Ongoing Auditing Hotline Effectiveness
Healthcare organizations cannot afford to forgo the operation of an effective hotline given the pertinent guidance from the Department of Health…
The OIG Hotline: Tips for Compliance Officers
A great deal of information is available for organizations on establishing an OIG hotline for employees to internally report suspected…
OIG’s Quarterly Enforcement Actions Against Organizations That Hire Excluded Individuals
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has been active during the last quarter of…
Tips On Evaluating Hotline Vendor Services
One of the critical elements of an effective compliance program is establishing and maintaining communication channels that permit employees to…
Preventing Fraud and Whistleblowing Through Anonymous Hotlines
Overview According to the Government Accountability Project, a whistleblower is defined as, “a [workforce member] who discloses information that s/he…
Hotline Effectiveness Evaluation
Three-level review to evaluate the effectiveness of a hotline program. Compliance officers need to determine how to evaluate the effectiveness…
Volunteer Screening: A Guide To Background Checks in Healthcare
Overview When considering what individuals or entities to include in sanction and exclusion screening, organizations will most likely think of employees,…
Outsourcing Sanction Checking, Investigation, and Resolution
Having experts complete the sanction checking process can save time and money Jillian Bower Concepcion, MPA, CHC, CHPC Senior Consultant,…
Tips For Addressing Hotline Vendor Issues
Most healthcare entities engage a vendor to handle confidential reporting of compliance issues. This is really the only rational way…
Physician Background Check: Navigating OIG Guidelines for Screening
With the Office of Inspector General (OIG), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and state Medicaid Agencies all calling…