140 year of Shriners

140 year of Shriners

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Amerinet Renews Partnership With Shriners Hospitals for Children

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amerinet, a leading national healthcare group purchasing organization (GPO), recently announced the renewal of its agreement with Shriners Hospitals for Children.

“Shriners Hospitals for Children continues our long-standing partnership with Amerinet to achieve value and cost savings for our hospitals,” said Mark Williams, the organization’s director of supply chain management. “Our goals with this renewal are to intensify our focus to enterprise total spend management visibility and efficiencies.”

An Amerinet member since 2001, the Shriners Hospitals for Children healthcare system utilizes Amerinet’s national portfolio of contracts and Total Spend Management business intelligence solutions to help manage its members’ combined annual spend. The Shriners Hospitals for Children system represents several facilities throughout the United States.

Specific benefits available to Shriners Hospitals for Children include contracts specially negotiated for system members, discounted pricing for all facility types, enhanced tier discounts for aggregated volume and customized educational solutions, through Amerinet’s educational division, Inquisit.

“We appreciate Shriners Hospitals for Children’s continued confidence in our relationship,” said RJ McNaughton, Amerinet’s executive vice president of sales. “We look forward to helping enhance the strength of this nationwide system through identifying and implementing clinical and financial solutions to address the needs of system members.”

About Shriners Hospitals for Children

Shriners Hospitals for Children is an international healthcare system dedicated to improving the lives of children by providing pediatric specialty care, innovative research and outstanding teaching programs. Children up to age 18 with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate are eligible for admission and receive all care in a family-centered environment, with no financial obligation to patients or their families. For more information, please visit www.shrinershospitals.org.

About Amerinet

As a leading national group purchasing organization, Amerinet strategically partners with healthcare providers to reduce costs and improve quality. Through its Total Spend Management solutions and operational performance improvement programs, tools and services, Amerinet assists members in their efforts to reduce costs, improve efficiencies and create new revenue streams. Supported by a team of clinical, data and supply chain experts, Amerinet offers a comprehensive portfolio of product and service contracts to address members’ specific needs. Amerinet serves acute and alternate care site healthcare providers nationwide. To learn more, visit www.amerinet-gpo.com.

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