Compliance Officers Should be Independent of Legal Counsel
Key Points: The OIG has issued its long-awaited new “General Compliance Program Guidance.” This 91-page document provides updated Guidance built…
Using Compliance Liaisons to Extend Compliance Office Reach
Key Points: Many compliance officers are confronted with the problem of how to extend the reach of the compliance program…
General Overview of Compliance Culture
Key Points on Compliance Culture: When the Department of Justice (DOJ) emphasized a “culture of compliance” in their 2020 “Compliance…
12 Compliance Planning Tips
Compliance Officers must remain focused on ensuring their organization has internal controls and measures to adequately manage, mitigate, and avoid…
HIPAA Violations Involving Social Media are on the Rise
Key Points: Although the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted in 1996, many years before the advent…
Managing Compliance Staffing Shortages
Tips to Address Staff Shortage With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was significant disruption in the labor market,…
The Benefits of Outsourcing HIPAA Privacy Responsibilities
Key Points: Rise in Enforcement HIPAA enforcement actions continue to rise. Not only is there the threat of fines and…
Melding Compliance and Internal Audit
Key Points: In many organizations, the Compliance Office and Internal Audit occupy similar spaces and share many common characteristics in…
HIPAA Violations Continue to Increase
During the COVID Pandemic there have been many unintended violations involving PHI HIPAA has been on the books for nearly…
An Independent Compliance Officer
Key Points: The Compliance Officer is an individual charged with ensuring that their organization complies with applicable regulatory and legal requirements…
Tips For Social Media Compliance
Key Points: There are many benefits to be gained from healthcare organizations using social media, such as raising awareness of…
Ten Guiding Principles for Conducting Compliance Investigation Interviews
Those conducting compliance investigations conduct interviews to establish facts and seek information, not provide them. As such, investigators should not…