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GPO Headliners
2007 |
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Most of the nation’s
hospitals and a growing number of non-acute care
facilities use the services of group purchasing
organizations to some degree. While literally
hundreds of GPOs conduct business for their various
members and owners, many of those GPOs belong to one
of the larger “parent” organizations, which actually
represent a small percentage of the total number of
GPOs in operation today. Here’s a glimpse at the top
12 based on actual annual purchasing volume. |
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GPO Name |
2007 APV |
1. Novation LLC*
Irving, TX
www.novationco.com
Founded January 1998 |
$31.6B |
2. Premier Inc.
San Diego
www.premierinc.com
Founded January 1996 |
$28.9B |
3. MedAssets Supply Chain Systems
Atlanta
www.medassets.com
Founded 1999 |
$15.0B |
4. HealthTrust Purchasing Group
Nashville
www.healthtrustpg.com
Founded May 1999 |
$14.5B |
5. Broadlane Inc.*
Dallas
www.broadlane.com
Founded December 1999 |
$10.0B |
6. Amerinet Inc.
St. Louis
www.amerinet-gpo.com
Founded June 1986 |
$6.6B |
7. U.S. Department of Defense
(DOD)
Washington
www.dmmonline.dscp.dla.mil
www.va.gov/oa@mm/ |
$3.8B |
7. U.S. Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA)
Washington
www.va.gov/oa@mm/ |
$2.1B |
8. MAGNET Inc.*
Mechanicsburg, PA
www.magnetgroup.com
Founded 1979 |
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9. National Purchasing Alliance*
Knoxville, TN
www.npagpo.com
Founded January 1987 |
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10. Surgical Care
Affiliates*
Birmingham, AL
www.scasurgery.com |
$207.6M |
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1.
Novation is owned by VHA Inc. and University
HealthSystem Consortium. It's total includes
contracted purchasing volume for supplies and
services for VHA, UHC and Provista, formerly
HealthCare Purchasing Partners International LLC.
3. MedAssets' annual purchasing volume was derived
from the organization's initial public offering
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
5. Broadlane's annual purchasing volume was derived
from its Web site listing and used for the ranking.
7. The U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans
Affairs typically purchase products via the same
programs and suppliers so they are ranked together
but their annual purchasing volumes are listed
separately. The VA's volume was derived from a
report by the VA's Office of Inspector General.
8. MAGNET declined to disclose its annual purchasing
volume, due to its proprietary nature, but assisted
HPN in ranking itself based on the purchasing volume
of the nearest competitors. MAGNET offers the
nation’s largest capital equipment portfolio among
the top GPOs. Capital equipment represents 60
percent of its contract portfolio.
9. NPA declined to disclose its annual purchasing
volume, due to its proprietary nature, but assisted
HPN in ranking itself based on the purchasing volume
of the nearest competitors.
10. Surgical Care Affiliates funnels an additional
$45M through MedAssets. |
Source:
Healthcare Purchasing News research, October 2007 |
