Vizient recognizes suppliers for service excellence

IRVING, Texas, Sept. 23, 2026 — Vizient®, the nation’s largest provider-driven healthcare performance improvement company, recognized top suppliers for outstanding service and partnership in support of its provider clients. The awards were announced yesterday at the Vizient Connections Summit Las Vegas.

"Strong supplier partnerships are essential to helping healthcare providers deliver greater value for the patients and communities they serve,” said Simrit Sandhu, president, spend management, Vizient. “We are proud to recognize these suppliers for their commitment to collaboration, innovation, and impact they make for Vizient clients.”

The Vizient Supplier Partner of the Year Awards recognize suppliers for exceptional performance and engagement with Vizient and its clients. These suppliers demonstrate an unmatched willingness to work with Vizient to improve performance and strengthen clients’ delivery of high-value care by aligning cost, quality and market performance. The Summit Partner of the Year Award recognizes sustained collaboration and meaningful engagement within the Vizient Connections Summit community.

The Supplier of the Year Awards recognize outstanding suppliers that demonstrate exceptional partnership, leadership and measurable impact in areas critical to healthcare performance and supply chain resiliency.

The National Account Leadership Award recognizes exemplary supplier representatives who maintain integrity and work diligently and strategically to collaborate with Vizient. Honorees demonstrate the ability to connect their organizations’ senior leaders and subject matter experts with Vizient peers while maintaining exceptional awareness of and responsiveness to acute and non-acute clients and Vizient.

The Excellence Awards honor suppliers that demonstrate superior service, support, reliability, ethics, and integrity in collaboration with Vizient and its clients within their respective award categories. These suppliers provide comprehensive contract access across product and service lines and proactively engage the broader Vizient enterprise. They are committed to value creation and improving total cost of care, including supporting acute and non-acute care settings through expanded access, innovative solutions and measurable client value.

The Program Excellence Awards honor suppliers for superior service, support, reliability, ethics and integrity in collaboration with Vizient and its clients within their respective programs. These suppliers provide differentiated value through Vizient’s unique program channels.

About Vizient
Vizient® enables healthcare providers to deliver better, more affordable care by improving financial sustainability, enhancing system performance, and accelerating strategic growth. More than two-thirds of the nation's acute care providers and more than one-third of ambulatory providers rely on Vizient solutions and services. By combining the nation’s most influential healthcare leader networks with industry-leading data and analytics, comprehensive solutions, and advisory services through Kaufman Hall, Vizient helps providers achieve financial, clinical, and operational excellence. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, Vizient has offices throughout the United States. Learn more at vizient.com.