BERGEN BRUNSWIG ANNOUNCES FURTHER PENETRATION IN LONG-TERM CARE MARKET; Five-Year, Med-Surg Distribution Agreement Signed With Living Centers of America.ORANGE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 30, 1996--Bergen Brunswig Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. ) announced today that its medical-surgical supply subsidiary, Durr Medical, has been awarded a five-year, primary distribution agreement with Living Centers of America (NYSE:LCA LCA Life Cycle Assessment LCA Saint Lucia (ISO Country code) LCA Life Cycle Analysis LCA Linux.conf.au (Australian Linux conference) LCA Labor Condition Application LCA Light Combat Aircraft ) and its subsidiaries. Based in Houston, Living Centers provides through its operating subsidiaries a diverse range of services in healthcare including long-term healthcare, rehabilitation services, and pharmaceutical services. Services provided at Living Centers' 210 long-term care facilities long-term care facility n. See skilled nursing facility. include skilled nursing care, assisted living as·sist·ed living n. A living arrangement in which people with special needs, especially older people with disabilities, reside in a facility that provides help with everyday tasks such as bathing, dressing, and taking medication. services, subacute and Alzheimer's care. The company's rehabilitation group, American Rehabilitation Services, provides contract rehabilitation services to more than 800 skilled nursing facilities and operates more than 170 outpatient clinics. Additionally, Living Centers operates 27 institutional pharmacies through its subsidiary, American Pharmaceutical Services. Effective September 1, 1996, Durr Medical will begin supplying all of Living Centers' medical-surgical, urological, respiratory, and wound care product needs. The contract is expected to generate in excess of $100 million in revenues for Durr Medical over the five-year period. Commenting on the contract from Durr Medical, President Cullen Smith, said, "Our corporate strategy is to take costs out of the supply chain by finding new ways to make our customers more efficient. Because of our advanced use of electronic data interchange See EDI. (application, communications) electronic data interchange - (EDI) The exchange of standardised document forms between computer systems for business use. EDI is part of electronic commerce. (EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) The electronic communication of business transactions, such as orders, confirmations and invoices, between organizations. Third parties provide EDI services that enable organizations with different equipment to connect. ) technology, we will be taking Living Centers away from its current labor and cost-intensive, order-processing environment. With Durr they will now be able to utilize bar-code scanning for inventory control as well as electronic order entry, order confirmation, invoicing, and funds transfer. The Living Centers contract exemplifies our ability to employ efficiency strategies in all venues of the healthcare market. We are excited at the opportunity of working with Living Centers so that together we can reduce overall healthcare costs." Bergen Brunswig Corporation, with national distribution of both pharmaceuticals and medical-surgical supplies, services its customer base -- chain and independent pharmacies, hospitals, HMOs, nursing homes, clinics, and physician groups -- with innovative logistics management programs that help them grow efficiently and improve the cost effectiveness of their operation and further support their focus on patient/consumer care. Bergen Brunswig Corporation's operating teams include Bergen Brunswig Drug Company, Durr Medical, IntePlex(tm), Alternate Site Distributors, and Good Neighbor Pharmacy Good Neighbor Pharmacy is a retailers' cooperative network of over 2,700 independently owned and operated pharmacies. It has a business affiliation with AmerisourceBergen (Bergen Brunswig Drug Company), which sponsors the network and owns the name "Good Neighbor Pharmacy". (r). -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Bergen Brunswig news releases are available at no charge through the company's Faxline. To receive a directory of available releases, call 800/344-7508 and follow the voice prompt instructions. CONTACT: Bergen Brunswig, Orange Lisa Riordan, 800/840-5131 |
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