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Establishing and maintaining a
corporate compliance program is a standard industry practice for
healthcare. Care should be taken to insure that the plan or system
adopted is designed to meet the operational aspects of your
organization.
Things to think about:
- Data Privacy
- Data Breach Response
- Workforce Clearance
- Unsafe working conditions
- Badge Access Violations
- Critical Infrastructure Protection
- Threats of Violence
- Loss Prevention
- Theft
- Drug/Alcohol
Abuse and many more....
The regulations that apply:
HIPAA
New rules and regulations have
been issued with ARRA. Entities need to
begin the process of updating policies and procedures to comply.
ARRA
mandates that all Business Associates comply with HIPAA effective
2/10/2010. Policies and procedures will be necessary to comply. New
agreements with covered entities will need to be adopted.
HITECH
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical
Health Act
Red Flags
compliance is needed for a very few medical entities.
OSHA
Bloodborne Pathogen compliance needs to be addressed on a yearly
basis. Protection of workers is key.
If you employ more than 1 person, you
must be in compliance with the
employer
regulations as well.
Stark III
False Claims Act
The Patient Safety and Quality
Improvement Act of 2005
Sarbanes-Oxley
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
PPACA
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Here's a basic
checklist to help gauge your
compliance efforts. |
