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SciQuest Solution will Provide Unprecedented Visibility into Enterprise-Wide Spend Management Practices; Supplier Enablement Capability

to Help AmSurg Capture up to 70 Percent of Spending with Preferred

Suppliers

CARY, N.C., Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- SciQuest, Inc., the global leader in helping academic and research-centric organizations realize the potential of strategic procurement, today announced that AmSurg, America's largest publicly held operator of ambulatory surgery centers, has selected SciQuest's eprocurement solution to automate purchasing across its 170 ambulatory surgery centers.

AmSurg Corp. (Nasdaq: AMSG) develops, acquires and operates practice-based surgery centers in partnership with physician practice groups throughout the United States. In addition to eliminating its paper-based methods and increasing efficiencies through eprocurement technology, AmSurg aims to ensure that the company's purchasing dollars are being spent with its preferred list of contracted suppliers.

"The move away from paper-based purchasing to eprocurement through SciQuest will be key in helping AmSurg strategically manage spending and reduce costs across our surgery centers," said Todd Hamilton, associate vice president of supply chain management at AmSurg. "In addition to SciQuest's proven success with other large healthcare, research institutions and universities, we were impressed by the company's product capabilities, supplier enablement services and the expertise of its people, who clearly understood the needs of our business."

SciQuest's eprocurement solution will provide unprecedented visibility into enterprise-wide purchasing and spend management practices so that Am
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