PurNet Inc.

Better Pricing: PurNet offers the Tier Aggregation Program where we are able to compile inventory volumes together so that our members are able to achieve higher tier pricing that they would not be able to obtain as a stand-alone center.

Skilled Account Representatives: PurNet has been in business for over 20 years and specializes in product management and contract management/compliance. Our full-time contract and product management teams are advocates for our members and will handle anything from placing purchase orders, verifying orders, handling product disputes, verifying pricing, finding product substitutes, setting up product trials, and managing contracts.

Contract Management/Compliance: PurNet staff takes the guesswork out of trying to understand contracts so that you can keep focusing on your business.

PurNet also has 75% contract compliance for its members versus the industry's average of 45%. This means that PurNet is able to get contract prices on 75% of its products so that our members receive the lowest prices on their supplies.

PurNet also monitors the contract connection process so that our members are connected to the correct contract and prices on the products that they purchase.

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Can PurNet help our surgical hospital with the new federal regulations (EMR conversions)?

YES! We understand that your center will be investing a lot of time getting ready for implementing the new federal regulations. So, we can help your center with the materials management portion of the conversion. We can take the inventory data from the old system and perform a data cleansing to ensure that product information is updated and accurate. We will then send the information back to you in a format that can be easily updated into the new system. This ensures that you have accurate data in the EMR system for product information and reporting. It also saves your staff time and frustration.

We can also perform quarterly audits on behalf of your center to ensure that the data in the new system remains accurate. It is also a great way to ensure that your center is being charged the correct price on the products that you are purchasing. If incorrect prices are being charges to your center, we can contact the vendors and ensure that the price is corrected and a refund is credited back to your center (if applicable).

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Unfortunately, just because you belong to a GPO does not mean that you are getting contract pricing on the products that you are purchasing. Here are some reasons as to why your center may not be receiving contract pricing:

Most products are priced in tiers that are based on the facilities dollar volume levels of that particular product. The higher the dollar volume spent on a product allows a center to reach a higher tier and therefore lower price. Unfortunately, most facilities are not able to obtain better pricing because their dollar volume spent does not meet the qualifications to get to a higher tier.
Or ... a center is not getting contract prices because the letter of commitment (LOC) is not signed or gets dropped during the contract connection process. If the LOC does not get signed or is dropped during the connection process the center does not get connected to the contracted price for the products that they are eligible for.
Or ... if the contract does get loaded for the center, the contract gets loaded at the incorrect contract price. This leads to the center getting overcharged on their contracted products.
Or ... the facility is connected to 5 different GPO's and are confused as to what contract pricing they are eligible for and from what GPO they are connected to.

PurNet reviews your total spend on the products that you purchase and will sign your center up on the correct LOC and at the correct tier level. PurNet also has a tier aggregation program where manufacturers and vendors view PurNet as a system. Due to this, PurNet is able to compile its inventory numbers from all of its members to reach higher tier pricing. So, even though as a stand-alone center you would only be able to reach tier 1 pricing on a product, because of PurNet’s Tier Aggregation Program you are eligible to receive a higher tier price.

PurNet will also monitor the contract to ensure that your center is connected to the correct contract and at the correct contract price.

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Yes! PurNet will review all product lines that a center uses and will make recommendations based on contract compliance. These are just recommendations and are not mandated. If a center is interested in the product and wants to learn more, PurNet will line up samples for review and evaluation.

PurNet finds an average annual savings of $6,000 on contract conversion products per center.