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Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

What is the priority?

In organizations, there are many competing priorities among different departments. Everyone may track the organization’s priorities and their individual tasks differently, i.e., through “to-do” lists, action plans, etc....more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

The case for autonomy and resources

There it is on page 39, under “Compliance Leadership and Oversight: The Compliance Officer’s Primary Responsibilities”: “. . . the compliance officer should not lead or report to the entity’s legal or financial...more

NAVEX

From Healthcare Sector, a Big Push for CCO Autonomy

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For the better part of a decade, the U.S. Justice Department has led the way on calls for a strong, independent corporate compliance function – until recently, that is. Then the Department of Health and Human Services leaped...more

McDermott Will & Emery

HPE Miami 2023 | Mitigating Risk & Liabilities: Strategies for 100 Days Post-Close and Beyond

During this session, this roundtable focused on steps that investors can take to promote compliance. Among other topics, there was discussion regarding the roles, responsibilities and best practices for those serving in board...more

White & Case LLP

Notable decisions from Delaware courts

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MultiPlan: Chancery court assesses fiduciary duties in the context of de-SPAC transactions - The Delaware Court of Chancery declined to dismiss, at the pleading stage, breach of fiduciary duty claims made against a SPAC's...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Private Equity Subject to Increased Antitrust Scrutiny from DOJ

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Transactions involving private equity should expect to face antitrust concerns from the DOJ that go beyond the question of how many competitors will remain afterwards, even if the transactions do not trigger an HSR filing. ...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Governing Health 2021: Key Agenda Items for Board Committees -Supporting Committee Effectiveness in a Changing World

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[co-authors: Timothy Cotter and Kathryn Hastings, SullivanCotter; David Jarrard, Jarrard Inc.; Ken Kaufman and Andrew Majka, KaufmanHall; Zachary Morfin, PhD., and David Nygren, PhD., Nygren Consulting; Scott Steffens, Grant...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

[Event] 2020 Virtual Columbus Regional Conference - May 1st, Columbus, OH

Our Virtual Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide updates on the latest news in regulatory requirement, compliance enforcement, and strategies to develop effective compliance programs. Watch, listen, and ask...more

Ruder Ware

Office Inspector General Launches New Compliance Resource Portal

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At a recent Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) compliance institute, the Office of Inspector General announced it had launched a new resource portal focused on compliance issues. A trip to the OIG's web site, and sure...more

BakerHostetler

The Deeper Dive: Guarding Against Unrealistic Goals and Organizational Pressures That Can Lead to Compliance Failure

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When misconduct occurs within an organization, it is often reported and interpreted as an anecdote involving a few rogue employees who are quickly identified and appropriately disciplined. Misconduct derives, at least in...more

Stinson LLP

In Avera Marshall Medical Staff Bylaws Dispute, District Court Rules in Hospital's Favor on Remand - Ruling affirms that boards of...

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On remand from a decision by the Minnesota Supreme Court, the Lyon County District Court recently ruled that Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center’s Board had the authority to amend the hospital’s medical staff bylaws and...more

Epstein Becker & Green

DOJ Focuses on Individual Accountability: New Guidance for Corporate Investigations Places Pressure on Companies and Boards to Put...

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On September 9, 2015, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued new guidance on individual accountability for corporate wrongdoing. In the memorandum and an accompanying speech by the Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

OIG Compliance Guidance for Health Care Governing Boards

On the front page of the Saturday New York Times (NYT) was an obituary for Edward Thomas, who joined the Houston Police Department (HPD) in 1948 and finally retired in 2011 at the age of 90. As reported in the article,...more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Pennsylvania Court Decision Highlights Importance of Properly Invoking Attorney-Client Privilege

On June 5, 2015, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania held that a hospital, UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside (“UPMC”), was improperly ordered to produce information concerning a May 11, 2011 board meeting during which there was a...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

MSSP Final Rule ACO Eligibility Requirements, Application and Renewal Process

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This is the second post in Health Care Law Today’s series on the final rule. This post addresses Eligibility Requirements, and the Application and the Renewal Process. ACO Eligibility Requirements - Under the...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

OIG Releases New Compliance Oversight Guidance for Health Care Governing Boards

On April 20, 2015, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), in conjunction with the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors (AHIA)...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

LEGAL UPDATE: Final Medicare Medical Staff Conditions of Participation: What Should be in your Bylaws

In This Presentation: - Hospital Governing Board - Do physicians have to serve on boards? - How must board consult with the organized medical staff if physicians are not on the board? - Hospital Medical...more

McAfee & Taft

OIG issues additional guidance to healthcare boards regarding compliance efforts and oversight

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The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, together with leading legal, audit and compliance collaborators, recently issued the fourth in a series of publications providing...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Injury Prevention: CMS Updates: What Must Go Into Your Bylaws

In This Presentation: - Hospital Governing Board - Do physicians have to serve on boards? - How must board consult with the organized medical staff if physicians are not on the board? - Hospital...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Final Medicare Medical Staff Conditions of Participation: What Should be in your Bylaws

In This Presentation: - Hospital Governing Board - Do physicians have to serve on boards? - How must board consult with the organized medical staff if physicians are not on the board? - Hospital...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

OIG Issues Compliance Guidance for Healthcare Governing Boards

Members of healthcare governing boards now have direction from the OIG as to what is expected of them as they oversee the regulatory compliance of their organizations. And the good news is that the board members don’t have to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Compliance Guidelines for Governing Boards: Some Further Thoughts and Comments

On April 20, 2015, four organizations (including OIG, American Health Lawyers Association, the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors and the Health Care Compliance Association) issued “Practical Guidance for Health Care...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"HHS OIG Issues New Compliance Oversight Guidance for Boards of Directors"

On April 20, 2015, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its “Practical Guidance for Health Care Governing Boards on Compliance Oversight” (the Guidance).1...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Spotlight on Responsibility and Accountability: OIG’s New Compliance Guidance for Health Care Governing Boards

On April 20, 2015, the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources (“OIG”), in collaboration with the American Health Lawyers Association, the Association of Healthcare Internal...more

Stinson LLP

OIG Guidance on Board Oversight of Compliance Program

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On April 20, 2015, the Office of Inspector General in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG), together with the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors (AHIA), the American Health Lawyers Association...more

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