Membership
To qualify for membership in River Valley Physicians, Inc., Physician: 1) must be duly state licensed or otherwise legally authorized to practice medicine; 2) must spend at least 80% of his/her time in patient care allocated to community based general pediatrics or other practices of primary care medicine; 3) must acknowledge that each full-time and part-time physician who is affiliated with the Physician in a professional corporation, partnership or similar arrangement, also fulfills the requirements for membership; 4) must agree to comply with the conditions of membership.
Membership requires total purchasing support of those contracts that include “loyalty/compliance” discount clauses that have been approved by the RVPI Board. These require achievement by all members collectively of market share purchases equal to or greater than 90% of total product purchases. Failure to comply with these purchasing agreements will result in termination from the agreements.