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Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is a method of transmitting commonly used data between companies using computers and phone lines. Companies can now do business with suppliers, customers, and vendors cheaper, faster, and much more accurately. The two most frequently used EDI transactions are the purchase order (850) and the chargeback (844). Once the EDI information is sent, each organization’s back-end systems convert the data through a translator into a single format.

HDMA's eCommerce Task Force is updating EDI guidelines for the 180 Return Authorization and Notification and 812 Credit/Debit Adjustment transaction sets, as well as developing an EDI Usage Guideline that summarizes recent changes made to various EDI Guidelines published by HDMA in recent years.

Committees/Taskforce

Publications

2008-2009 HDMA Factbook

Order the 2007-2008 HDMA Factbook for analyses, trends and easy-to-use demographic and benchmarking data on contracts and chargebacks. The Factbook includes information on manufacturers' contracts profile, distributors' chargeback profile and the total administration costs of contracts and chargebacks.
View the 2008-2009 HDMA Factbook Table of Contents

852 Product Activity Guidelines for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Developed by the HDMA e-Commerce Task Force, the HDMA 852 Product Activity Guidelines are designed to help distributors efficiently provide inventory, sales and other product information to manufacturers as part of service or inventory management agreements. The HDMA 852 Product Activity Guidelines will enable trading partners to efficiently communicate current inventory levels, drop ship quantities, quantities sold, forecasted demand, out-of-stock products and more.

Contract & Chargeback Administration Guidelines for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

HDMA’s eCommerce Task Force (eCTF) developed three new implementation guidelines for the 845 Price Authorization Acknowledgement/Status Bid Award/Change Notification, 844 Product Transfer Account Adjustment Chargeback Notification and 849 Response to Transfer Account Adjustment Chargeback Reconciliation electronic data interchange (EDI) transaction sets.

867 Product Transfer and Resale Report Guidelines for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to Support Distributor Service Agreements

HDMA’s eCommerce Task Force (eCTF) has developed implementation guidelines for the 867 Product Transfer and Resale Report electronic data interchange (EDI) transaction set. The eCTF provides business and technology expertise to develop voluntary healthcare industry implementation guidelines for use of EDI and other technology standards. HDMA member distributors, manufacturers and service providers serve on the task force.

Contact
John Howells
Senior Director, Industry Relations
703-885-0277
jhowells@hdmanet.org