Community Health Best Practices, LLC (CHBP) is pleased to announce a new strategic relationship with CHCollective, the only health center-owned and operated channel partner to Provista-Vizient, the nation’s largest healthcare group purchasing organization (GPO).
Launched at the end of 2023, CHCollective was established to serve a client group of community health centers (CHCs) built and supported over the last 20 years. Through its exclusive partnership with Provista-Vizient, whose purchasing power is nearly three times that of its closest competitor, CHCollective delivers the broadest contract portfolio and the deepest discounts on supplies, equipment, products, and services exclusively to CHCs.
CHCollective is owned by health centers and staffed by a team with more than 85 years of combined CHC purchasing experience. The team includes familiar and trusted names in the CHC and vendor community, such as CEO Danny Hawkins. CHCollective’s business model is centered on supporting CHCs and their partner networks, including ongoing revenue opportunities for Primary Care Associations (PCAs) and support for cooperative agreements and networks.
With the transition of more than 800 CHCs from the former Value in Purchasing (ViP) Program, all supplier contracts and elevated pricing tiers previously available through ViP have continued seamlessly under CHCollective. CHCollective partners with all major medical supply distributors, including McKesson, Henry Schein, Medline, and others—ensuring CHCs retain access to the most-utilized GPO product segments.
“CHBP is committed to helping health centers achieve operational excellence and maximize resources for patient care,” said Don Daniel, Executive Director of CHBP. “Our relationship with CHCollective ensures our members benefit from the industry’s most comprehensive purchasing solutions, while supporting organizations that work tirelessly on their behalf.”
“CHCollective was built to serve community health centers, by people who know and care deeply about their unique needs,” said Danny Hawkins, CEO of CHCollective. “Through our partnership with Provista-Vizient and our collaboration with CHBP, we’re able to offer unmatched value and continuity for CHCs nationwide—ensuring they have the resources and support needed to deliver exceptional care in their communities.”
For more information about CHBP, visit https://bestpracticesllc.org
To learn more about CHCollective, visit https://chcollective.com
About Community Health Best Practices: Community Health Best Practices, LLC is a nonprofit network comprised of 17 of the nation’s leading community health centers. Members operate federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in Oregon, Washington, Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Hawaii, Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, and Puerto Rico, and they provide comprehensive primary care and behavioral health services to all patients regardless of the patients’ ability to pay for such services. CHBP health centers annually provide care to more than 1 million individuals and perform approximately 5 million medical, dental, and behavioral health encounters, a large percentage of which involve uninsured or underinsured patients.
About CHCollective: CHCollective is the only health center-owned and operated channel partner to Provista-Vizient, the largest healthcare group purchasing organization. CHCollective was established to service a health center client group built meticulously over the last 20 years. Through its partnership with Provista-Vizient, CHCollective offers the broadest contract portfolio with the deepest discounts on supplies, equipment, products, and services.
