Publisher's Synopsis
<p> <i><b>The Health Care Compliance Professional's Manual</b></i> gives you all the tools you need to plan and execute a customized compliance program that meets federal standards. It walks you through the entire process, start to finish, showing you how to draft compliance policies, build a strong compliance infrastructure in your organization, document your efforts, apply self-assessment techniques, create an effective education program, pinpoint areas of risk, conduct internal probes and much more. </p> <p> <u><i><b>The Health Care Compliance Professional's Manual</b></i> <b>is used by the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) as the basic text for its Compliance Academy</b></u> - the program that prepares compliance professionals for the CHC (Certificate in Healthcare Compliance) certification exam. </p> <p> <i><b>The Health Care Compliance Professional's Manual</b></i><b> </b>will help you to: </p> <ul> <li> Use OIG publications and Federal Sentencing Guidelines to help plan and execute a customized compliance strategy that meets tough federal standards </li> <li> Perform risk assessment to pinpoint areas within your company that pose compliance and operational risks </li> <li> Draft compliance policies that form the foundation for a strong compliance program </li> <li> Build a strong infrastructure for compliance to work, including hiring the right personnel </li> <li> Create an effective education and training program that instills in employees the value of legal compliance </li> <li> Conduct internal probes that uncover legal violations before the federal government does - and mitigate possible penalties </li> <li> Stay up-to-date on all the latest legal and regulatory requirements affecting your facility, including HIPAA, EMTALA, fraud and abuse reimbursement, privacy, security, patient safety and much more! </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> Packed with tools to make your job easier, <i><b>The Health Care Compliance Professional's Manual</b> </i>will provide: </p> <ul> <li> Practical coverage of federal and state laws governing your facility </li> <li> Document efforts and apply self assessment techniques </li> <li> Insight into helpful federal standards on effective compliance programs </li> <li> Step-by-step guidance on implementing a sound compliance program </li> <li> Time-saving sample compliance policies, forms, checklists, and chart </li> </ul> <p> <i><b>The Health Care Compliance Professional's Manual</b></i> will protect your company if violations do occur: </p> <ul> <li> Learn how to apply auditing, monitoring, and self-assessment techniques </li> <li> Discover how to successfully follow the OIG's voluntary disclosure program to resolve overpayment problems and avoid exclusion from Medicare </li> <li> Find out how to enter into a corporate integrity agreement to settle with the federal government and mitigate FCA-related penalties </li> <li> Document your compliance efforts so you leave a protective paper trail that shields you from liability </li> <li> And much more </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
