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Pharmacy GPO (Pharmacy Group Purchasing Organizations)

Pharmacies • Hospices
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The Hospice Provider Group Inc. is a collection of pharmacies, hospices and medical equipment companies that provide materials for hospice use. Supplies obtained are specific for hospice use only and cannot be used for retail or other sales.

Hospice organizations are encouraged to join Hospice Provider Group, Inc. Hospices should request that their contracted suppliers become members of HPG. This will insure that those hospices can take advantage of the negotiated contracts.

• Changes the classification of hospice patients to institutional
• Brings together hospices and their providers to obtain favored pricing supplies
• Alleviates the upward spiral of costs associated with hospice care
• Obtains price reductions and value added services
• Maintains a formulary specific to hospice
• Publishes a newsletter of topics for the hospice market
• Members may be pharmacies, medical equipment suppliers or hospices
• Hospice members pay no fee to join HPG. Pharmacy members have a nominal, annual fee for membership in HPG
• Members shall guarantee that products obtained through an HPG contract will be sold for hospice use only
• Pharmacy members shall keep products obtained through HPG contracts separate from similar items for sale to any other market
• Pharmacy members shall keep a record of products purchased under HPG contracts so that Hospice Provider Group, Inc. can guarantee suppliers that all items are being utilized for hospice care

Delivering our Network of Solutions … AmeriNet, Inc.

AmeriNet is the most innovative and effective health care group purchasing organization in the United States. We lead the industry in flexibility with our commitment to a dual-source philosophy.

Delivering
Savings - Through the most comprehensive group purchasing portfolio in the country, AmeriNet members saved more than $300 million in 2003.
Choice - AmeriNet lets members choose from market-leading suppliers, ensuring members get the best match in price and quality.
Integrity - AmeriNet is proud of the reputation we have earned for ethical behavior and professional conduct. We conduct all interactions with integrity and provide access to both established manufacturers and emerging technology.

Our Network
AmeriNet - AmeriNet's network of companies - AmeriNet Central, Intermountain Health Care and Vector - sets the standard in customer service, delivering personalized service at all levels of interaction.
Members - AmeriNet's primary responsibility is to provide value to our members - acute care, non-acute care, IDN and affiliate partners. Members provide input at meetings, membership committees, forums, events and personal visits.
Affiliates - AmeriNet extends the benefits of membership through regional affiliates who provide outstanding service on a local level.
Suppliers - AmeriNet suppliers are the industry leaders. Every supplier must meet a stringent set of selection criteria.

Of Solutions
Special Programs - By committing to volumes, standardizing products or purchasing Choice® products, AmeriNet members save more.
Custom Contracting - Custom contracting programs let members leverage AmeriNet staff expertise to target specific product areas, especially high-dollar physician preference items. Proactive Information - AmeriNet helps members navigate complex clinical and regulatory issues with education, consulting and data services, online resources and clinical information.

Expertise
Our people make the difference.
When you partner with Amerinet, you add group purchasing experts, clinical professionals, materials managers and contracting specialists to your team.
Each specialist makes a personal commitment to staying current with technology, regulatory and clinical trends and issues to better serve members.

PDM Healthcare is a leading national supply chain management offering services to over 1,000 healthcare clients nationwide. PDM Healthcare is an innovative company well known for their innovations.

PDM has negotiated purchasing contracts with leading manufacturers for branded and generic pharmaceuticals, medical/surgical supplies, HME/DME equipment, wound care, nutritionals, diabetes care, office supplies, and technology products in order to offer our members a truly diversified portfolio of contracts to fully maximize savings. On average, PDM members save 10%-20% on their total annual purchases.

Because of our diverse contract portfolio, PDM Healthcare is able to offer our services to all healthcare and non-healthcare facilities, including:

• Retail Pharmacy
• Mail Order Pharmacy
• Specialty Pharmacy
• Compounding Pharmacy
• Long Term Care Providers
• Long Term Care Facilities
• Hospitals
• Surgery Centers
• Physician Offices
• Travel Clinics
• Non-Healthcare Facilities

PDM Healthcare�s Group Purchasing Division is dedicated to providing our members with the best quality products and technology at competitive (discounted) pricing. Compliant and committed members can achieve significant savings and unparalleled service for all of their business needs. We work with both consortiums and independent facilities nationwide to streamline operational efficiency, decrease overhead, manage purchasing budgets, and enhance revenue. The discounts we can provide to members is a direct result of the volume of purchases represented by our own member consortium, which amounts to over $5 billion in purchasing transactions per annum.

