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 and integrated delivery
networks (IDNs) conduct business for their various
members - including owners, shareholders and
affiliates, many of them actually 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
9 of 10 based on annual purchasing volume. Please
note that MAGNET declined to participate in HPN’s
survey this year. HPN lists the top GPOs with a
minimum annual purchasing volume of $500 million and
are not shareholders or members in other GPOs.
3.
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 LLC.
6. PDM
Healthcare declined to disclose its annual
purchasing volume, due to its proprietary nature,
but assisted HPN in ranking itself based on an
unaudited analysis of the aggregate member
facilities budgeted-for goods and services. Since
1991, PDM Healthcare has provided services to all
classes of trade in the healthcare industry, with a
specialized focus on emerging markets.
7/8. The
U.S. Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense
typically purchase products via the same programs
and suppliers but HPN listed their annual purchasing
volumes independently and ranked them separately.
Source:
Healthcare Purchasing News research via GPO
self-reported data, October 2011
