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