Using a Compliance Culture Survey to Measure & Benchmark Your Organization
Developing a culture of compliance within an organization should be a major goal for any Compliance Officer. A strong compliance culture…
HHS OIG Cites Ways to Reduce Healthcare Fraud, Waste, And Abuse
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) annually summarizes unimplemented recommendations that it believes…
CMS Moves To Ease Requirements For LTC Facilities
CMS backtracks on Compliance and Ethics Program requirements and expects the proposed rule’s changes to achieve $616 million in annual…
Using Co-Sourcing to Extend Limited Compliance Resources
Health care organizations are seeking the most efficient and effective means to meet the significant challenges of maintaining an effective…
The Top Four Compliance Officer Challenges Today
Tips from the Acting Inspector General Joanne M. Chiedi, Department of Health and Human Services Principal Deputy Inspector General and…
Regulatory Due Diligence – Critical for Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions
Companies see tremendous return on investment (ROI) for employing the right experts Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are taking place at…
Internal Auditing as a Friend, Not a Foe
Tips on how internal auditing can assist compliance programs A turf war between internal audit committees and compliance offices is…
OCR Reiterates Direct Liability Authority Over Business Associates
Ten ways BAs are directly liable for HIPAA violations The HITECH Act made business associates (BA) of covered entities directly…
For 2019 HIPAA is the Highest Compliance Officer Priority
75% of Compliance Officers are responsible for HIPAA Privacy The Ninth Annual Healthcare Compliance Benchmark Survey (Survey) was conducted by…
New DOJ Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Program Guidelines
In the latest in a series of Department of Justice (DOJ) moves to clarify its expectations for compliance programs and…
Clock Ticking on The California Consumer Privacy Act
The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) will impose significant transparency and individual rights requirements on many companies that handle “personal information” of…
FBI Report on Cyber-Crime Extortions
In 2018, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported receiving 51,146 extortion-related cyber-crime complaints that involved adjusted losses of over $83 million.…