What is the Purpose of the GSA Debarment Database?
What is the Purpose of the GSA Debarment Database? I served as the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)…
Auditing Hotline Effectiveness
More and more legal and regulatory requirements call for having an employee hotline, including the U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines for…
A New Compliance Challenge: Appealing Medicare Claims Denials
Compliance with all the legal, regulatory, and program requirements relating to provider/supplier participation in the Medicare program is an ongoing…
Outsourcing Your Hotline
By definition, all effective compliance programs should have a hotline. It is an important avenue of communication between employees and…
Hotline Effectiveness Tips
Monitor the Hotline In order to ensure the effectiveness of the hotline function, the Compliance Officer must closely monitor it.…
How to Select a Hotline Vendor
There are a variety of services offered by compliance hotline vendors, with many whistles and bells to differentiate them. Each…
Advisory Bulletin: General Services Administration’s EPLS/SAM System Failure
As you may be aware, the General Services Administration’s (GSA) debarment list, previously known as the Excluded Parties List System…
Tips on Compliance Hotline Anonymity
Encouraging anonymity with compliance hotline callers may at first may seem a counterproductive practice. Many would advise to the contrary…
Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Hotline Operations
Are you interested in learning more about saving hotline costs and efforts? Click here to watch a free webinar about…
Tips on Hotline Records Management
A Compliance Office receives and generates a substantial volume of documents, and other information, in both electronic and hardcopy format…
Tips on Hotline Security
Information received on the hotline should be considered sensitive and confidential. Unauthorized disclosure may create a variety of liability situations…
Auditing and Monitoring: How to Get it Done
One of the seven critical elements of a compliance program is ongoing auditing and monitoring. The U.S. Department of Health and…