L-R: Rick Simms (Cook Medical, National Manager, GPO Account Executives), Amber Pastorek (Cook Medical, Account Executive Manager), Glenn Coleman (Premier, Chief Financial Officer & Chief Administrative Officer), Bob Stanley (Cook Medical, National GPO Account Executive), Brian Majoy (Cook Manager, Account Executive Manager), Chad Wissner (Cook Medial, Account Executive), Bruce Radcliff (Premier, President of Supply Chain Services) and Michael Alkire (Premier, President and CEO)
Bloomington, Ind. — Cook Medical is honored to receive a 2025 Legacy Supplier Award from Premier, Inc. This supplier award recognizes Cook’s deep connections and commitments to hospitals, supply chain leaders and other healthcare organizations.
Premier is a leading healthcare improvement and technology company that unites an alliance of more than 4,350 U.S. hospitals and health systems. Each year, Premier announces award winners at their Breakthroughs Conference. The awards in various categories go to organizations that demonstrate unwavering commitment to delivering top value products and services designed to continually improve patient care.
Cook Medical was honored to be among a select number of organizations that received the 2025 Legacy Supplier Award. Companies earn this award for long-standing support of Premier members through exceptional local customer service and engagement, value creation through clinical excellence and commitment to lower costs. Supplier Legacy Award winners have a tenure of more than three years as a Premier contracted supplier.
What separates Cook from other suppliers is our Customer Portal, which makes the ordering experience more convenient and efficient for customers. Cook also offers a supplier risk dashboard and a biweekly global supply chain report.
“For more than two decades, Cook Medical has been proud to collaborate with Premier,” said Bob Stanley, a national GPO account executive with Cook’s BusinessCare Integration team.”We are truly honored to receive this award from Premier. It reflects our shared mission and our dedication to delivering value to Premier’s membership. We’re excited about what lies ahead and continuing to grow with our customer’s evolving needs.”
To learn more about the advantages of partnering with Cook Medical, visit our BusinessCare Integration site.
About Premier, Inc.
Premier is a leading technology-driven healthcare improvement company, providing solutions to two-thirds of all healthcare providers in the U.S. Playing a critical role in the rapidly evolving healthcare industry, Premier unites providers, suppliers, payers and policymakers to make healthcare better with national scale, smarter with actionable intelligence and faster with novel technologies. With integrated data and analytics, collaboratives, supply chain solutions, consulting and other services, Premier enables better care and outcomes at a lower cost.
About Cook Medical
At Cook Medical, we are passionate about making unique, quality medical devices and connecting with people to improve lives. Founded on inventing, manufacturing, and delivering medical devices, we provide healthcare professionals with the tools they need to help their patients return to living.
Our commitment to innovation involves bringing new products to market and keeping existing products relevant to a changing healthcare landscape. We believe in using our business to help people and communities thrive by creating inclusive, supportive, and healthy environments.
We are proud of our history of innovative firsts and the impact we have on patients and communities. With headquarters in Bloomington, Indiana, and manufacturing facilities and offices in various global locations, we challenge ourselves to maintain a global perspective while focusing on local impact.
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