ADVANTUS HEALTH PARTNERS

Class [035]
Advertising, Business & Retail Services

Supply chain management services; Purchasing agents; Business services, namely, combined strategic goods or services sourcing and cooperative purchasing for others; Vendor management services for healthcare facilities; Inventory management; Business consulting services relating to product distribution, operations management services, logistics, supply chain and distribution solutions; Business consulting, management, and planning services in the field of healthcare; Healthcare cost containment services; Group purchasing organization services, namely, coordinating and negotiating contracts with suppliers through which members of the organization can purchase equipment, products, supplies and services for the medical and healthcare fields and the provision of related administrative services; Group purchasing organization services, namely, providing and administering group purchasing programs for others through the coordination and negotiation of contracts with suppliers and service providers; Business management and business administration services, including advisory services and management of data relating to purchase-to-pay business processes, namely, assisting businesses in improvement of purchasing functions, expense management and bill presentment services; Negotiation of business contracts for others; Providing price benchmarking information to healthcare organizations; Monitoring and management of supplier performance for others; Bookkeeping, namely, tracking contract administrative fees; negotiation services for others for purchasing equipment, products, supplies and services for the medical and healthcare fields; Back-end administration, billing and reconciliation of contract administrative fees on behalf of others; Business consultancy and advice with regard to accounts payable, management of procure-to-pay processes and transactions, and procure-to-pay reporting