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October 2017 OIG Work Plan Update
Five New Items Added to Current Work Plan This year, the OIG is updating its annual Work Plan during the…
OIG Issues Report on OHRP’s Need to Communicate Whistleblower Protections.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued a report on the Office…
Cyber Security Tips
Growing Health Care Compliance Issues in Cyber Security Cyber security is a growing compliance issue, and has enormous implications for…
Four Out of Five Organizations Under 1,000 Employees Overpay for Their Hotline
By Richard Kusserow, former HHS Inspector General and CEO of Compliance Resource Center. Reprinted from Wolters Kluwer‘s Kusserow on Compliance…
Tips for using the OIG Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) published the Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol (SDP) in…
Tips for Developing an Effective HIPAA Breach Response Plan.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is reporting a significant increase in HIPAA…
Healthcare Now Ranks Second In Cyberattacks: HIPAA Breach Update
Increasing State and Federal Rules and Oversight Developing Breach Response Plans The problem of breaches of protected health information (PHI)…
Proper Handling of Hotline Complaints
Tips From Experts Careless handling of hotline complaints can result in serious problems for an organization and the Compliance Officer,…
Use of Statistical Sampling by the OIG and Others
Early last year, HHS OIG released a Podcast explaining its statistical sampling methodologies. The OIG depends on statistical sampling to…
Topics for Briefing Boards
Many Compliance Officers (COs) raise questions about what kinds of reports concerning the Compliance Program (CP) can be made to…
Are There Advantages For Outsourcing The Entire Sanction-Screening Program?
Over the last decade, there has been a strong trend to outsource as many non-core business functions as possible. This…
Physician Practice Corporate Integrity Agreements
Independent Review Organization (IRO) Scope of Work Mandates In 2015, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of…