What Kind of Compliance Training Program is the Most Effective?
What Kind of Compliance Training Program is the Most Effective? Development and implementation of regular, effective education and training programs…
When and How Should a Hotline Vendor be Re-Evaluated?
Most healthcare organizations have been using the same hotline vendor for many years. Over time, advanced technology and enhanced methodologies…
Biggest Mistakes With Sanction Screening
With the Office of Inspector General (OIG), CMS, and State Medicaid Agencies all calling for increased and more frequent sanction screening,…
Compliance Officer Role Central to an Effective Program
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) guidance states that the Compliance Officer should serve as…
Tips to Mitigate the GSA Sanction Screening Burden
CMS is the only government agency really pushing screening against the Excluded Parties Lists System (EPLS) (now moved to the System…
Guidelines Followed in Developing and Testing Compliance Surveys
The following guidelines have been followed by the Compliance Resource Center (CRC) for designing and validating their survey tools. Subject…
Conducting an Ethical Climate Assessment Survey for your Organization
The U.S. Sentencing Commission explicitly recognized the significance of “culture” in its 2004 amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, stating…
Compliance Surveys: Objectives, Topics, and Questions
Surveys are a cost-effective way to gather information, opinions, suggestions and insight from large numbers of employees. Employee surveys are…
GSA Sanction Screening Security Problems
The General Services Administration (GSA) maintains debarment data in the well known Excluded Parties List System (EPLS). They recently migrated this…
Measuring and Benchmarking Compliance Program Effectiveness
One of the best, but least utilized, tools for evaluating compliance program effectiveness is the use of employee surveys; not just any surveys but…
Outsourcing Sanction Screening
One of the most significant trends in business over the last decade has been the movement to outsourcing as many functions…
Critical Factors in Differentiating Hotline Services
Hotline Clients Should Be Held by Service, Not Contract Look at vendor contracts carefully. There are many tricks to “lock in”…