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
Daniel Garen, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at Vivint, divides compliance officers into two types. One is more comfortable running established, stable programs. The other is more comfortable diving in to a crisis.
A...more
Most offices have art all around, generally of the not-so-special, bland, pre-printed poster kind. But many offices will have a few nicer pieces, whether it’s an oil painting, sculpture, mixed media work or perhaps some...more
Perhaps the most intriguing title for a session at the 2021 SCCE Compliance & Ethics Institute was “Re-Thinking Employee ‘Engagement’: What’s on Your Compliance Program’s Dating Profile.” Not often you see references to...more
In this podcast Rob DeConti, Assistant Inspector General for Legal Affairs within the office of counsel to the Inspector General at HHS, was good enough to share a tremendous amount of insight into what the OIG is seeing,...more
11/11/2021
/ Charitable Organizations ,
Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Corporate Integrity Agreement ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Fraud Alerts ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Nursing Homes ,
OIG ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Physicians ,
Public Health ,
Telehealth
There’s no guarantee that any company won’t end up in Chapter 11 or won’t acquire another company going through it. When either happens, there are serious implications for the compliance team.
As Kasey Ingram, General...more
Healthcare risk doesn’t stop at the facility’s door. Covered entities have countless business associates (BA), each of which poses risks of its own. That, in and of itself, is a challenge, but Gerry Blass, President and CEO...more
Kim Brandt, partner at Tarplin, Downs & Young has long provided the healthcare community with her expertise in all things Washington, having spent substantial time at CMS, the OIG at HHS and on Capitol Hill.
She’ll be...more
10/21/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Part B ,
Mental Health ,
OIG ,
Physician Payments ,
Physicians ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Telehealth
Codes of conduct are ubiquitous these days, and they are often digital. It’s a way to make them more accessible, and more in line with how people work.
But what if you took that virtual approach up a bit? That’s what TAQA...more
The calls keep coming in to the helpline, which is great, unless you miss that all important, high risk one amidst all the minor issues. How do you avoid that problem? In this podcast, Mia Reini, Senior Manager-Corporate...more
Much has changed in the world of compliance, especially of late, but when it comes to healthcare investigations, not all should, says Pamela Para RN, MPH, CPHRM, ARM, DFASHRM, President and Chief Content Officer at CE...more
9/30/2021
/ Compliance ,
Corrective Actions ,
Documentation ,
Health Care Providers ,
Hospitals ,
Investigations ,
Nurses ,
Physicians ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Management
While organizations have increasingly embraced cloud computing as a solution to their data management and other needs, they do so in an environment of heightened risks. Attacks on cloud providers are increasing, which makes...more
9/23/2021
/ Cloud Computing ,
Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) ,
Compliance ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Management ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Risk Management ,
Third-Party Risk
You’re about to begin a complex investigation. What should you be thinking about? What should your first steps be? And what tricks of the trade are there?
To find out we spoke with Tech Data’s Jannica Houben, Vice President...more
9/16/2021
/ Chain of Custody ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance Commitees ,
Documentation ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Information Technology ,
Internal Communications ,
Internal Investigations ,
Interviews ,
Multinationals ,
Reporting Requirements
While the pandemic put many things on hold, it did not do the same for the False Claims Act (FCA). To find out what is happening in FCA activity we spoke with Patrick Hooper, Jordan Kearney and Alicia Macklin, partners at the...more
9/9/2021
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Azar v Allina Health Services ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Hospitals ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Medicare ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Medicare Part A ,
Medicare Part C ,
Notice and Comment ,
Opioid ,
Pay Reductions ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacies ,
Physicians ,
Press Releases ,
Provider Payments ,
Public Comment ,
Reaffirmation ,
Retroactive Application ,
SCOTUS ,
Substantive Rule ,
Vacated
Third party anti-corruption due diligence didn’t stop during the pandemic, but it was different. And, as the world begins to, hopefully, emerge from the pandemic Ashley Coselli, Senior Ethics and Compliance Counsel, Total...more
Ted Lasso has been a pandemic streaming success story. The show stars Jason Sudeikis as an American college football coach hired to lead a troubled English soccer (football) club.
Unlike the typically-portrayed coach,...more
So much attention is paid to vetting third parties, it’s easy to forget that it is just the start of the process. Monitoring needs to be done on an ongoing basis as well.
Ronnie Kann, head of Global Ethics & Compliance at...more