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Compliance Expert Services If you’re in the process of negotiating a Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA), you need Compliance Experts who…
Physician Practices that Sign Corporate Integrity Agreements Must Certify, Certify, Certify
Recent Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIAs) between physician practices and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector…
What Compliance Officers Need To Do To Address Compliance High-Risk Areas
The biggest challenge for compliance officers is addressing compliance high-risk areas through ongoing monitoring and independent auditing. Ongoing monitoring is…
Tips for Smaller Organizations: How to Build a More Effective Compliance Program
Small and midsize organizations face the daunting challenge of meeting the standards of an effective compliance program while also trying…
2016 Compliance Office Work Plans
Tips and Ideas for Developing a Compliance Work Plan Now that we are in 2016, it is time to develop…
With the New Year Comes the Time for a New Compliance Annual Work Plan: Suggested Tips in Meeting the Challenge
The beginning of a new year brings with it a challenge for compliance officers. Now is the time that compliance…
When Moving to a Corporate Integrity Agreement, Think Ahead to Avoid Problems Later
Recent high-profile cases involving Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIAs) such as Tuomey Healthcare System and Millennium Health (formerly Millennium Labs) remind…
Board Level Mandates in Corporate Integrity Agreements
Over the years, the OIG has used Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIAs) to advance policies requiring organizations to maintain compliance with…
OCR Enters into a $750,000 HIPAA Settlement for Organization’s Failure to Implement Effective Policies and Procedures
The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has entered into a settlement agreement with the University of Washington Medicine (UWM)…
Yates Memorandum: What Steps Compliance Officers Should Take
This is the second blog in a series regarding the Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates’ memorandum (“Yates Memo”), which emphasizes…
False Claims Act Whistleblowers Lead to $2.8 Billion in Recoveries
The DOJ reported that the Civil Division recovered $2.8 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2015 as a result of 638…
CMS Releases Final Rule on Stark Law, Physician Fee Schedule, and Medicare Part B Revisions.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released a final rule updating the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS)…