CONMED Corporation and Amerinet Choice Negotiate Competitive New Agreement for Endo-Mechanicals

Amerinet Choice®, the private label and sourcing company of Amerinet Inc., announces a competitive new agreement with CONMED Corporation for endomechanicals.


Effective September 1, 2011, through August 31, 2014, this contract offers Amerinet members significant savings on supply bundles and innovative purchasing-cycle software applications for the cost-effective, comprehensive management of endosurgery supplies. CONMED's exclusive Mascot and Endocap™ IT applications help to significantly reduce annualized endosurgery overhead by highlighting purchasing options, controlling waste and inventory costs. Billing work-flow is greatly streamlined via convenient terms that enable posting of a single payment for an entire month of procedures. Supplies available include:

· Hand-held endosurgery instruments

· Trocars

· Laparoscopic suction and irrigation

· Skin staplers and ligation devices

· Insufflation tubing

· Uterine manipulators

About ConMed

Founded in 1973, CONMED is a medical technology company with an emphasis on surgical devices and equipment for minimally invasive procedures and patient monitoring. Headquartered in Utica, N.Y., the Company's 3,300 employees distribute its products worldwide from several manufacturing locations specializing in arthroscopy, electrosurgery, endosurgery, patient care, powered surgical instruments, endoscopy and endoscopic technologies.

New Amerinet Choice Agreement with Hill-Rom for Bed Rentals to Benefit Members

Amerinet Choice®, the private label and sourcing company of Amerinet Inc., announces a competitive new agreement with Hill-Rom Company Inc. for bed and support surface rentals.

Effective September 1, 2011, through August 31, 2014, this contract offers Amerinet members significant savings on patient support surface rentals including state-of-the-art specialty products for bariatric, pulmonary and air-fluidized therapies. Hill-Rom has a dedicated staff of clinicians available to provide 24/7, 365-day support, as well as valuable applications training on diverse topics such as:

· Bariatric patient management

· Pressure ulcer and infection prevention and treatment

Hill-Rom offers the most extensive clinical measurement processes in the industry, and the largest service organizations in the nation are specifically trained to support most products.

Hill-Rom is also a supplier contributor in the Amerinet Quality Solutions' Patient Falls Prevention Toolkit. This toolkit is designed to help healthcare providers identify patients at risk for serious injury from falls so that preventive planning and solutions can be applied.

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