ST. LOUIS, Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Amerinet Inc., one of the most innovative and effective health care group purchasing organizations (GPOs) in the United States, reports that it has renewed its group purchasing agreement with GHX through November 8, 2007. Mary Beth Lang, president, Diagnostix, a subsidiary of Amerinet, cites a history of successes as the reason for the renewal.
Under the agreement, GHX will offer Amerinet's more than 35,000 members discounted pricing on its services, including e-commerce connectivity, supply chain management including discrepancy management and real-time contract price validation, item master cleansing and maintenance, contract management and analysis, and electronic requisition integration for their existing MMIS or ERP systems.
"Amerinet understands how important a healthy operating margin is for every health care provider," said Lang. "Supply chain management is one of the ways Amerinet partners with all types of providers to create new revenue streams and reduce expenses. Our partnership with GHX is a key component of that solution."
In the past four years, GHX has identified millions of dollars that Amerinet members can save by increasing the percentage of electronic orders and the number of suppliers with whom they can conduct business electronically, using the My Exchange Order Center to better manage discrepancies and validate contract pricing, and utilizing the GHX Contract Center to update and manage their contracts.
"GHX brings tremendous value to our members," said Lang.
"Teaming up with Amerinet provides more than 35,000 health care providers with easier access to our full array of services and delivers on our commitment to provide open and neutral access to all members of the health care supply chain," said Jamie Frame, key accounts director at GHX.
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About Diagnostix LLC
Diagnostix LLC delivers data-driven savings for health care providers through data management and analysis to improve operating margins for health care providers. Diagnostix responds to rising financial pressures by enhancing supply chain processes to generate sustained, hard-dollar savings. Diagnostix is a wholly owned subsidiary of Amerinet Inc.
About Amerinet
Amerinet is one of the most innovative and effective health care group purchasing organizations in the United States, partnering with members to improve their operating margins. More than 1,900 hospitals and 33,000 non- acute care facilities create new revenue and reduce expenses with Amerinet's tools for group purchasing, supply chain management, clinical consulting, revenue cycle management, and information and education.
For 20 years, Amerinet has set the standard for integrity and customer service.
About Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX)
Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX) provides an open and neutral electronic trading exchange, along with complementary products and services, through which buyers and sellers can collaborate to improve efficiencies in the health care supply chain. GHX's catalog and content services improve the accuracy of purchasing transactions, reducing many of the most common and costly problems in health care procurement, while the privately held company's revenue neutral business model is designed to lower costs for all involved. GHX's owners, strategic partners, and trading exchange participants are representative of the entire health care supply chain, including manufacturers and distributors, integrated delivery networks (IDNs), hospitals and ancillary health care facilities, group purchasing organizations and their proprietary health care trading exchanges, and supply chain technology companies. Equity owners of GHX are Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.; GE Healthcare; Baxter Healthcare Corp.; Medtronic USA, Inc.; Abbott Exchange, Inc.; Siemens; Becton, Dickinson & Co.; Boston Scientific Corp.; Tyco Healthcare Group, LP; Guidant Corp.; C.R. Bard, Inc.; AmerisourceBergen Corp.; Cardinal Health, Inc.; Fisher Scientific International, Inc.; McKesson Corp.; B Braun Medical Inc.; Premier, Inc. and HCA. For more information visit www.ghx.com.
Amerinet Inc.CONTACT: Lisa DiMuccio-Conway, Senior Director, Amerinet Marketing,+1-724-772-8388, or lisa.conway@amerinet-gpo.com
