VHCA-VCAL is excited to announce a new partnership with HPSI, one of the nation’s leading Group Purchasing Organizations (GPO). HPSI offers a group purchasing program to thousands of health care members providing senior care, assisted living, and rehabilitation therapy. With 55 years’ experience and many committed relationships with loyal vendors, HPSI has been a leader in the industry putting customers first. HPSI prioritizes the five most important values customers want in their GPO: savings, service, quality, value, and choice. Another important value that HPSI management has stressed to employees since the beginning is integrity—always integrity.

Savings…HPSI is confident in the promise of substantial savings. The collective purchasing power of 40,000 customers enterprise wide enables HPSI to negotiate substantial volume discounts on a wide range of products and services from vendors we all know and trust—savings that a community can’t access on its own. Additional savings can be gained with drop-size rebates, prompt-pay incentives, volume discounts, vendor specials, and rebate programs.

Service…Since day one, 55 years ago, serving customers well has always been HPSI’s most important business proposition. HPSI has 45 purchasing consultants nationwide and they’re trained and ready to assist. They work like an extra person on a member’s staff to help control costs and…

• Manage supply expenditures
• Control product usage
• Analyze purchasing patterns
• Identify potential savings opportunities
• Provide free cost analyses
• Ease transition between member’s staff and our vendor partners
• Help implement cost-saving programs
• Provide regular oversight to ensure vendor compliance

Quality, Value, and Choice… HPSI managers also work closely with manufacturers to ensure that price protections are in place for our members to receive the best pricing available across all categories. Prices are audited regularly to ensure compliance.

With 1,500 vendor partners, HPSI offers choice and flexibility to find the products that meet our members’ budgets and fit their needs for quality and value. We do not require the purchase of particular products or brands, but we will inform members of options that deliver greater savings or better efficiencies. With so many vendors, HPSI offers products and services in virtually every category our members purchase including: dietary, medical, capital equipment, rehabilitation therapy, technology, maintenance, housekeeping/linens, administrative, pharmacy, and more.

For more information or free cost analysis, contact your local Purchasing Consultant: 

Christy S. Hodges
(843) 819-3054 | christys@hpsionline.com