Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) reimbursement is fraught with potential compliance pitfalls. With increased scrutiny and worrisome statistics about improper payments, healthcare...

This blog explains how to make healthcare quality education programs more effective through focused efforts. It’s about quality, not quantity. Focus on the fundamentals: establish...

Healthcare compliance/accreditation professional Amy Laufmann, MBA, has held a variety of quality and compliance roles for over ten years in multiple settings. Currently the...

On a daily basis, compliance officers are asked to find solutions to a variety of operational requirements. For example, consider a regulatory change requiring the organization to...

Aligning healthcare regulatory compliance with revenue cycle management is critical to mitigating risks and preserving business integrity. This blog explores three effective...

Without a good employee education program, your quality program can suffer. And without a good quality program, patient care can suffer. Compliance can partner with quality to...

The Nurse Who Slipped Through: A Tale of Missed Screenings and Million-Dollar Consequences ABC Health, a mid-sized midwestern provider, was thriving. With a regional flagship...

Assertive Communication Skills for Compliance Officers | 8 Steps

Maintaining quality in compliance training is a constant challenge for healthcare organizations of all sizes. Any surge of regulatory changes necessitates prompt, effective...

Traditionally, many healthcare compliance programs have left the work of patient safety and quality to other departments. However, according to the Health and Human Services (HHS)...