Who We Are:
Premier is a leading healthcare alliance collectively owned by more than 200 independent hospitals and healthcare systems in the United States. Together, they operate or are affiliated with nearly 1,500 hospitals and other healthcare sites.

Premier’s owners include some of the nation’s largest and best-known not-for-profit hospital and healthcare systems and referral centers as well as strong community hospitals, generally mirroring the composition of the hospital/health system industry in the United States.

What We Do:
Premier is dedicated to helping its members improve clinical and operational performance. Hospitals and health systems come together in Premier:

• To gain advantages of scale for purposes such as group purchasing of supplies and services.
• To achieve greater operational and clinical effectiveness and efficiency in services essential to healthcare, such as clinical performance improvement, biomedical equipment maintenance, and supply chain management.
• To share the risk of developing new resources needed in healthcare, such as electronic commerce capabilities.
• To seek out and communicate better ways of providing care – those we discover, or those produced by the scientific community.

You may have read in business publications about joint ventures called strategic alliances among independent companies – for example, in the banking, airline, telecommunications, and auto manufacturing industries. In these arrangements, the companies cooperate to do things together – from launching satellites to sharing flight reservations systems – that none could do as economically or quickly on its own. Each is better able to concentrate on its main business, to compete, and to provide value for stakeholders.

Premier applies similar concepts in support of our members' local efforts to improve health services, and Premier is our strategic alliance enterprise. Our hospital and health systems take part either as owners of the Premier companies – holders of shares or other equity interests – or as affiliates through contractual relationships. Some Premier activities are substantial business units (serving our organizations, affiliates, and other clients) that produce operating profits. Distributed as earnings, those profits help us hold down the costs of health services and make them more accessible for our communities.

The diverse hospitals and health systems that own Premier share some common characteristics:

• They are all structured as not-for-profit organizations, chartered with responsibilities benefiting humankind such as providing health services, fostering good health, carrying out research, and teaching healthcare professionals.
• All have a goal of making a real, positive difference in shaping healthcare in America for the better.
• Members share a conviction that proactive and creative solutions – rather than passive and set in the status quo – are most effective in dealing with the problems of healthcare costs and access.
• They share the belief that, individually in their respective markets and together in Premier, hospitals can apply business acumen and enterprise in performing our responsibilities.

PPSC is one of the nation's oldest and largest pharmacy services companies. PPSC was founded by pharmacists for pharmacists with the goal of providing our pharmacies with the services, tools and products they need to meet their business objectives. PPSC has not wavered from that focus and stands steadfastly committed to the success of the more than 40,000 pharmacies it serves.

Every day independent pharmacies are using PPSC to simplify purchasing and identify new sources of revenues. Your pharmacy can Increase Profits by participating in quality programs and services that include high profit generics with attractive rebates, innovative products and technologies, and selective niche programs that will help reduce costs, generate new revenues and improve your pharmacy's profit margins.

PPSC Programs which can help you Increase Profits include:

• Compounding Products and Supplies
• Coupon Redemption
• Diabetes Products
• DME /Home Health Care Products
• Eyewear Accessories
• Flu Vaccines and Injectables
• Good Neighbor Pharmacy and Good Neighbor Pharmacy Premier
• Herbals/Nutritionals
• Interactive Voice Response/Telephone Systems
• Medicare Part B Products
• Medication Flavorings
• Medication Therapy Management
• Pharmacy Select Pricing and Rebates
• Prescription Vials
• PRxO Generics Pricing and Rebates

Attracting the right customer is essential for a successful business. In order to drive the most advantageous customers to your pharmacy, PPSC offers a variety of valuable programs and services that help to analyze your customer market, attract and service new customers, and provide you with the know-how and marketing expertise to successfully Build Traffic to your pharmacy.

PPSC Programs which can help you Build Traffic include:

• Advertising Resources and Branding Strategies
• Circular and Signage Programs
• Customer Loyalty Programs
• Good Neighbor Pharmacy and Good Neighbor Pharmacy Premier
• Home Health Care Programs
• Infusion Franchise
• Managed Care and Third Party Prescription Networks
• Merchandising
• Niche Marketing Programs
• Patient Care Programs
• Prescription Discount Club
• Store Design/Remodeling
• Website Design and Web Presence

PPSC knows that in order to compete in today's marketplace you need to Work Smarter than your competitors. PPSC can help you become more efficient and productive by enhancing operational workflows, automating dispensing functions to maximize staff efficiency, reducing third party claim rejections to minimize resubmissions, and automating the third party claim reconciliation process and product returns to manufacturers and wholesalers.

