Engaging and Onboarding Interim Compliance Officers
A growing number of health care provider organizations are turning to interim compliance officers to fill temporary vacancies, evaluate the…
Tips on How to Properly Structure Compliance Policy Documents
Every Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) compliance document stresses the importance of the…
Auditing the Hotline Operations
Best Practice Tips One of the compliance office’s primary responsibilities is to ensure that the hotline conforms with compliance program…
Survey Employees for a Fresh Look at Your Compliance Program
Steve Forman, CPA, has built, managed and assessed over 50 compliance programs. In his experience, a good way to gain…
Meeting Nursing Home Compliance Program Legal Mandates
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act included a mandate that skilled nursing facilities and nursing homes adopt and implement…
Strong Cyber Security Requires Broader HIPAA Security Rule Compliance
On October 15, 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced its largest…
Facsimile, the Forgotten Cyber Compliance Vulnerability
A Check Point Research study found that hackers are able to infiltrate any home or corporate network with the use…
HIPAA Mobile Device Security
Using mobile devices such as smart-phones and tablets to communicate with patients has become common. This growing dependency on mobile…
CMS Proposes to Reduce Regulatory Burden on Providers
Proposal expected to save U.S. healthcare facilities $1.12 billion per year The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently…
Whistleblower Law Planned For Europe
Earlier this year, the European Commission (EU) moved to build upon a variety of EU-wide whistleblower protection laws spanning areas…
Half Way Into 2018 And Data Breaches Have Already Exceeded Last Year’s Totals
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Breach Portal reported that more breaches occurred in the first six months of 2018…
OIG Seeks Comments to Update the Anti-Kickback Statute and Civil Monetary Penalty Law
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently closed its public comment period on August 24, 2018, for a…