




Healthcare Industry News: ConMed
News Release - March 12, 2010
Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Benefit from New Premier Agreements for Reposable Surgical Instruments
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(HSMN NewsFeed)--Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for reposable surgical instruments have been awarded to ConMed Corporation of Utica, N.Y.; Genicon Inc. of Winter Park, Fla.; Microline Surgical Inc. of Beverly, Mass.; and Surgical Innovations U.S., LLC of Virginia Beach, Va.Effective April 1, 2010, the agreements are available to acute care and continuum of care members of the Premier healthcare alliance.
About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient
The Premier healthcare alliance is more than 2,300 U.S. hospitals and 66,000 other healthcare sites working together to improve healthcare quality and affordability. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, 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. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has offices in San Diego, Philadelphia and Washington.
Source: Premier Purchasing
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