Group Purchasing Power that Drives Savings and Improves Your Bottom Line
United Iroquois Shared Services (UISS) is a regional group purchasing organization for healthcare (acute & non-acute) and non-healthcare facilities.
UISS combines shared services and consulting activities concentrated on reducing operating costs and promoting performance improvement for more than 900 health care and non-health care members. UISS represents the for-profit division of the Iroquois Healthcare Association with more than 45 years of experience in providing cost-saving initiatives, educational opportunities, and business solutions. With an office located in Clifton Park, NY, we offer local, dedicated customer service to meet the changing needs of our members.
Through partnerships with PREMIER, Inc. and ACURITY, Inc., UISS is able to offer the most competitive, diverse portfolio of contracts through the use of tailored negotiating strategies, national flexibility, regional volume aggregation, and local empowerment. On average, we are able to save members 7% – 15% on products and services.
Client types utilizing group purchasing programs include:
- Hospitals
- Nursing homes
- Surgery centers
- Clinical laboratories
- Imaging centers
- Physician groups
- Colleges
- Universities
- K-12
- Hospices
- Behavioral Health Groups
- Hotels
- And other providers across the Northeast!
“We are realizing cost savings on existing business daily. We estimate that in exact matches alone, we will save $225,000 per year.”
Acute Care Hospital
OUR MISSION
To provide the best group purchasing program available within Upstate New York and surrounding areas, while maintaining an emphasis on profitability to fund new value-added services for the membership, reduce member costs to participate, and support other activities of the Iroquois Healthcare Association/Alliance.