As January gets underway, it is common for us to reflect back on the prior year and set goals for the upcoming year. Whether it is losing weight or maintaining better relationships with loved ones, New Year’s resolutions are on everyone’s minds this time of year. Health care providers should also consider setting a New Year’s resolution: updating your compliance plans. To be effective and beneficial, compliance policies and procedures should periodically be revised and updated, and the beginning of the year is as good a time as any to undertake such revision. Among the key compliance policies and procedures that you may want to consider updating are your corporate compliance plan, your HIPAA privacy and security plan, and your business associate agreements.

Originally printed in the the Nashville Medical News - January 2019.