For the last seven years HGPII members have submitted to an annual, independent review of individual company business practices. In 2012, the HGPII co-coordinators began to oversee the review. The report details the co-coordinators’ assessment of the group purchasing industry.
Key findings of the report are:
• All member organizations had conformed to consistently high standards in their bidding and awards process, and had identified transparency in these contracts as an organizational priority.
• Each of the member organizations that directly contract for medical technology products had developed and implemented policies that promoted the availability of new innovative technologies for healthcare.
• All member organizations had offered an active and accessible grievance policy for vendors.
• All members had commonly restrained the size of vendor fees.
• Every member organization had provided employees with a written ethics policy and orientation on hiring, with periodic refresher sessions for existing employees.
• Each member had adequately participated in the HGPII Annual Best Practices Forum, with representation by both the management and key employees.
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