The European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) already provides considerable requirements for compliance programs. With Brexit comes a new GDPR for the United Kingdom. Adding to the complexity, the UK GDPR also...more
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is one of the best-known companies in the world, boasting top brands such as Tide, Crest and Charmin. The company is also well recognized for its highly strategic marketing and its integrity. In fact,...more
Getting employees to come forward and provide feedback on the corporate compliance and ethics program is often a challenge. Many are hesitant to talk to compliance at all. Still others may fear that their conversation may...more
Conflicts of interest are a particularly challenging issue in healthcare. Medical professionals may moonlight at a rival hospital, have an interest in a medical device or real estate a hospital is thinking of acquiring, and,...more
Nobody likes delivering bad news, but if you’re in compliance and ethics, you’re going to have to do it sooner or later. When that time comes, it’s essential you do so in the best way possible.
In this podcast, Jeff Hahn,...more
Hybrid work is likely here to say, and, as Sheila Limmroth, privacy specialist at DCH Health System, and the author of the chapter Hybrid Work Environment in the Complete Healthcare Compliance Manual observes in this...more
4/21/2022
/ Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Healthcare Workers ,
HIPAA Privacy Rule ,
HIPAA Security Rule ,
Home Offices ,
Mobile Device Management ,
Multi-Factor Authentication ,
Network Security ,
Passwords ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Phishing Scams ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Remote Working ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Telehealth ,
Videoconference
Isabella Porter is the director of compliance and privacy officer of District Medical Group and author of the chapter “Patient Privacy and Security: Business Associates” in the Complete Healthcare Compliance Manual.
In this...more
Antitrust is a long-time risk area for compliance teams to manage, but its longevity does not mean it is not evolving. New issues arise as times and Administrations in Washington change.
Nathan Mendelsohn, Associate in the...more
Social media keeps evolving: From MySpace to Facebook to Twitter to SnapChat to TikTok to whatever comes next. One thing stays the same, though: there are lots of compliance risk.
In this podcast Kortney Nordrum,...more
ESG has exploded, but what is it and what is the role for compliance teams? Lisa Beth Lentini Walker, CEO & Founder of Lumen Worldwide Endeavors and a member of the board of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics &...more
There are, of course, many lawyers in compliance. They typically enter the field after stints as prosecutors, white collar defense lawyers, or after careers in law firms and the general counsel’s office. Less typical, and...more
The pandemic may, please, finally, we hope, be coming to an end. That’s great cause for celebration, but it also portends a period of adjustment for healthcare, according to Raul G. Ordonez, Associate Vice President for...more
Matt Kelly, Editor & CEO of Radical Compliance makes a strong case in this podcast for a need to reassess cyber risk. It is becoming, he says, less of a technical issue and more about how companies interact with others: ...more
As the business world embraces Artificial Intelligence (AI) it’s important for compliance teams to understand what this technology is and what risks is can bring. In this podcast and at the 2022 HCCA Compliance Institute...more
Operation Lava Jato (Carwash) had a profound effect on business in Brazil, with countless companies caught up in one way or another in the corruption scandal.
State oil company Petrobras was no exception, but, as is the case...more
2/17/2022
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Crisis Management ,
Ethics ,
Internal Controls ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Petrobras ,
Risk Management ,
Tone At The Top ,
White Collar Crimes
The relationships between Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and compliance risk management is a complex and confusing one. There is the potential for overlap and even conflict.
To help clear the air and improve the...more
At the 2022 HCCA Compliance Institute, Tonja Wise, Corporate Director of Compliance, Sharp HealthCare will be leading a session “Your Audit Plan is on Point…but How is Your Moderating Game?” It’s a very good question, and in...more
Given the dangers of third-party risk, it’s not surprising that so many organizations have developed supplier codes of conduct. Like everything else in compliance, though, the trick is in just having one, its in having the...more
There are a lot of good reasons to do a periodic review of your healthcare compliance program, not the least of which is that the government expects it.
But when’s the right time? How do you get the management support? ...more
At the 2022 SCCE European Compliance & Ethics Institute Dr. Jan Sprafke, Head of Compliance, Europe and Latin America and Jad Mhanna, Regional Compliance Officer at Ericsson will be leading a session entitled Cultural Divide...more
When you think of online compliance and ethics training, you likely imagine courseware developed by a vendor and used by hundreds of other organizations.
USBank broke that mold, creating online training in house. It did so...more
There’s no guarantee that any company won’t end up in Chapter 11 or won’t acquire another company going through it.
What does that mean for the compliance program? As Kasey Ingram, General Counsel & Chief Compliance...more
Due diligence during a merger or acquisition is difficult even in the best of circumstances. There is only so much you can see and so much time to see it before the deal closes. Add the complexities of a pandemic and business...more
When a crisis hits, what do leaders and the crisis team want from the compliance team? It’s a question that Jonathan Armstrong, Partner at Cordery, addresses in this podcast and will be speaking to at the 2022 SCCE European...more
With the increasing attention paid to Environmental Social and Governance (ESG), questions have arisen as to what should be the relationship between compliance and ESG efforts. Some have argued for compliance to oversee ESG,...more