AMN Healthcare Awarded Sole-Source Managed Services Provider (MSP) Contract with Premier

SAN DIEGO, June 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- AMN Healthcare, the nation's innovator and leader in workforce solutions and healthcare staffing services, has been awarded a group purchasing agreement for Managed Services Provider, or MSP, with Premier Inc.

Effective August 1, 2017, the new agreement allows Premier members, at their discretion, to take advantage of special value-adds and terms pre-negotiated with Premier for MSPs.

"We are thrilled to expand our relationship with Premier," said Dan White, President of Strategic Workforce Solutions at AMN Healthcare. "This agreement provides healthcare organizations with a terrific opportunity to partner with AMN Healthcare for the industry's best MSP, which can relieve the complexity of today's workforce challenges, while reducing costs and improving quality."

AMN Healthcare is the leading provider of MSP and other workforce solutions, recently named among the global top five MSP providers in the 2017 Baker's Dozen Customer Satisfaction Ratings by HRO Today.

AMN Healthcare is now the sole-source endorsed Workforce Solutions – Managed Service Program (MSP) provider to Premier-served members. AMN is also Premier's sole-source endorsed Staffing Supplier. As the most comprehensive supplier of healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services, AMN now delivers the staffing industry's largest clinical talent network, along with its full suite of healthcare staffing and MSP services, to the Premier alliance. 

In addition to effectively managing a healthcare organization's contingent workforce, an AMN MSP partnership can also include these services:

• Predictive analytics for accurately forecasting future patient volume
• Advanced labor management tools to optimize staff
• State-of-the-art automation of processes such as time-keeping, billing and credentialing
• Nationwide, cutting-edge sourcing strategies and tactics
• The nation's largest network of healthcare professionals
• The widest digital footprint for reaching, engaging and activating healthcare professionals
• The industry's most advanced utilization of social media, mobile platforms, search engines and websites
• Customized metrics that ensure that client business outcomes are met

Premier is a leading healthcare improvement company, uniting an alliance of approximately 3,750 U.S. hospitals and 130,000 other providers to transform healthcare. With integrated data and analytics, collaboratives, supply chain solutions, and advisory and other services, Premier enables better care and outcomes at a lower cost.

About AMN Healthcare
AMN Healthcare is the leader and innovator in healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services to healthcare facilities across the nation. The Company provides unparalleled access to the most comprehensive network of quality healthcare professionals through its innovative recruitment strategies and breadth of career opportunities. With insights and expertise, AMN Healthcare helps providers optimize their workforce to successfully reduce complexity, increase efficiency, and improve patient outcomes. AMN delivers managed services programs, healthcare executive search solutions, vendor management systems, recruitment process outsourcing, predictive modeling, medical coding and consulting, and other services. Clients include acute-care hospitals, community health centers and clinics, physician practice groups, retail and urgent care centers, home health facilities, and many other healthcare settings. For more information about AMN Healthcare, visit www.amnhealthcare.com.   

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Corporate Communications
AMN Healthcare
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SOURCE AMN Healthcare