Government and Industry Advocacy

HIDA serves as the voice for medical industry distributors on policy matters before legislators and regulators. HIDA also provides analysis on key government topics and industry affairs important to the supply chain and your business.

Government Affairs Issues Latest news on issues affecting the healthcare supply chain.  View All►

Reimbursement
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HIDA monitors CMS payment rules and publishes analysis reports of Medicare and Medicaid updates for the coming year.
Flu Supply News + Report
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HIDA compiles information from influenza products supply and distribution in an annual Flu Report.
Emergency Preparedness
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Medical products distributors play a pivotal role in emergency medical preparedness.

Industry Affairs Issues  Issues+Resources►

Pricing Accuracy
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Contract Communication Standards For The Healthcare Supply Chain <br />
E-Commerce
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<b> Transforming The Business Of Healthcare </b> | 845 EDI Replication Tool from E-Commerce workshops
Supply Chain Collaborative
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Collaborative established to address end-to-end supply chain challenges within the healthcare industry.

Advocacy Events + Webinars  All HIDA Events► | All Advocacy Webinars►

Advocacy Event
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<b>Washington Summit</b> | June 5-7, 2019 | Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, DC
HIDA Webinar
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<b> *Best-In-Class Key Account Management In Medtech </b> | <br /> Tammer Farid, PhD | February 20, 2019
HIDA Webinar
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<b> *2019 SNF Medicare Reimbursement Outlook </b> | Caroline Haarmann & Katherine Almendinger of AHCA | February 6, 2019

Advocacy Publications + Resources  View All►

Advocacy Tools
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<b> Legislative Action Center </b> | Get involved by advocating for critical supply chain issues.
Industry Advocacy Report
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<b> Key Government Affairs Victories And Industry Accomplishments </b> | HIDA Annual Advocacy Report
Policy Report
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<b> 2019 Analysis And Outlook Of Future Medicare Reimbursement Policies </b>| Medicare Report

Government Affairs Insights | Understand the changes impacting our industry. HIDA analyzes & interprets government activity in each of these three Member Resources areas:

Impact
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Overview of key political events and their roles in the future. (Members) <br />
Impact
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Updates and analysis on legislative action that impacts the medical supply chain industry. (Members)
Impact
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Summaries of the latest regulatory action including annual Medicare reimbursement updates. (Members)