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Vizient Recognizes Suppliers and Distributors for Service Excellence

Vizient, Inc., the nation's largest provider-driven healthcare performance improvement company, honored top suppliers and distributors for their outstanding service to its provider customers. The awards were announced at the Vizient Connections Summit Sept. 16 in Las Vegas.

Simrit Sandhu, spend management president at Vizient, expressed pride in honoring suppliers who significantly support their mission to help providers align cost, quality, and market performance. "These suppliers are crucial in our collective goal to meet and surpass provider expectations, and they have shown a true commitment to collaboration for the improvement of healthcare," Sandhu said.

Vizient recognized the following suppliers and distributors for their support of Vizient provider customers in three categories:

The Supplier of the Year Awards honor suppliers in their respective categories who have demonstrated an unmatched willingness to partner with Vizient to improve their own performance and help support Vizient's mission to strengthen providers' delivery of high-value care by aligning cost, quality, and market performance.

Vizient Supplier Partner of the Year

AirLife

Pharmaceutical Supplier Partner of the Year

Pfizer, Inc.

National Account Leadership Award

Selina Singh

GE Healthcare LLC

National Account Leadership Award

Dave Smith

Cardinal Health

National Account Leadership Award

Mike King

GSK

Diverse Supplier of the Year

Tronex International, Inc.

Environmental Sustainability Supplier of the Year

Sodexo Operations LLC

Pharmaceutical Supply Assurance Supplier of the Year

Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.

Supply Assurance Supplier of the Year

Professional Disposables International, Inc.

Tier 2 Business Diversity Champion of the Year

Ocean Spray, Inc.

The Excellence Awards honor suppliers who demonstrate superior service, support, reliability, ethics and integrity in collaboration with Vizient and Vizient provider customers within the respective award category. These suppliers provide comprehensive contract access across product/service lines and proactively engage the broader Vizient enterprise. They are committed to value creation and improving total cost of care within the award category.

Capital and Imaging Excellence Award

GE Healthcare LLC

Distribution Excellence Award

Cardinal Health Lab

Facilities and Construction Excellence Award

W W Grainger, Inc.

Food Services Excellence Award

Hormel Foods Sales, LLC

Indirect Spend & Purchased Services Excellence Award

US Foods, Inc.

Lab Excellence Award

Mayo Clinic Laboratories

Medical/Surgical Excellence Award

AirLife

Non-acute Excellence Award

Sysco Corporation

Physician Preference Excellence Award

Penumbra, Inc.

The Program Excellence Awards honor superior service, support, reliability, ethics and integrity in collaboration with Vizient and Vizient provider customers within the respective program. These suppliers provide differentiated value through these unique program channels.

Group Buy Program Excellence Award

STERIS Corporation

Impact Standardization Program Excellence Award

Kate Farms, Inc.

Innovative Technology Program Excellence Award

Tiger Aesthetics Medical, LLC

Novaplus Program Excellence Award

Fresenius Kabi LLC

Pediatrics Program Excellence Award

Kimberly-Clark Corporation

Pharmacy Strategic Programs Excellence Award

BeiGene USA, Inc.

Vizient Commit Program Excellence Award

Solventum

About Vizient, Inc.

Vizient, Inc., the nation’s largest provider-driven healthcare performance improvement company, serves more than 65% of the nation’s acute care providers, including 97% of the nation’s academic medical centers, and more than 35% of the non-acute market. The Vizient contract portfolio represents $140 billion in annual purchasing volume enabling the delivery of cost-effective, high-value care. With its acquisition of Kaufman Hall in 2024, Vizient expanded its advisory services to help providers achieve financial, strategic, clinical and operational excellence. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Vizient has offices throughout the United States. Learn more at www.vizientinc.com.

"These suppliers are crucial in our collective goal to meet and surpass provider expectations, and they have shown a true commitment to collaboration for the improvement of healthcare."

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