Premier, Inc. is an American healthcare company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and listed on the Nasdaq. Initially, it was a hospital buying group, pooling healthcare purchases to reduce prices.[3]
Premier became a public company via an initial public offering in September 2013, raising $760 million.[4] In 2019, two years after acquiring Stanson Health for $51.5 million, it bought the healthcare technology firm Medpricer for $35 million.[5]
In 2020, Premier partnered with McLaren Health Care to acquire a minority stake in Prestige Ameritech, a manufacturer of personal protective equipment (PP).[6] The following year, Michael J. Alkire was appointed as the CEO of the company.[1]