Kusserow on Compliance: Tips for protecting data against attacks and breaches
The media is filled with stories of data breaches in all business sectors. Larger organizations are not immune. In fact, the larger the organization, the better the target appears for attackers. The...
View ArticleKusserow on Compliance: Free Webinar! Conducting Internal Investigation...
Wolters Kluwer is hosting a complimentary webinar on January 26, 2017, entitled, “Best Practices for Conducting Internal Investigations.” The presenters are Richard P. Kusserow, former FBI executive...
View ArticleKusserow on Compliance: Defending against ransomware threat
Cyber attacks have risen to dramatic levels over the last two year and are likely averaging one attack a day, with the most disturbing trend involving ransomware. A survey by the American Health...
View ArticleKusserow on Compliance: Reminder to compliance officers—EMTALA is a high risk...
EMTALA enforcement is on the rise, and a good example of this was AnMed Health, a hospital located in South Carolina. The hospital recently agreed to pay $1.3 million for violating EMTALA; the largest...
View ArticleKusserow on Compliance: Compliance officers’ checklist—25 suggestions
Health care organizations are facing increasing risk of exposure to actions by government regulators or enforcement authorities. Government authorities are conducting aggressive investigations and...
View ArticleKusserow on Compliance: Effective hotline programs
All healthcare organizations need confidential compliance communication channels. First and foremost among them is a hotline. By definition, all effective compliance programs should have a hotline. It...
View ArticleKusserow on Compliance: Compliance officer best practice tips
The ever increasing health care regulatory and enforcement environment increases the challenge for compliance officers. It is not enough to develop the seven standard elements of a compliance program....
View ArticleKusserow on Compliance: Board members must meet their compliance obligations
Both the DOJ and OIG have been moving to make board members more accountable for meeting fiduciary duties and obligations in overseeing the Compliance Program. The OIG has long called for a top-down...
View ArticleKusserow on Compliance: Documentary pillars supporting effective compliance...
16 key documents described Critical to an effective Compliance Program (CP) is reinforcing it with key documents that provide the supporting pillars. The following describes some of most important...
View ArticleKusserow on Compliance: Time for Compliance Program evaluation
Have a 2021 workplan focusing on improving the Compliance Program Not having independent evaluations is evidence of lack of program effectiveness DOJ & OIG: Identifying & addressing weaknesses...
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