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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…
Defining Effective Compliance Programs
Evidencing an Effective Compliance Program in Healthcare The Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) compliance guidance calls for all compliance programs…
Congress Questions CMS Oversight of Hospital Accrediting Organizations.
The United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce (House Committee) recently initiated an inquiry into the Centers…
HIPAA Is Now The Highest Compliance Officer Priority
The Ninth Annual Healthcare Compliance Benchmark Survey was conducted by SAI Global and Strategic Management Services, with 388 responding organizations.…
Tips for Empowering the Compliance Officer.
One of the Compliance Officer’s greatest challenges is to obtain the necessary empowerment for their role. Compliance Officers should be…
Selling Compliance to All Stakeholders
Major Challenges for Compliance Officers Compliance officers are not tasked solely with developing the seven standard elements of a compliance…
Tips for Achieving Effective Compliance Program Operation.
Health care organizations face ever increasing regulations necessitating a proactive approach in compliance program execution to effectively mitigate the risk…
Tips on Being an Effective Compliance Officer
Everywhere one looks, compliance officers are called to be effective – but how can one meet this challenge? A number…
Tips on Using Compliance Culture as a Key Measure of Program Effectiveness.
Compliance culture is the set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution or organization when it…
CMS Issues Proposed Rule Updating the Home Health Prospective Payment System.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently issued a proposed rule updating the Medicare Home Health Prospective Payment System…
Tips for Developing Annual Compliance Program Review Plans.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has called for the independent annual review…