New Practice Note: OIG General Compliance Program Guidance Overview!

Get a summary of—and insight into—OIG’s recently released General Compliance Program Guidance (GCPG) in this practice note from Lynn M. Barrett of Barrett Law, PA. Learn how the GCPG updates and consolidates previous OIG guidance into a single set of standards applicable to all sectors of the healthcare industry. Review OIG’s revisions to the Seven Elements of a Successful Compliance Program. See how OIG adapts its compliance advice for large and small organizations, encourages quality and safety oversight, and emphasizes financial review to identify fraud and abuse risks.

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• Healthcare Compliance Fundamentals
  Walk your clients through the Seven Elements of a Successful Compliance Program, first set out in the U.S. Sentencing Commission Guidelines Manual, and later adopted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for use by healthcare organizations.
• Compliance Legal Audit Checklist (Healthcare Organization)
  Help your healthcare provider clients monitor their compliance with various state and federal laws in a variety of topic areas and prevent conflicts of interest. Address potential legal issues facing your clients’ healthcare organizations. Use this checklist when evaluating the legal controls in place at a potential target company during an acquisition due diligence period.
• Compliance Plan (Healthcare Organization)
  Employ this template to establish your organization’s compliance program to ensure conformity with the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, the federal physician self-referral (Stark) law, the federal False Claims Act, and the Health Data Electronic Transactions and Privacy Standards from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

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