Medline announces Prime Vendor agreement with McLaren Health

Northfield, Ill., Feb. 24, 2026 – Medline today announced that it signed a Prime Vendor agreement with McLaren Health Care in September 2025. Based in Grand Blanc, Mich., McLaren Health Care is an integrated health system, including 12 hospitals, several multispecialty care campuses and freestanding emergency departments, an employed provider group and a network of clinics throughout the state.

As part of the agreement, McLaren will leverage Medline’s robust distribution capabilities to support all its facilities and services, including acute care, lab, physician office, environmental services and home health. McLaren will gain access to Medline’s vast portfolio of products and advanced supply chain solutions.

“We’ve seen Medline’s dedication to solving problems and supporting our teams firsthand,” said Dave Bueby, vice president of supply chain at McLaren Health Care. “Their consistent service and willingness to go above and beyond has made them the right choice for McLaren and, by extension, our patients.”

“We are honored to work with McLaren Health Care and support their mission to deliver high-quality, cost-effective care,” said Marc Phillips, senior vice president of supply chain solutions, Medline. “We have been able to support McLaren’s patients with their homecare needs for the past five years and are excited to span our relationship into all of their non-acute setting, as well as hospitals, to help drive operational excellence together.”

Learn how Medline supports hospitals and clinics to improve clinical, financial and operational outcomes at medline.com/acute-care.

About Medline

Medline is the largest provider of medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions serving all points of care. Through its broad product portfolio, resilient supply chain and leading clinical solutions, Medline helps healthcare providers improve their clinical, financial and operational outcomes. Headquartered in Northfield, Ill., the company employs more than 43,000 people worldwide and operates in more than 100 countries. To learn more about how Medline makes healthcare run better, visit www.medline.com.

About McLaren Health Care

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Mich., is a $6.9 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals across the state, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 730-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 242,000 Michigan lives, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 93,000 network providers throughout Michigan and Ohio. Learn more at www.mclaren.org.

Contact:
Carroll Henning
847-226-0587
chenning@medline.com