In this Streamline Verify video podcast titled "Vendor Selection and Ongoing Success" We've had an insightful conversation with compliance and ethics expert Mary Shirley, who joined Steven Grossman, Streamline Verify's D...
How not to inadvertently sabotage your Compliance program: three pitfalls the smart Compliance Officer avoids
Compliance Officers have the purest hearts and truly want Ethics and Compliance programs to be embraced by colleagues. It is however easy to lose sight of the greater goal at times and accidentally subvert them.&nb...
Evaluating Your Speak Up Efforts Against Common Pitfalls
While exclusion screening stands as an obvious and essential obligation of every Healthcare Compliance Officer, there exists another aspect of paramount importance that may not receive the attention it deserves. This les...
Pennsylvania Joins Other States in Regulating Health care Staffing Agencies
On November 3, 2022, Gov. Tom Wolf (D) signed into law House Bill 2293 which created new oversight of and accountability for temporary health care staffing agencies operating in Pennsylvania’s assisted living communiti...
Provider Directory Accuracy – Health Plans’ Continuing Challenge
In 2018, CMS released a report that set forth the results of their review of Medicare Advantage online provider directories. The review examined the accuracy of 108 providers and their listed locations selected from the ...
Enhancing Healthcare Compliance: Strategies for Program Improvement in a Changing Landscape
Conferences always provide food for thought and tips for how to think more deeply about my Compliance program and especially how to improve it. The Healthcare Compliance Association Compliance Institute held in April 202...
OFAC Website Significantly Enhanced to Improve Functionality and User Experience
On April 3, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced the new OFAC website which is now hosted on a new domain - OFAC.TREASURY.GOV. In addition to the new location, OFAC has si...
The High Cost of Inaccurate Provider Enrollment for Nursing Homes
As providers of Medicare services, nursing homes rely heavily on the timely and accurate reimbursement from the government to ensure the provision of top-quality care to their residents. The negative financial implicatio...
Medicare expands mental health access to MHC and MFT practitioners
A recent and exciting CMS Medicare update for both benefit recipients and healthcare practitioners is that legislation that included expansion to mental health access was signed into law on December 29th, 2022. After sev...