Healthcare Group Purchasing Organizations continue to adapt and innovate in a changing healthcare marketplace
March 11, 2025 (Washington). The healthcare GPO industry is facing new challenges adjusting to developments in the healthcare supply chain, but the supply chain itself remains resilient, according to the Healthcare Group Purchasing Industry Initiative (HGPII) in its latest annual report released today. Hospitals, nursing homes, and other providers continue to access supplies and technology through negotiated contracts developed by GPOs, and the healthcare system utilizes these firms to share expertise and leverage savings according to HGPII analysts at ArentFox Schiff LLP.
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2022 HGPII Forum Highlights
Explore highlights from the 2022 HGPII Forum.
HGPII Details GPOs’ Efforts to Reduce Prices and Increase Transparency Amid Marketplace Challenges
The latest edition of a widely circulated annual survey of the national healthcare supply chain has found that healthcare group purchasing organizations (GPOs) are adhering to best business practices, and exploring innovative methods to address supply disruptions while promoting cost savings and quality.
A Message from HGPII Co-National Coordinator Byron Dorgan
GPOs, and the healthcare industry as a whole, are building on the foundation they laid during the pandemic to better bridge the gap between volatile marketplace demand and fulfillment. We are thrilled to see that GPOs have been largely successful in empowering healthcare providers with lower prices and better transparency, stopping at nothing short of […]
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Despite myriad challenges from COVID-19, The EPS team at Vizient has had a number of successes advancing human and environmental health: The biggest success in 2021 was the introduction of Vizient’s Environmentally Preferred Sourcing contract language. The new Environmentally Preferred Sourcing exhibit will be implemented in virtually all (96%) of medical/surgical product categories to encourage […]
