Amerinet Announces Exclusive Agreement with Blackhawk Healthcare.

ST. LOUIS -- Amerinet Inc., announced today that Blackhawk Healthcare LLC, an owner and operator of rural hospitals, has chosen Amerinet to serve as its sole-source group purchasing organization (GPO). This three-year national sales agreement creates a partnership of shared responsibility to reduce costs and develop new revenue streams through Amerinet's innovative solution-based programs and services.

The partnership will focus on global supply spend management and margin enhancement services, including cost reduction, contract evaluation, contract implementation and program coordination at all of Blackhawk Healthcare's facilities. Amerinet will negotiate contracts on behalf of Blackhawk Healthcare and provide access to an array of competitively priced, quality products and services supplied by industry leaders.

Todd Biederman, President of Blackhawk Healthcare, said "Blackhawk Healthcare selected Amerinet because of their expertise serving rural hospitals and their proven ability to deliver significant cost savings. One of the biggest challenges stand-alone, rural hospitals face is the ability to receive top quality supplies at the discounts provided to larger health care systems. We believe that partnering with Amerinet will fulfill our intention to provide rural hospitals with the best programs and services available."

"Blackhawk Healthcare is an outstanding health care provider, and we are truly pleased that they have chosen Amerinet as their exclusive GPO," said Amerinet CEO Victor Samolovitch. "The agreement is designed to help Blackhawk Healthcare achieve its margin improvement goals through utilization of Amerinet's comprehensive contract portfolios, clinical specialists, supply chain consultants and data tools to optimize financial performance."

About Blackhawk Healthcare, LLC

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Blackhawk Healthcare is an owner and operator of rural healthcare facilities, specifically Critical Access Hospitals.

Rural America is the most underserved, outdated sector of the healthcare industry. Rural community hospitals face a host of challenges ranging from attracting high-level expertise to obtaining state-of-the-art equipment and facilities to maintaining the trust and patronage of its community. Blackhawk is grateful for the opportunity to serve rural communities, improve healthcare delivery and meet the economic needs of every rural community we serve.

About Amerinet

Amerinet strategically partners with health care providers to improve operating margins through a global supply spend management approach to reduce costs and create new revenue streams. Supported by a team of data and clinical experts that are equipped with state-of-the-art assessment tools, and a comprehensive portfolio of purchasing contracts, Amerinet identifies immediate cost-savings and provides a choice of quality, competitively priced products and services supplied by industry leaders. Amerinet serves more than 22,000 acute and non-acute health care providers nationwide. To learn more, visit www.amerinet-gpo.com.