November 1, 2021 – Pipeline Health System, LLC, an independent network of hospitals across California, Texas and Illinois, has selected Premier Inc. (Charlotte, NC) to drive operational excellence and margin improvement opportunities across its facilities nationwide, effective in early 2022.
Through the new agreement, Pipeline Health will have access to Premier’s supply chain services, including its group purchasing organization (GPO), supply analytics and PINC AI Margin Improvement technology to aggregate and standardize systemwide spend and utilization data, pinpoint cost savings opportunities, and strengthen and accelerate supply chain innovation enterprise wide.
PINC AI technology capabilities being leveraged include Remitra, a cloud-based procure-to-pay (P2P) platform that seamlessly automates manual payment and invoicing processes to reduce waste and save time for both healthcare providers and suppliers.
Pipeline Health will also leverage Conductiv, a consolidated subsidiary of Premier, to support a scalable third-party services optimization program to help drive savings, reduce contract risk and improve internal user satisfaction. Pipeline Health will access Conductiv Contracts, a dedicated GPO for third-party services, and Conductiv’s AI-based analytics, benchmarking and negotiation technology platform with built-in subject matter expert support.
The financial terms of the collaboration were not disclosed.