{"id":563,"date":"2016-01-26T18:54:31","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T18:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/?p=563"},"modified":"2016-01-26T18:56:02","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T18:56:02","slug":"an-ode-to-healthcare-compliance-by-lindsey-hennings-mam-chc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/health-law-institute\/2016\/01\/26\/an-ode-to-healthcare-compliance-by-lindsey-hennings-mam-chc\/","title":{"rendered":"An Ode to Healthcare Compliance, by Lindsey Hennings, MAM, CHC"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Ode to Healthcare Compliance <\/strong><\/p>\n

By Lindsey Hennings, MAM, CHC
\n(Lindsey completed the online Health Care Compliance Certificate program in 2015.)<\/p>\n

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Healthcare Compliance. What does that mean?
\nRules, regulations, best practices\u2026 and all in between!<\/p>\n

We strive to remain compliant with laws
\nTo provide the best service and care, without pause.<\/p>\n

Why do we do this? Why do we stress?
\nWell someone has to sift through this mess!<\/p>\n

Administrative rules, executive orders,
\nProposed legislation within our borders.<\/p>\n

Plan types and states and federal reign –
\nOf course the requirements cannot be plain!<\/p>\n

In order to travel the (over)complicated fray,
\nWe need compliance to show us the way.<\/p>\n

Compliance is here to guide and to show us,
\nTo partner and support, to train and to grow us.<\/p>\n

Tools and resources and training abound
\nTo help compliance bring businesses round.<\/p>\n

The Sentencing Guidelines, following a scam,
\nCreated the Seven Elements of an Effective Compliance Program.<\/p>\n

What are these elements? You wonder with glee.
\nSit down and relax; I will explain them to thee.<\/p>\n

First recommendation is easy as you please;
\nPolicies and Procedures, also known as P&P\u2019s.<\/p>\n

These policies document the ways that we work
\nAnd prove to regulators we are not just jerks<\/p>\n

Who do things without thinking or without design.
\nWe use these procedures so our processes align<\/p>\n

With regs, laws, and rules, while keeping in mind
\nBusiness functions, abilities and decisions in kind.<\/p>\n

Number two comes next and deals with oversight –
\nCompliance Officers and Committees, you got that right!<\/p>\n

The Compliance Officer, in charge of all things compliance
\nTo that office we pledge our alliance.<\/p>\n

Compliance Committees, a stalwart group,
\nHelp make decisions and keep folks in the loop.<\/p>\n

The next element consists of training.
\nEffective knowledge is what we\u2019re gaining.<\/p>\n

Presenting compliance rules and recommendations
\nWhile working to ebb trainees\u2019 frustrations.<\/p>\n

An effective program empowers employees to communicate
\nIn order to drive compliance concerns through the gate.<\/p>\n

Whistleblower protections and anti-retaliation protocol
\nHelps employees feel safe while revealing it all.<\/p>\n

Next comes monitoring and folks\u2019 favorite: the audit.
\nRoutine checking; regulators applaud it.<\/p>\n

Business departments may not be pleased with your presence
\nBut finding issues before CMS does is certainly a pleasance!<\/p>\n

Should a claims examiner be punished greater than a CEO?
\nFor similar compliance issues \u2013 the answer is NO!<\/p>\n

Effective compliance programs have standard rules
\nFor disciplining those noncompliant fools.<\/p>\n

What do we do when hearing an issue of noncompliance?
\nRespond, investigate, and correct \u2013 it ain\u2019t rocket science.<\/p>\n

When hearing of allegations of offenses,
\nCompliance professionals must take to the fences<\/p>\n

To review in due diligence the accusations presented
\nAnd respond in kind and ensure they\u2019re documented.<\/p>\n

Regulators, clients, employers, consumers.
\nMillennials, Gen-X\u2019ers, and Baby-boomers.<\/p>\n

We all know the importance of remaining compliant.
\nTo these Seven Elements we remain alliant.<\/p>\n

~THE END~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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