In addition, former Senators Robert Bennett (R-Utah) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) were named senior policy advisors to HGPII.
HGPII is a private voluntary organization that allows competing GPOs to work together to promote transparency and develop guiding principles for the industry. HIGPA is a separate group but has many of the same members.
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