



John Pilewski, Vice President
Ken Takats, Marketing Manager
Carolyn Trumbull, Programs & Services Director
Leia Medere, Information Services Tech
Northwest Ohio Shared Services (NOSS) was founded in 1978 and separately incorporated in 1983. NOSS is the marketing arm of the national group purchasing organization (GPO), MedAssets for Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. NOSS is committed to providing its members with practical solutions and aggregate purchasing power through a supply chain portfolio offered by MedAssets. NOSS membership includes 254 organizations representing acute care hospitals, nursing homes, surgery centers, clinics, schools, EMS units, provider pharmacies, adult feeding programs and physicians’ group practices.
Along with being the marketing arm of MedAssets, NOSS is a member-focused organization that is taking great strides to present strong, educationally based programs and services to meet the specialized needs of its members. Through strategic planning, member input and committed research, we have been successful in providing the following value-oriented programs to our member hospitals:
Member hospitals participating in the GPO and/or Educational Programming: