GROUP PURCHASING PROGRAM

• Purchasing power of over 500 Nursing Facilities and 40,000+ beds.
• Contracts with leading manufacturers and distributors of quality products to save you money on groceries, nursing supplies, linens, paper, chemicals, and much more.
• HCIS' contracts combine the best in quality, service and price to allow small quantity purchases at large quantity discounts.
• Bidding department for specialty items and capitol expenditures.
• Experienced customer service department to assist NF in time consuming aspects of ordering.
• HCIS means cost containment and substantial savings to you – both in time and dollars.

WHY HCIS?

HCIS was formed to provide a complete purchasing organization for health care facilities. Most facilities do not provide in their budget the position of purchasing agent, per se. In studying the situation, we have found that many people actually do the purchasing within a facility. These people not only have to purchase, but also must fulfill their primary responsibilities of administering the home, nursing, housekeeping and the coordination of the food service area. These tasks are major and are full time positions in themselves. The people administering the various areas know best the items or services they need, but due to factors totally beyond their control, purchasing is not always accomplished in the most efficient manner.

A major constraint is the time available to meet and review needs with the various vendors. Other factors are possibly the location of the facility and the number of vendors actually calling on them, and their "Buying Power" based on the size of their facility.

Purchasing groups, as you know them, have possibly provided some cost savings, but, for many reasons are not the ultimate. We have developed a concept which provides you with a complete purchasing system, not just a book of contracts. For a reasonable fee you are provided a professional purchasing staff to handle all your purchases. Your staff professionals continue to define your needs and your HICS professional performs the purchasing function. By sharing your HCIS Staff with other facilities, your savings are even greater. HCIS's professionals negotiate the contracts with the various vendors and continually review the prices to provide you with maximum cost savings. Our negotiating strength with the vendors lies in the two fold fact of 1) the number of vendors we represent and, 2) that we will actually be doing the purchasing. The winning vendor is thus relatively assured of "Getting the Business." Hence, a desire on their part to be very competitive. Our studies show substantial overall savings and new vendors are presently calling us daily to have an opportunity to serve you.

HCIS is a service organization dedicated to providing our member facilities a professional purchasing department, at a very reasonable cost to the facility. We negotiate contracts combing the best in service, quality and price. All we need is one order from your staff and our organization places the components of the order with the various vendors. You are supplied confirming copies of the various purchase orders for your files. Our staff provides your facility with the various catalogs and specification information you may need. We will coordinate the various supplier support functions with your staff, and do the time consuming ground work to allow your professionals the time they need to properly carry out their specific job functions.

Let our HCIS professionals show you how you can become a part of the most unique purchasing concept in years, and enjoy immediate returns in time and dollars.

You owe it to yourself and those you serve.