About Us

A message from our President & CEO, Scott Caldwell

With a traditional GPO solution, there is usually a tradeoff between great pricing and caregiver satisfaction. It doesn’t have to be that way and with The Resource Group, organizations no longer have to compromise. By listening to caregivers and allowing them to direct the decision-making process, The Resource Group offers a contract portfolio that is both best in value and highly accepted.

This, in addition to the placement of a fully embedded Value Realization team that manages implementation, operations, and change management, allows organizations with The Resource Group to achieve best-in-industry value and customer satisfaction.

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Our Purpose

Rooted in the ideals of hospitality, The Resource Group lowers the cost of healthcare through its User-Directed Integrated Solutions. We envision a tightly-coordinated, end-to-end non-payroll spend management solution that continually improves our Participant’s financial performance to sustain resources available for patient care.

Our foundation

Although The Resource Group specializes in Operations & Logistics, Strategic Sourcing and Change Management, at its heart, it is focused on hospitality and caregiver satisfaction. We believe that resource and supply management should be silenced. The typical “noise” present in the resource and supply management function should be eliminated through a tightly-coordinated and highly-efficient model that allows our Participants, our name for our customers,  to focus on what they do best - providing patient care.
  • Mission, Vision, and Values

    As a subsidiary of Ascension, The Resource Group shares Ascension’s mission, vision, and values.  If you would like to learn more about Ascension’s mission, vision, and values, please find them below. 

    Ascension’s Mission, Vision and Values

  • About Ascension
    Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization dedicated to transformation through innovation across the continuum of care. As one of the leading non-profit and Catholic health systems in the U.S., Ascension is committed to delivering compassionate, personalized care to all, with special attention to persons living in poverty and those most vulnerable. In 2018 Ascension provided nearly $2 billion in care of persons living in poverty and other community benefit programs. In addition to healthcare delivery, Ascension subsidiaries provide a variety of services and solutions including physician practice management, venture capital investing, investment management, biomedical engineering, clinical care management, information services, risk management, and contracting through Ascension’s own group purchasing organization: The Resource Group.

Our results since 2009

9.2

$116M

$1.2B

Customer 
Satisfaction 
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Cash
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In Expense
Reduction

Recent News

April 25, 2024

Life at The Resource Group | Earth Day

We are proud to be a part of an organization that has publicly committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions and zero waste by 2040. This year for Earth Day, we asked Tom Kalla, Senior Manager, Sustainability, to tell us more about what The Resource Group is doing to help Ascension reach its environmental sustainability goals. Click here to learn more about The Resource Group's current environmental sustainability impact and future goals to better care for our planet.

Tom Kalla

March 28, 2024

Life at The Resource Group | Women's History Month

This year’s theme for Women’s History Month is, “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion”. As women in the healthcare supply chain, our associates are paving the way for a more equitable industry. We asked a few of our field associates to share their experiences as women in the healthcare supply chain industry. Click here to read about their experiences, how they created a better work culture, and tips for working in the healthcare supply chain.

Annette George, Barbara Zamora, Becca Seib, Carole Lendry, Cindy Baxter, Erica Heideman, Keisia Liburd, Nina Smith, & Sally Eastman

February 13, 2024

Black History Month Reflection

Celebrating Black History Month is deeper than just saying you care about racial equity and justice. It is an intentional timeframe during the calendar year to learn more about Black history and honor the experiences of Black people in America. Like many other cities, Minneapolis has a rich history that influences today's culture, and the Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery (MAAHMG) focuses on the past and present cultural impact made by African American artists and trailblazers. Click here for some of my personal learnings about the city I call home.

Lauren Kirchberg