Hospice News November 5, 2024
Building an effective compliance program depends heavily on dedicated leadership, open lines of communication and accountability, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG).
In addition to conducting audits and investigations, OIG offers guidance to health care organizations as to how they can develop a compliance program that will help keep them out of regulatory hot water. These include a General Compliance Program Guidance, with separate setting-specific guides currently in development.
“This is voluntary, non-binding guidance. These are recommendations from the OIG. It’s not required,” Jillian Sparks, attorney at the OIG’s Industry Guidance Branch, said during a presentation at the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Annual Leadership Conference.
OIG’s general compliance...
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