PPSC Programs which can help you Work Smarter include:

• DME Accreditation
• DME Billing
• Electronic Prescriptions
• Healthcare Staffing
• HIPPA Compliance
• Payroll Services
• Pharmacy Computer Systems
• Pharmacy Management and Marketing Consulting
• Reference Tools
• Return Goods
• Third Party Claim Switching
• Third Party Reconciliation
• Workers Compensation Programs

Independent... But Not Alone. PPSC is Your Partner for Success

Pioneering contract pricing for the Specialty Pharmacy market!

Armada Health Care is the nation’s largest Specialty Pharmacy Group Purchasing Organization and is leading the industry in establishing “Specialty Pharmacy” as a separate trade class. In 2006, Armada members purchased over $6 billion in specialty pharmacy products, representing nearly 20% of the specialty pharmacy market. Armada’s unparalleled success is driven by its ability to deliver new, never-before-seen specialty pharmacy contracts that provide enhanced profitability to their members. These unique contracts are supported by Armada’s proprietary and sophisticated prescription management solutions that compliment this focus on the specialty market.

Armada members dispense life-saving therapies for patients in many clinical disease states, such as:

• Asthma
• Cancer/Oncology
• Chronic Fatigue
• Crohn’s Disease
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Diabetes
• Growth Hormone
• Hemophilia
• Hepatitis
• HIV/AIDS
• Infertility
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Organ Transplant
• Plaque Psoriasis
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Renal Dialysis
• And others…

Armada members have access to their complete account information at any time on-line. The Armada Web site offers their members easy access to the latest pricing on supplies and pharmaceuticals, reporting tools that analyze current as well as historical purchasing data including market share trends by product. All of these tools are web-based can be viewed through the Armada Members Only web-site 24 hours a day/365 days a year.

Armada places a high emphasis on the level of customer service provided to their members. By combining an in-depth knowledge of the industry, skilled customer care representatives and a responsive national sales force, Armada is able to meet the total needs of each and every member.

The percentage of specialty pharmaceutical products contracted by Armada more than doubled in 2006 and the number of committed Armada specialty pharmacy members has increased more than 20-fold. Through a collaborative effort with its Specialty Pharmacy members, Armada continues to pioneer additional specialty contracts for other biotech and high-cost specialty medications as it also forges ahead in creating this separate trade class.

• Armada Health Care: Pioneering…Collaborative…Results*

For additional information, please contact Armada Health Care or visit our website through the links below.

Innovatix,LLC is the largest independent group purchasing organization serving the alternate care marketplace today. With over 8,000 members nationwide, Innovatix is a leader in providing purchasing solutions for long term care (dispensing) pharmacies, retail and mail-order pharmacies, home infusion therapy providers, extended care providers, independent oncologists and independent physicians.
Members of Innovatix experience significant savings on brand name and generic pharmaceuticals, medical supplies, office and facility management materials, and even food and food services. There is no cost for membership, only the commitment to support our purchasing portfolio to the best of the member’s ability.

Innovatix, LLC offers value added programs at no additional cost.

Each month, we offer accredited continuing education opportunities for members. Through the Innovatix Educational Institute, we provide a lunchtime learning series entitled “Lunch ‘N Learn”, a one-hour “live” program designed to help our members meet their continuing education requirements to maintain their professional certification in the convenience of their own individual facility.

At Innovatix, we have staff clinical pharmacists and physician consultants, who can assist our members with best practice procedures, provide insight into clinical trials and focus on patient clinical outcomes in the marketplace. The team of staff experts is available to answer questions regarding generic alternatives. Additionally, we focus on essential issues surrounding formulary management, medication error reduction, medication therapy management services, and quality and clinical business efficiencies.

On behalf of our membership, we have retained the services of a Washington D.C. based advocacy firm dedicated to representing our membership base on important legislative issues affecting the industry today. Through our **advocacy initiatives, Innovatix has been working closely with leaders in Washington throughout the implementation of Medicare Part D to recognize and remedy the new challenges presented under this new legislation.

We place a high emphasis on the level of customer service we provide our members. By combining our knowledgeable and skilled internal customer care team with an accessible and responsive sales team in the field we are able to meet the specialized needs of each of our members.

For more information please email us using the link below.