Success Stories
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ASCEND program drives supply chain savings
- St. Anthony's supply chain director praises savings with ASCEND (Video)
- Premier’s ASCEND, MySpend help KY hospital drive needed supply chain savings
- St Louis hospital achieves one-third of $9M savings goal in first year with Premier
Contracts provide savings, meet member needs
- Ingalls Health System to save big after switching to Premier contracted supplier for hemostasis patches
- Fairview Health System, 22 affiliates save more than $1.1 million with group buys
- Kentucky hospital decreases supply costs $1.7 million even as services grow
- Pennsylvania hospital’s purchasing reorganization and access to contracts saves $700,000+
- Medical nutrition contracts (including enteral feeding formulas and devices) bring savings
- Chicago hospital’s “exact match savings” top $500,000
- Tele-RDs increase contract compliance at rural Washington hospital
Construction and facilities portfolios
Consultants help members achieve new successes
- Pharmacy execution validated; nearly $2M in potential savings
- Perinatal collaborative showing encouraging results at 16 hospitals
- Experts help TN IDN realize $2.7M in supply chain savings
- Tufts Medical Center identifies nearly $5 million in nonlabor savings in only 14 months
- Missouri integrated delivery system sets sights on top decile cardiovascular performance with top quartile costs
- SC medical center save $5 million with LaborConnect™ and performance partner
- NC health system eliminates $5.34 million in supply chain costs
- Baptist Healthcare System in Kentucky engagement identifies potential pharmacy savings
- Comprehensive consulting approach drives $4.5M in cardiology savings at MN hospital
Environmental efforts show dividends
Foodservice contracting and consulting
- Consultants help University of Louisville’s University Hospital improve quality and save big
- Foodservice program leads way toward healthier eating alternative
Formal collaboration spurs fast savings
- Yankee Alliance Cardiovascular Breakthrough Series savings top $4 million
- SSM Health Care hospital finds $2.3 million opportunity through enhanced revenue-supply chain cost link
- Mercy Iowa City’s Cath Lab saves $240,000+ in supply costs
- New physician dialogue helps Georgia hospitals save in orthopedics, neurosurgery
Incentives aligned with members drive savings
- Catholic Healthcare Partners saves $16.8 million
- Outsourcing supply chain executive helps align incentives for McLaren Health
Labor management programs help with efficient productivity
- Midwest IDN to save $2.6 million through improved human resource management
- Labor management program saves health system $5 million
- Catholic health system saves $125 million; performance partners play key role
- Kentucky Baptist hospitals reduce labor expense nearly $70 million
Regional collaboration enhances results
- Committee service prompts decision to expand affiliate program at JRMC
- Five-NC-hospital collaborative conducts successful first-ever joint board retreat
- National Capital Area Shared Services Increases affiliates after joining Premier
- Food product standardization savings soon to top $1 million
- South Carolina medical center expects year one savings of $1 million
- 55 hospitals in three states save $46 million through WNC Health Network
- Savings approach $7 million for Southern Premier Owners Group
- Yankee Alliance helps Anna Jaques Hospital achieve profitability after 7 years of losses
Spend management tools
- NC hospital saves $300,000 in just four months after installation
- The pharmacy at Florida’s Moffitt Cancer Center realizes monthly savings
- Kentucky healthcare system saves $1 million in first year
- North Carolina hospital saves $2+ million in first year
- Mississippi Baptist reduces supply chain expense by $10 million in one year
- Child Health Corporation of America owner hospitals save $4.5M
Supplier Diversity
Value analysis tool drives savings