“Healthcare compliance professionals face significant challenges when managing who is responsible for completing compliance activities. From identifying the right individuals to ensuring accountability and avoiding duplication, the process can be fraught with inefficiencies.”
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“Managing priorities, like juggling chainsaws, requires not just courage, but a deep respect for the risks and rewards involved in each decision.”
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“Still, it’s possible for smaller healthcare systems to compete. To do so, you need to ask yourself two questions – who are you and what are you measuring?”
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“Compliance work is complex, and success in compliance requires human interaction. By understanding the psychological and organizational factors influencing decision-making, you can create work product (e.g., policies, training) that empowers employees to consistently make better operational decisions and foster a stronger culture of compliance.”
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“The first thing that you should understand is this: you don’t have to build the perfect program. Your education program just needs to be good enough to ensure employees have the training needed to demonstrate core knowledge and pass audits and inspections.”
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“As regulations change or investigations are needed, we often get pushed to work faster, meet tighter deadlines, and juggle multiple tasks simultaneously. While this approach might seem efficient on the surface, it often leads to several downsides—burnout, decreased productivity, and a decline in the quality of work.”
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“The U.S. government has recently increased its focus on foreign influence in academic research – which some call ‘academic espionage.’”
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“Radiology services have unique characteristics, and some unique compliance considerations that accompany them include compliance rules associated with physician orders, medical necessity, local coverage determinations, and teaching physician settings.”
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“As we get underway in the Fourth Quarter, both football coaches and Compliance Officers must be prepared to take inventory, assess progress, and report the results to demonstrate positive outcomes.”
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