ADVANTAGETRUST OVERVIEW

The AdvantageTrust program provides non-acute care members access to the negotiated contracts that HealthTrust Purchasing Group has established (based on $17 billion in annual purchases), but presents the information in a way that is most relevant to the facilities outside of the hospital. Because non-acute care facilities have a variety of staff conducting purchasing activities, AdvantageTrust communicates information about discounts and terms in a manner that all individuals involved in the purchasing activity can understand.

The AdvantageTrust program was designed to serve non-acute care facilities that are members of the HealthTrust Purchasing Group. The HealthTrust Purchasing Group is a purchasing cooperative serving hospitals, long term care facilities, surgery centers, physician offices and other healthcare and health and well being organizations.

The purpose of a purchasing cooperative (Group Purchasing Organization – GPO) is to leverage the COMBINED purchase volume of its participating members and negotiate discounts based on that higher volume. The participating members continue to purchase, receive goods and make payments directly to/with suppliers, but pricing and other terms the member accesses have been negotiated based on the collective purchase volume.

For the member outside of the hospital, AdvantageTrust offers the pricing of a large GPO while communicating to the member in a simple to understand way.