About the DPA
The Delta Purchasing Alliance (DPA) is the only national purchasing alliance owned and operated by community health centers. Founded in 2015, the DPA is named in honor of the pioneering health centers founded in the mid-1960s in the Mississippi Delta. The DPA offers community health center members significant cost savings on the products and services they access daily including medical and dental supplies and equipment, office supplies, patient translation services, and medical waste solutions. The DPA’s founding members include some of the leading community health centers in the United States.
Our Partners
The Delta Purchasing Alliance (DPA) is proud to work with CHCollective and their GPO partner, Provista. CHCollective and Provista ensure that DPA members get the best possible GPO cost while the DPA – by funneling their business through the largest national distributors of medical, dental, and office supplies – secures the lowest possible distributor “mark ups”.
How it Works
The Delta Purchasing Alliance (DPA) builds on the benefits offered by a group purchasing organization (GPO). Prices negotiated by GPOs are generally “marked-up” by distributors to cover their costs for warehousing and shipping supplies. This “mark-up” can significantly increase the price that health centers pay for supplies and equipment.
The DPA’s approach makes use of the axiom that there is “strength in numbers. By working together as a group and channeling their business into single medical, dental, and office supply distributors, the DPA has successfully reduced distributor”mark-up” charged to health centers and achieved incredible cost savings without mandating that health centers change their product preferences.
How it Works
The Delta Purchasing Alliance (DPA) builds on the benefits offered by a group purchasing organization (GPO). Prices negotiated by GPOs are generally “marked-up” by distributors to cover their costs for warehousing and shipping supplies. This “mark-up” can significantly increase the price that health centers pay for supplies and equipment.
The DPA’s approach makes use of the axiom that there is “strength in numbers. By working together as a group and channeling their business into single medical, dental, and office supply distributors, the DPA has successfully reduced distributor”mark-up” charged to health centers and achieved incredible cost savings without mandating that health centers change their product preferences.
Benefits
- Savings: 17% on average*
- Financial Impact: $5,000 – $20,000 per month*
- Service: High-level visibility and customer care by national distribution partners
- GPO: Enrollment in the largest national GPO with contract benefits built on volume
- Expertise: Let us help you identify purchasing trends and unlock savings