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Kathleen W. McNicholas, MD, JD, CHC, CCEP, Consultant and Patient Advocate with Medical Legal Patient Advocacy Inc., will present Ethics and HIPAA: Pivots, Guardrails, and Good Faith at the upcoming Virtual HIPAA Privacy and Security Summit 2021 on November 18. 

Iliana L. Peters, Shareholder at Polsinelli, will present Next Level Security Incident Response: Do You Speak IT? at the upcoming Virtual HIPAA Privacy and Security Summit 2021 on November 18. 

First Healthcare Compliance hosts Kathleen W. McNicholas, MD, JD, CHC, CCEP, Consultant and Patient Advocate with Medical Legal Patient Advocacy Inc., for an interactive discussion on “Medical Error, CANDOR/candor, and Patient Advocacy.” Dr. McNicholas will review medical error and provide an approach to harmed patients. The CANDOR program of Communication and Optimal Resolution will be explained. CANDOR is well established and has been successfully adopted by many medical centers. With CANDOR in place, patients may benefit from the use of the principles and the help of a board-certified patient advocate.

Compliance is a must for every healthcare provider or healthcare organization to provide good quality services while controlling their costs and adhering to all the applicable laws. The process requires an organization to meet the legal, ethical and professional standards applicable to it by developing effective processes, policies and procedures for patient care, billing, managed care contracting, and all other aspects. The ultimate goal of a compliance program is to prevent fraud, waste, or abuse in the healthcare segment.