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People, Places, Processes & Products that Influence the Supply Chain

GPO FACTS & FIGURES  

Largest Group Purchasing Organizations

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GPO Headliners 2007
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.
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
*
9. National Purchasing Alliance*
    Knoxville, TN
    www.npagpo.com
   Founded January 1987
*
10. Surgical Care Affiliates*
     Birmingham, AL
     www.scasurgery.com

$207.6M

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