Effective Compliance Planning for Your Medical Practice
Medical Office Compliance Planning Medical Offices continue to face the ever-growing compliance requirements of government laws, regulations, rules, and guidelines. To be prepared and properly trained in compliance, medical practices need staff who can develop, organize, manage, and direct the roles and responsibilities of a compliance department. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010 indicated compliance programs will become mandatory as a condition of enrollment in the Federal healthcare programs. A basic compliance program should address areas of prevention and detection of criminal conduct, and how-to enforcement government rules and regulations. In addition, train staff on how to report areas of concern, without fear of retaliation. “Best practices” can ensure they are in compliance and up to date on all of them is by implementing a compliance program. It is much more expensive to “not” have a compliance program in place than to have one. The...