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Oberheiden P.C.

How to Conduct an Internal Audit for Hospitals

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Hospitals, like all healthcare organizations, are subject to numerous state and federal laws, rules, and regulations. But, unlike other healthcare organizations, hospitals often face enhanced scrutiny from state and federal...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Moving From Reactive to Proactive Compliance May Reduce Risks

Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 45 (December 21, 2020) - When an orthopedic surgeon demanded very generous compensation, the hospital weighed its clinical and business needs against the compliance risks. It had to...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 19, Number 11. Privacy Briefs: November 2019

Report on Patient Privacy Volume 19, Number 11. (November 2019) ? The biggest threat to protected health information comes from carelessness within your organization, according to a brief from the Clearwater...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Stryker FCPA Enforcement Action: Compliance Lessons For Distributors and Dealers – Part II

Over this two-part blog post series, I have been considering the Stryker Corporation 2018 Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Stryker FCPA Enforcement Action: Compliance Lessons For Distributors and Dealers – Part I

Last month, Stryker Corporation joined a rather ignominious list of recidivists under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement annuls....more

The Volkov Law Group

Stryker Suffers “Strike Two” and Settles SEC FCPA Case

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Stryker Corporation has suffered a second FCPA enforcement action, and will now bear the stigma of FCPA “recidivist.” In reaching a settlement with the SEC and agreeing to pay a $7.8 million civil penalty, Stryker will now...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Bristol-Myers Squibb FCPA Enforcement Action

Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action against Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) for the actions of the company’s joint venture (JV) in...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

5 Takeaways from the HHS OIG’s Guidance for Health Care Governing Boards

Tuesday, the HHS OIG, in collaboration with the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors, the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), and the Health Care Compliance Association, released a guidance document entitled...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Medicare Hospital Compliance Reviews are Legal and Sound, According to OIG

The Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) recently defended its practices pertaining to hospital compliance reviews in a published response to a letter from the American Hospital...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Lessons from GSK in China – Internal Controls, Auditing and Monitoring

One of the questions that GSK will have to face during the next few years of bribery and corruption investigations is how an allegedly massive bribery and corruption scheme occurred in its Chinese operations? The numbers went...more

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