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Compliance Checkup: An Effective Compliance Program - Open Communication Lines, An Ounce of Prevention
on March 10, 2020
Communication is the key to success in employee-employer relationships. It's also much easier said than done because it takes a lot of time. The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Office of Inspector General (OIG) have established that one element of determining compliance program effectiveness is to have open lines of communication....
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Compliance Checkup: How to Wisely Discount Your Services
on February 18, 2020
In general, there is no prohibition against discounting a fee for a self-paying patient (a patient who pays out-of-pocket and is not covered by a health plan, including Medicare or Medicaid). However, when instituting a discount policy you need to be careful that it does not affect your Medicare reimbursement rates....
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Compliance Checkup: Is Your HIPAA Compliance Plan Effective?
on January 21, 2020
For most healthcare companies, compliance has been top of mind since HIPAA laws were enacted in the 1990's. While some may still be struggling to develop a plan, most have had one in place for some time. However, 2020 is not the year to rest in the fact that your health care practice has a compliance plan....
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Compliance Checkup: Completing a Risk Analysis - What You Need to Know to Secure Your Practice in 2020
on January 7, 2020
Happy New Year! Let's start this year's Compliance Checkup with a very important topic from HIPAA. Remember the Compliance Checkup where we discussed which documents the Office of Civil Rights may ask for if your practice has to report a HIPAA breach?...
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Compliance Checkup: Your 2020 Compliance Checklist
on December 10, 2019
As a new year and a new decade approach, let's recap the major 2019 compliance issues and events that will carry into 2020. Ready your practice or facility with this compliance checklist....