textile Corporation, a woman-owned business enterprise
• RAO Contract Sales Inc.
• Signature Frameworks LLC dba The Ambiance Group