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Breaking Down the Emergency Preparedness Plan
If you are anything like me, breaking down the Emergency Preparedness Plan is overwhelming! I have clients that have started bits and pieces of the plan, and I have clients that haven't started anything. This post is for my clients that haven't started anything. It...
Element 5: Monitoring, Auditing, and Internal Reporting Systems
Element 5: Monitoring, Auditing, and Internal Reporting Systems Guidelines: Below, is the list that was outlined on January 17, 2017 of what the OIG and team believed was important in the monitoring, auditing and internal reporting systems of element #5 in any...
New Rule in Reporting Transfers to Ombudsman
The following letter was sent from the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality/Survey & Certification Group regarding how health care providers are to report the transfer of patients to the state Ombudsman. Ref: S&C: 17-27-NH DATE: May 12, 2017 TO: ...
Expectation of OIG Education and Training Program
Education and Training: Today, we are going to discuss education and training as outlined in the OIG guidelines. Guidelines: Below, is the list that was outlined on January 17, 2017 by the OIG and team on what they believed was important in the education and training...
OIG Communication in the Organization: Compliance Element #4
OIG Element #4: Communication, Education, and Training on Compliance Issues Communication: Today, we are going to discuss communication as outlined in the OIG guidelines. We will work on Education and Training in the next blog. Measures of Effectiveness in a...
OIG Screening Process Element #3 Part 2
Background Information: On January 17, 2017, a group of compliance professionals and staff from the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) met to discuss ways to measure the effectiveness of compliance programs. The intent of this...
Compliance Element 3: Evaluations and Screening Part 1
Background Information: On January 17, 2017, a group of compliance professionals and staff from the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General (OIG) met to discuss ways to measure the effectiveness of compliance programs. The intent of this...
How Effective is Your Compliance Program? Week 2
This week we are going to look at what the OIG recommends for an effective Compliance Program-the Officer and the Committee, which is compliance element #2.
How Effective is Your Compliance Program?
How can we measure the effectiveness of our compliance program? It’s not an easy task and leave many of us baffled as to where to even begin. Every facility is different including diversity in size, risk areas, resources etc. To measure the effectiveness of your...