The Healthcare Group Purchasing Industry Initiative (HGPII) is an organization dedicated to promoting and monitoring the best ethical and business practices in purchasing for hospitals and other healthcare providers. In a recently published piece for Roll Call, (HGPII) Co-Coordinators, former Representative Philip English (R-PA), former Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Robert Bennett (R-UT) shared their experience overseeing HGPII’s seventh annual Report to the Public. The report, a comprehensive industry review, found that group purchasing organizations (GPOs) consistently maintain high ethical standards and business practices that promote innovation, transparency in the bidding process and compliance.
“After a year of reviewing responses to hundreds of questions and conducting interviews and site visits, we are pleased to release the group’s seventh annual report to the public. Our review has determined that HGPII members have created internal business safeguards and enforcement mechanisms to prevent conflicts of interest; improved transparency in the bidding and awards process; and developed and implemented policies that facilitate and promote the availability of new, innovative technologies for health care.
In the years to come, the GPOs that make up HGPII have pledged to continue promoting best practices, while inspiring ethical conduct by both word and actions.
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To read more from the article English, Dorgan and Bennett: Health Care GPOs Meet Standards, Review Shows, click here.
