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The Healthcare Group Purchasing Industry Initiative (HGPII), an independent oversight organization that promotes the highest ethical standards and practices in GPOs, announced recently that former Rep. Phil English (R-PA) was named as the new Initiative Coordinator.
English currently co-chairs the Arent Fox Government Relations Practice in Washington, DC. Former Senators Robert Bennett (R-UT) and Byron Dorgan (D-ND) will also join the HGPII team as senior policy advisors.
Congressman English stated, “Our firm, working with HGPII, will take a lead role in assessing industry issues and making certain the public and the government has confidence in the integrity of the industry.”
HGPII consulted with Congress when developing its original guiding principles as well as in the development of its most recent transparency and openness initiatives.