Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with New Premier Agreements for Spinal Implants and Related Products

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Wed May 27, 2009 9:00am EDT 

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(Business Wire)--
Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for spinal
implants and related products have been awarded to Aesculap Implant Systems Inc.
of Center Valley, Pa.; DePuy Spine of Raynham, Mass.; and Medtronic Sofamor
Danek of Memphis, Tenn. 

Effective July 1, 2009, the agreements with Aesculap and Medtronic are available
to acute care and continuum of care members of the Premier healthcare alliance,
and the DePuy spine agreement is available to surgery centers and acute care
members. 

About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient

The Premier healthcare alliance is more than 2,100 U.S. hospitals and
58,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to improve healthcare
quality and affordability. Premier maintains the nation's most comprehensive
repository of clinical, financial and outcomes information and operates a
leading healthcare purchasing network. A world leader in helping deliver
measurable improvements in care, Premier works with the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services and the United Kingdom's National Health Service North West to
improve hospital performance. Premier has offices in San Diego, Charlotte, N.C.,
Philadelphia and Washington. 





Premier Inc.
Alven Weil, 704-733-5797
alven_weil@premierinc.com

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