Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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About Membership
Join our healthcare alliance by:
- Participating in the GPO and purchasing supplies and services through our negotiated contracts.
- Purchasing any one of our data-driven advisory and technology enabled solutions.
- Becoming a member of one of our collaboratives.
- Using our consulting services from Premier's Advisory Services.
- Purchasing insurance services through Premier Insurance Management Services, Inc.
- Using our integrated pharmacy offerings.
Any of these options will give you access to the nation’s most powerful healthcare alliance. Combining them will place you on the path to sustained improvement. To learn more, contact the Premier Solution Center at 877.777.1552.
Sure. Contact the Premier Solution Center at 877.777.1552 or solutioncenter@premierinc.com.
Contact the Premier Solution Center at 877.777.1552 or solutioncenter@premierinc.com.
Yes. A listing of our employee discount offerings can be found on the Employee Discounts Community.
Contact the Premier Solution Center at 877.777.1552 or solutioncenter@premierinc.com.
For Suppliers
Visit our suppliers page for more information.
This information is housed in our weekly membership roster made available to Premier-contracted suppliers and available in the Contracted Supplier Community.
The membership roster available to contracted suppliers is housed in the Contracted Supplier Community.
Contact the Solution Center at 877.777.1552 or solutioncenter@premierinc.com to request access.
Use Premier’s electronic sourcing process by completing the registration form to gain access to PASSport 2.0 and the Supplier Bid Portal. Here you’ll define either single or multiple product lines that you’d like considered in the contracting process. Once that’s done, you’ll be emailed confirmation. Visit our suppliers page for more information.
Product evaluations for national category awards are performed in coordination with Premier’s Contract Bid Calendar.
If bidding is closed on a contract category, you must wait until the next contracting cycle to submit a bid. However, if you have a new product that represents a significant advancement in terms of safety, clinical outcomes or operational efficiency over what is currently available, it may be considered through our Technology Breakthroughs Program, which allows our members timely access to any technology that offers a differentiated advantage.
Our contracting process is guided by the industry’s most comprehensive Code of Conduct, which supports healthy competition while encouraging new and innovative products to enter the market. Premier’s sourcing process ensures that factors beyond price are given serious and appropriate consideration. Clinical efficacy and improved patient care are especially important to us and our members.
Premier members, through service line-specific sourcing committees, determine which companies and products are awarded group purchasing contracts. The selection criteria varies by category and is designed by members with subject matter expertise on the product category being reviewed.
Premier is an alliance of more than 4,350 U.S. hospitals and health systems. Our acute care members span the nation, stretching from Alaska to the Florida Keys. Our members include a wide array of nonprofit hospitals and health systems, including many faith-based and academic institutions, committed to meeting the healthcare needs of their communities, yet challenged by competing priorities and pressures. Our members are dedicated to delivering quality healthcare services while safely lowering costs.
We also serve approximately 175,000 other providers and organizations. Across the continuum of care, we meet the specific needs of non-acute classes of trade, including senior living, surgery centers, physician practices, imaging centers, home care, ambulatory care, clinical labs and more. We even extend our savings to non-healthcare classes of trade, including education, recreation and hospitality, through our program.
If you’re awarded a contract with Premier, you’ll find an unmatched willingness to ensure your success. That includes our customer service center representatives, a contract manager dedicated to keeping your contract operational and a supplier relations team that engages with, and communicates the perspective of, our contracted suppliers.
There’s also a supplier communications program to facilitate your communications and informational materials to Premier members, as well as a talented roster of field staff committed to bringing our members value through our contract portfolio and tools. Training opportunities and other staff engagements will help you optimize your relationship with Premier.
Premier is a founding member of the Healthcare Group Purchasing Industry Initiative (HGPII), a voluntary association dedicated to ethical conduct and business practices, and to serving the confidence of the public and government officials. The initiative is based on six core purposes, including creation of, and adherence to, a written code of business conduct that establishes high ethical values, quality healthcare, cost-effectiveness, an open and competitive purchasing process, sound business practices and public accountability. HGPII supports the adoption of, and adherence to, a strong code of conduct by suppliers and encourages its members to consider whether suppliers have adopted the AdvaMed code of conduct or a similar code.
Premier’s vendor grievance process ensures a vendor’s ability to access Premier’s contracting staff and leadership to address concerns, grievances or complaints relating to the contracting award process, contract award decisions or any other concerns. A vendor may also submit an inquiry related to the contracting process or award decisions. Review our vendor grievance policy or report a concern.
Employment
Premier uses The Work Number. Contact them at 800.367.2884 or www.theworknumber.com/employees.
Thank you for your interest in Premier! We’re glad you’re interested in joining our team of individuals committed to exceptional performance and service. All applicants must fill out and submit a resume via our Careers page. Find our online application and search job postings by visiting the Careers link on our website.
Log into your account on our Careers page at any time to check the status of the position and determine if it is still open. A recruiter will contact you if we believe you are a potential fit for the position.
If you’ve previously applied for a job with Premier, enter your email and password to use your saved information to apply for another position. If you do not remember them, click “Create Account” and enter your email and password. If you cannot remember your password, select “Forgot Password” and it will be sent to your email address on file.
Visit the Premier Careers page.
You do not need to create a login to search for positions, but you will need to create a login and password to apply for a position. This makes it easier for our recruiters to locate you once you’ve applied. It’s important to keep track and remember your login and password.
Select “Sign In” in the upper-right corner of the Career page. (Or, if already logged in, click the cloud icon next to your email address.)
Log in with your email and password.
Under “My Applications,” you’ll see a list of all of the positions you’ve applied for and their current review status. Any items listed within an application with a yellow exclamation point need action taken on them, and a green check mark indicates completion.
Unfortunately, no. However, we encourage you to check back often, as our job openings are updated on a regular basis.
Yes. You can use your mobile device’s web browser to search for and apply to positions on our Careers webpage.
If you are prompted to sign any documents in the application process, you will need to ensure your cookies are enabled to access the Adobe Sign functionality from a mobile device.
If a current Premier employee has referred you for a position, you will receive an email with a link to the job description. You may apply using that link after signing in with your email and password. You can still apply for the job by searching for it without the emailed link, but you should reference the referral in your application when prompted.