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GPO Information

Healthcare group purchasing organizations (GPOs) play an increasingly vital role in the U.S. healthcare industry.

GPOs help healthcare providers (such as hospitals, ambulatory care facilities, nursing homes and home health agencies) realize savings by aggregating purchasing volume and using that leverage to negotiate discounts with manufacturers, distributors and vendors. 

Read various GPO studies or about the positive difference Amerinet is making in the healthcare industry.

GAO Report on Lack of Pricing Transparency in the Medical Device Marketplace

Healthcare Supply Chain Association (HSCA) issues statement on GAO report and how device pricing secrecy may drive up costs for hospitals and Medicare.
Healthcare Supply Chain Association (HSCA)

Purdue Study Says GPOs Lower Costs for Providers


A study sponsored by Purdue University that used game theory has found that providers using GPOs experience lower total purchasing costs.
 

Published May 2011
Purdue University

Does Your GPO Deliver the Goods?


New survey finds hospitals are generally happy with their arrangements, but cite certain limitations.
 

Published July 2010
Hospitals & Health Networks (H&HN) ​​​

“I think it’s a misplaced emphasis for hospitals to take on the GPOs’ role. I think the GPOs actually serve a function, and we ought to let them serve that function.”

Dr. Lawton Burns
Nov/Dec 2008 issue of The Journal of Healthcare Contracting

 

 

 

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Learn more about
healthcare GPOs

> GPOsSaveMoney.org
> Health Industry Group Purchasing Association (HIGPA)
> Healthcare Group Purchasing Industry Initiative

 

 

 

 

Amerinet: Reducing healthcare costs. Improving healthcare quality.

As a leading national healthcare solutions organization (GPO), Amerinet collaborates with acute and non-acute care providers — hospitals, surgery centers, long-term care facilities, clinics and doctor offices — to create and deliver unique solutions through performance improvement resources, guidance and ongoing support. With better product standardization and utilization, new financial tools beyond contracting and alliances that help lower costs, raise revenue and champion quality, Amerinet enriches healthcare delivery for its members and the communities they serve.

Why Settle for Someone Else's Solution?

At Amerinet, we believe the only path that's right for your healthcare facility is the one designed only for you. We are here to help you create that path and then follow it confidently with the right mix of tools, guidance and ongoing support. We promise a commitment to listen, create and deliver what no other healthcare solutions organization will: An answer as original as each member we serve. In today's complex and ever-changing world of healthcare, there's no one recipe for success. But there is Amerinet.