Where to Start? Am I Doing All That Is Required?

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) jointly released a resource guide on measuring the effectiveness of a health care organization’s compliance program. A copy of the guide can be downloaded here. Compliable Solutions is a loyal member of HCCA and so was privied to its debut a few months ago. It is a wealth of information for those wanting to “deep dive” into what a stellar compliance program would entail. The resource guide focuses on “what to measure,” and “how to measure” each of the seven required elements of a compliance program (compliance official, practice standards, reporting hotline, training, corrective investigations, auditing and open communication.

The resource guide provides tools which could apply to non-health care compliance programs as well. We highly recommend the publication as it is a terrific resource and should be reviewed by all compliance practitioners.

The resource guide lists several hundred different compliance program features to measure. What the reader should do, is pick out those areas which are applicable to the practice and services your deliver to patients. The resource guide outlines a number of ideas for monitoring and auditing a compliance program, including development of annual audit plan, conduct of compliance audits, and reliance on sampling techniques.

The resource guide also sets out excellent suggestions for reviewing your organization’s risk assessment process, ensuring that it operates continuously to update risk assessment findings, and is conducted in a consistent and reliable manner. We realize that this task especially can be overwhelming and daunting to an already maxed out healthcare practice. Compliable Solutions can assist you with this. We listen to what you feel is needed, propose the service offerings which best suits your needs and together, we work towards the goal of doing the right thing every day.

To learn more about where to start, please call 239-288-5949 or email us at info@compliable.com