Code of Conduct (.pdf) - Geisinger Health System

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Integrity in Our Business Relationships FAIR COMPETITION AND ANTITRUST LAWS At Geisinger we believe that a healthy competitive marketplace is good for patients and members. Antitrust laws are designed to encourage fair trade and competition in the marketplace. We will not behave in a way that is anti-competitive or violates antitrust laws. All Geisinger employees must comply with applicable antitrust laws and other similar laws which regulate competition. Examples of conduct prohibited by such laws include (a) agreements to fix prices, bid rigging, or collusion with competitors (including price sharing); (b) boycotts, certain exclusive dealings, and price discrimination agreements; and (c) unfair trade practices, including bribery, misappropriation or trade secrets, deception, intimidation and similar unfair practices. Whenever we are considering entering into an arrangement with another organization or person in the same line of business that we are in — be it health plan, hospital, care delivery or clinical research — it is important to consult with the Legal Department to make sure that the arrangement complies with applicable antitrust laws. Geisinger employees are expected to seek advice from our Legal Department when confronted with business decisions involving a risk of violation of antitrust laws or other similar laws. Trade group and professional association activities can sometimes raise antitrust issues too, so talk with the Legal Department if potential competitive issues arise in those situations. 10
Integrity in Our Business Relationships OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT AND CONSULTING ARRANGEMENTS If you are asked to provide services on a consulting basis for someone outside Geisinger, please consult your supervisor. Geisinger has policies regarding secondary employment and contracting for services to assist in determining how these arrangements should be handled. In general, if the consulting engagement can be performed outside of your regularly scheduled work hours or during your vacation time and without using Geisinger resources, you may contract to provide the services (if agreed to by your supervisor and it does not present a conflict of interest). However, if the work is to be performed during your regularly scheduled working hours and you need Geisinger resources to accomplish the project, then you may need to arrange for the Geisinger entity that employs you to contract to provide the services. Many physicians are asked by companies who are developing new products to represent Geisinger or their chosen specialty. Such consultations require a minimum of some form of confidentiality agreement. Other types of programs that may be sponsored by external organizations include the presentation of medical treatment and technical development innovations to a panel of consultants. Please evaluate why you are being asked to serve as a consultant. If you believe that your participation is sought by virtue of the authority or influence you may exercise to direct an organizational decision that may benefit the sponsor, you should decline participation. If the request to serve as a consultant is based upon the work you do at Geisinger, you may retain honoraria up to a maximum total of $10,000 per person per year, provided you obtain prior approval from your Department Director and Assistant Chief Medical Officer if you are a physician, or from the Executive Vice President overseeing your area if you are a non-physician professional. In addition you will be required to complete an application form attesting that in accepting the honoraria you are adhering to the System's applicable Conflict of Interest Policy and its Code of Conduct. You may also accept travel and lodging and/or be reimbursed for other out-of-pocket travel expenses on your own behalf. If Geisinger has paid for these expenses, then the reimbursement should be paid to Geisinger. If your spouse or family member travels with you, their expenses should be borne by you. This is consistent with Geisinger’s policy that relates to business travel. Geisinger professionals and other employees may be invited to seminars or other professional education activities as a panel member, speaker or research presenter. Commercial supporters of such activities must not control the planning, content or execution of the professional activity. It may be customary for the meeting sponsor to pay for registration and lodging. If you are considered a faculty member of the educational event, it is permissible to accept the subsidy for yourself. However, it is not permissible to accept the cost of travel or registration on behalf of family members (unless they have qualified as faculty in their own right). This is consistent with Geisinger's travel policy. 11
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