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Medical Error & Patient Advocacy – How Can We Have More Candor?

1st Talk Compliance features guest Kathleen W. McNicholas, MD, JD, CHC, CCEP, Consultant and Patient Advocate with Medical Legal Patient Advocacy Inc., on the topic of “Medical Error & Patient Advocacy – How Can We Have More Candor?” Kathleen joins our host, Catherine Short to 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. Without CANDOR in place, patients may benefit from the use of the principles and the help of a board-certified patient advocate.

Catherine Short
Boards, Company Culture, compliance program, Compliance Tips, Compliance Training, Education, effective compliance program, Employee Training, Employee Zone, Employment Law, Ethics, General Compliance, Healthcare, Healthcare Compliance, Individual Accountability, Patient Advocacy, Patient Safety, Patient Satisfaction, Physician-patient Relationship, Podcasts, Privacy
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Biden First 100 Days Webinar

Employment & Labor Law in the First 100 Days of the Biden Administration

Catherine Walters, Partner at BYBEL RUTLEDGE LLP is a management-side labor and employment attorney representing employers of all sizes and will be presenting this timely webinar. A new President and a new DOL promise major changes for both employers and employees. We will discuss anticipated labor and employment policy changes under the new Biden Administration, including changes already in effect and changes yet to come.

Catherine Short
Company Culture, compliance program, Compliance Tips, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Employee Zone, Healthcare, Healthcare Compliance, Human Resources, OSHA, OSHA Zone, Podcasts
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Performance Improvement Plan

Is Your Compliance Program Effective?

Having a compliance program in place is a start but having an effective compliance program is the goal. Proactively assessing the effectiveness of one’s own compliance program is better than…
First Healthcare Compliance Staff
1st Healthcare Compliance, Abuse, ACA, Anti-Kickback Statute, Audit Zone, Blog, Breach, compliance program, Corporate Integrity Agreement, Dashboard Zone, DOJ, effective compliance program, Employee Zone, FCA, Fraud, Healthcare, HIPAA, HIPAA Zone, ICD-10, Individual Accountability, LEIE, OSHA, OSHA Zone, physician self-referral law, Quarterly Zone, Stark Law, Uncategorized, Whistleblower, Wrongdoing
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Performance Improvement Plan

Are You Prepared for the HIPAA Phase 2 Audits?

After reviewing the HIPAA Privacy case investigations from 2009-2011, the Office of the Inspector General sent a strong message to the Office of Civil Rights in regard to the administration…
First Healthcare Compliance Staff
1st Healthcare Compliance, ACA, Affordable Care Act, Audit Zone, Blog, Breach, Business Associate, CMS, Covered Entity, Fraud, Healthcare, HHS, HIPAA, HIPAA Zone, HITECH, Medicare, Medicare Rules, OCR, OIG, security breach, Uncategorized, Vendor Zone
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Healthcare Compliance - Medicare

Complying with Stark Law: Can you bill Medicare when treating your family members?

The treatment of family members falls under General Exclusions from Coverage under Medicare. No payment will be made for items or services for a family member when the charge is…
First Healthcare Compliance Staff
1st Healthcare Compliance, Abuse, ACA, Affordable Care Act, Audit Zone, Blog, CMS, false claims act, Fraud, Healthcare, Medicare, Medicare Rules, physician self-referral law, Physician-patient Relationship, Quarterly Zone, Stark Law, Uncategorized
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