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Interim & Outsourced Compliance Staffing
Compliance departments are often faced with the challenge of addressing the operational needs of their compliance program with limited, or even inadequate, resources and staff. This makes it difficult to sufficiently address compliance risks and maintain effective program operations. Strategic Management provides critical support to Compliance Officers by offering compliance advisory services, serving as an outsourced Designated Compliance Officer or short-term Interim Compliance Officer, and providing compliance support services.
Compliance Program Effectiveness Evaluation
Strategic Management’s Compliance Program Effectiveness Review includes an in-depth analysis of your compliance program to establish its current status and needs. Our proprietary comprehensive compliance evaluation protocol contains elements from the U.S. Sentencing Commission Sentencing Guidelines and the HHS OIG compliance program guidance documents. We offer a collaborative compliance program effectiveness review process to identify and verify the existence and effectiveness of key elements of a compliance program.
Most Organizations Do Not Have Their Compliance Programs Independently Evaluated for Effectiveness
Many seem to confuse ongoing compliance program monitoring with auditing Compliance Officers can’t independently audit their own programs Only an…
Cornelia Dorfschmid
Dr. Cornelia M. Dorfschmid has over 30 years of private and government sector experience in health care compliance consulting, the majority of which was in management and executive capacities. She is a recognized expert in the areas of claims auditing, overpayment analysis and risk management and corporate health care compliance.
Tips on Hotline Effectiveness
Employee communication of compliance issues through a hotline is vital to any effective compliance program. The challenge is finding useable…
2019: Time for Evidencing Compliance Program Evaluation
The compliance officer, like any program manager, is responsible for the ongoing monitoring of their program. However, compliance officers should…
Expert Advice Regarding Compliance Risk Assessments
Several national surveys indicate that most health care organizations perform periodic compliance risk assessments, which is a cornerstone for any…
Auditing the Hotline Operations
Best Practice Tips One of the compliance office’s primary responsibilities is to ensure that the hotline conforms with compliance program…
Survey Employees for a Fresh Look at Your Compliance Program
Steve Forman, CPA, has built, managed and assessed over 50 compliance programs. In his experience, a good way to gain…
Defining Effective Compliance Programs
Evidencing an Effective Compliance Program in Healthcare The Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) compliance guidance calls for all compliance programs…
Congress Questions CMS Oversight of Hospital Accrediting Organizations.
The United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce (House Committee) recently initiated an inquiry into the Centers…
HIPAA Is Now The Highest Compliance Officer Priority
The Ninth Annual Healthcare Compliance Benchmark Survey was conducted by SAI Global and Strategic Management Services, with 388 responding organizations.…