Arizona-based IDN cites savings, service in decision to join MedAssets HSCA. (Hospital Purchasing).(New group purchasing organization)(Brief Article)

Hospital Materials Management, August, 2002

Doctors Community Healthcare Corp., Scottsdale, Ariz., was expected to finish by Aug. 1 its conversion to contracts from its new group purchasing organization, initiating estimated first-year savings of 3% to 4%.

In a three-year membership agreement that took effect May 31, Doctors joined MedAssets HSCA, Bridgeton, Mo., and quit AmeriNet, St. Louis.

Doctors, a for-profit system, has six hospitals totaling 1,578 beds. The move represents a shift of $30 million in annual purchasing volume for medical-surgical and pharmacy products.

Savings were not the only reason for the change, according to senior vice president and chief resource officer Mark Engelhard. He said the chief reason for switching GPOs was "the MedAssets HSCA commitment to...

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