Cascade Awarded National IT Asset Disposition Agreement with the Premier Healthcare Alliance

Jan. 18, 2013 - PRLog -- Cascade Asset Management announced this week that it has been awarded a 36-month group purchasing agreement with the Premier healthcare alliance to provide services to Premier members for the secure and environmentally responsible disposition of their IT assets for reuse and recycling.  Effective January 15, 2013, the new agreement allows alliance members, at their discretion, to take advantage of special pricing and terms pre-negotiated by Premier.

 “We are honored to have been selected to provide our award-winning services to the Premier membership,” says Neil Peters-Michaud, Cascade’s CEO and one of the company’s two founders.  “Our relationship with the healthcare industry goes back to our recognition by Hospitals for a Healthy Environment in 2005 as a ‘Champion for Change’ and now extends to serving healthcare facilities in their IT disposition needs across the country.”

Cascade offers businesses and organizations a secure, environmentally responsible and cost-effective method for the disposal of their unwanted IT assets.  The company operates over 60,000 square feet of production space at plants in Wisconsin and Indiana.  Cascade has collected and refurbished or recycled over 70 million pounds of electronics since it opened in 1999 and has been recognized as an industry “visionary” on the Gartner IT Asset Disposition Magic Quadrant.   All of Cascade’s facilities are also e-Stewards certified, thus guaranteeing that no unused equipment or related components are disposed of in a non-environmentally friendly manner.

About the Premier healthcare alliance, Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient

Premier is a performance improvement alliance of more than 2,700 U.S. hospitals and 90,000 other sites using the power of collaboration and technology to lead the transformation to coordinated, high-quality, cost-effective care. Owned by hospitals, health systems and other providers, Premier operates a leading healthcare purchasing network with more than $4 billion in annual savings. Premier also maintains the nation's largest clinical, financial and outcomes database with information on 1 in 4 patient discharges. A world leader in delivering measurable improvements in care, Premier works with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has an office in Washington. http://www.premierinc.com. Stay connected with Premier on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

About Cascade Asset Management:

Cascade is a national leader in responsible IT asset retirement solutions for businesses and institutions across North America.  Headquartered in Madison, WI, Cascade has served nearly 2000 organizations in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, Puerto Rico, and beyond.  More on Cascade can be found at http://www.cascade-assets.com.