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ServiShare has teamed with Provista, a group purchasing organization, to provide access to a national portfolio of contracts that are negotiated and managed by supply chain leader, Novation. Provista and Novation together represent $27.5 billion in combined annual purchasing power.


What does this mean for the members ?

  •   Select from more than 900 agreements with industry leading suppliers in the areas of:
    •   Business Products
    •   Capital Equipment
    •   Cardiology
    •   Diagnostic Imaging
    •   Facilities
    •   Food and Nutrition
    •   Laboratory
    •   Medical
    •   NOVAPLUS * Private Label
    •   Orthopedics
    •   Pharmacy
    •   Respiratory
    •   Surgical
  •   Access to current and competitive prices in the marketplace
  •   Local sales/service
    •  Strong local support to help members compete in today's rapidly changing health care environment.
  •   Cost studies - free
    •  Free cost study analysis of current purchases versus purchasing those same products through ServiShare.
    •   No obligation to join.
    •   Significant savings.

On-line tools available through Provista

  •   On-line Contract Catalog
    •   Allows members to instantly receive product and price information for all Provista agreements.
    •   User-friendly and convenient.
    •   Locate contracts based upon product name, supplier name, agreement number or NDC code.
  •   Contract Value Assessor
    •  Cross reference current line-item purchases with products and pricing available through new agreements.
  •   Forms Manager
    •   View and track the status of signed letters of commitment.
    •   Easy access to blank participation forms.
  •   Price Tier Optimizer
    •   Determine the appropiate tier based upon each member's curent purchase volume.
    •   Optimize your price tier.
    •   Research the other price tiers available on a particular contract.
  •   Agreement Expiration and Extensions Report
    •   Communicates status on supplier agreements that are set to expire within the next 90 days.
    •  Quick and easy way to check for updated information regarding contract extensions or replacements.

Pharmacy

  •   Pharmaceutical Distribution Program
    •   Effective May 1, 2006, with seven new Authorized Distributor contracts.
    •   Competitive, flexible pricing options based on each member's needs.
    •   High quality services supported by the industry's best terms and pricing.
  •   Pharmacy Supply Analysis Tools
    •    Self-service electronic tools to help manage supply chain costs more effectively.
    •    Reports include:
      •   Price Verification Report
      •   Contract Potential Savings Report
      •   Failure to Supply Report
      •   Custom Market Share Report
  •   Pharmacy Tier Capture Report
    •   Provides information to help manage supply chain costs by providing information on:
      •   Which tiered price/rebate programs members are currently purchasing in.
      •   Purchase volume by product.
      •   Tier/price level as invoiced by your wholesaler.
  •   NOVAPLUS Pharmaceutical Program and Rebate Program
    •   Access to a broad selection of more than 185 NOVAPLUS pharmacy products.
    •   Product discounts up to 53 percent.

Medical/Surgical

  •   Offers over 120 medical/surgical product agreements that cover more than 150,000 line items.
  •  Assists members in improving financial, operational and clinical performance by providing the highest quality medical and surgical product agreements.
    •   Medical Surgical Distribution Program
      •   New program effective December 1, 2006.
      •   Additional value provided through:
        •   Enhanced service elements
        •   Value-added programs
        •   Supply channel management

Laboratory

  •   Allegiance Healthcare is the sole Authorized Distributor for laboratory products.
  •  Agreements include selected manufacturers of capital equipment and consumables for chemistry, hematology, coagulation and microbiology departments.
  •  Reference laboratory services, general laboratory products and a few select products under the NOVAPLUS label are included.

NOVAPLUS® Private Label

  •  Low-cost brand of pharmaceutical, medical-surgical, radiology and laboratory products owned by the members themselves.
  •   Products are identical to their brand-name equivalents.
  •   Lower prices, standardization and utilization opportunities and greater cooperative benefits.

Other Provista Programs

  •   Diagnostic Imaging
  •   Respiratory
  •   Orthopedics
  •   Cardiology
  •   Capital Equipment
  •   Services and Facilities
  •   Clinically Focused Programs