MedCity News November 13, 2019
Joel Berg

Group purchasing organization Premier is building a new healthcare network of health systems, employers and payers, and whose goals parallel those of large U.S. employers such as Walmart but are meant to reach employees at smaller firms.

A new organization backed by health systems is entering the race to help employers control the cost and improve the quality of healthcare they buy for their employees at a time when costs are top of mind

The organization, Contigo Health, is part of Premier, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based group purchasing and consulting firm that is owned by hospitals, health systems and other healthcare organizations. The formation of Contigo was announced Tuesday in a news release, which noted that a group of 35...

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