“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”
Benjamin Franklin
The foundation of a good compliance program is created through proactive measures. If you are always putting out fires instead of preventing them, your business will always be at risk of non-compliance.
The Importance of Selling Your Compliance Plan
Creating your compliance plan is only the first step. In order for a compliance program to be successful, you will need to “sell” compliance as a product or service to your stakeholders. Branding is a strategy that is used to sell a product or service by communicating a purpose, assigning a unique identity, and by…
Understanding Immediate Jeopardy
Regulatory interpretation and guidance is an important topic to understand in the healthcare industry because healthcare is constantly changing and organizations need to stay up to date to remain compliant. In March of 2019, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a memo, revised guidance, and an administrative tool for Immediate Jeopardy (IJ). Immediate…
The Governing Body and Home Health Compliance
A Governing Body or Board of Directors is the highest group of people who hold the authority to exercise governance over an organization. This governance includes formulating policy, directing affairs, or making decisions. In this discussion, “governing body” and “board of directors”, and “board” is understood to mean the same thing. Because the board is…
Tuberculosis Screening in Healthcare Facilities
Clinical guidelines for Tuberculosis(TB) screening and testing can be found on the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website here https://www.cdc.gov/tb/default.htm. Licensed healthcare providers are required to implement a TB screening & testing protocol as part of an effective Infection Control program. The regulations governing TB screening will be based on the type of healthcare agency…
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