FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 20, 2015; Andover, MA – Yankee Alliance announced today it has been selected as number 22 in Modern Healthcare’s Annual 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare.  This represents Yankee Alliance’s fourth time being recognized as an outstanding employer in the healthcare industry on a national level.

"It is a great honor to have made the list four out of the last six years," said Jim Oliver, President and CEO of Yankee Alliance. “Our goal is to make Yankee Alliance a place that employees want to come daily to make a difference in the operations of our members.”

Yankee Alliance’s mission is to work with over 12,000 members to reduce supply and operating expenses through aggregation of data, purchasing, ideas and knowledge.  Amy Andrade, Vice President of Administration at Yankee Alliance said, “When you work at Yankee Alliance you know you’re having an impact. I think one of our employees described our culture best in their response to Modern Healthcare’s survey: ‘Yankee Alliance is a great organization to work for. They promote a culture of work-life balance and generally care about every employee and their families.”

About Yankee Alliance

Yankee Alliance, an owner of Premier Inc., is a group purchasing organization founded in 1984 on a belief in collaboration, that working together can achieve more than working alone. Its mission is twofold: to work with members to reduce supply and operating expenses through aggregation of data, purchasing, ideas and knowledge and to excel in strategic innovations that continually assist members in reducing their cost while recognizing their individual needs. Today, Yankee Alliance remains true to the foundational belief in collaboration and has grown to over 12,000 members in all classes of trades across all 50 states. For more information visit www.yankeealliance.com.

For more information please contact; Amy Campbell, Senior Vice President, Administration, Yankee Alliance, (978) 470-2000 or at acampbell@yankeealliance.com.