Healthcare
CombineNet is delivering its advanced sourcing technologies to the healthcare industry
through a dedicated team of healthcare sourcing and project management professionals.
CombineNet is combining healthcare supply chain expertise with Sourcing Solutions
to transform the way in which goods and services are sourced in healthcare.
The introduction of CombineNet into the healthcare marketplace is highly significant
and timely. Rising costs are part of our national debate and CombineNet is making
a difference. Expressive Commerce™ isn't replacing the way in which business is
currently done; rather, it's extending the reach and scale of face-to-face negotiations
between healthcare providers and their suppliers. For example, through CombineNet,
suppliers can accurately express market share and volume requirements because they
will have more visibility into the healthcare provider’s demand at the item level.
They will have the opportunity to submit multiple proposals, revise them, submit
new items (such as therapeutic equivalents) and negotiate off-line.
Buyers are able to build an unlimited number of potential award scenarios. Through
the process, they are able to identify the cost of physician preferences, prioritize
change management initiatives and develop award scenarios that systematically introduce
new and better products into their operations.
Even more, the buyer is able to quickly evaluate thousands of supplier proposals
in the context of all the supplier-driven non-price factors that distinguish the
total value of their products.
CombineNet has been used to source more than $1.5 Billion USD in Medical and Surgical
Supplies and Pharmaceuticals for healthcare providers including individual hospitals,
healthcare delivery networks, and group purchasing organizations (GPOs).