BC Advantage - 2017 Issue 4

Sanction Screening and Evaluating Employee Suitability the New "Seventh Element" of Compliance!

The recently issued Resource Guide for Measuring Compliance Program Effectiveness, the product of roundtable discussions by Office of Inspector General staff and compliance professionals, emphasizes the importance that the OIG places critical role of exclusion screening and background checks in compliance. Issued in March, the Resource Guide re configures the traditional formulation of the "Seven Elements of an Effective Compliance Program" to include Screening and Evaluation of Employees, Physicians, Vendors and other Agents an element unto itself- or as the new seventh element.The Importance of the Hiring Process in Healthcare Employee suitability is critically important in healthcare because...

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