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HET is pleased to announce two additions to its 2010 Events Calendar:
- The New England Regional Certification Intensive Course to be held September 13th – 15th, 2010 in the Boston metro area. This program will be held at the home of the Massachusetts Medical Society – The Conference Center at Waltham Woods. Click here for more information.
- The Mid-Central Regional Certification Intensive Course to be held September 29th – October 1st, 2010 in Nashville, TN. HET is working with the Tennessee Hospital Association to put on this conference at Vanderbilt University. Click here for more information.
Now is the time to start nominating those for our Best Compliance Practices award! To view the forms visit our Best Compliance Practices website www.BestCompliancePractices.com.
The Federal Register has posted a copy of the proposed rulemaking to modify the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules on July 14. You may view the text by clicking here.
Compliance is a process which takes our employees as inputs, applies the compliance program, and, hopefully, has ethical conduct as its input. But who addresses the most critical factor - the input. See what our Foundation is doing at Ethics for Kids and Compliance Officers - Click here to read more
The DHHS OIG has introduced a new page on its web site on activities of the MFCUs (state Medicaid Fraud Control Units). This page reflects the new emphasis on state and federal interaction on Medicaid fraud recoveries and can be viewed HERE.
Why does the federal government, in the words of its attorneys, make such a point of NOT having the compliance function report through the office of general counsel? There is a good reason and Mark Pastin explains this reason in the most recent post "Amatuer Hour In Compliance?" Click here to read.
Is compliance really a profession or are we all just practicing law sans a license? Mark Pastin, President of the Health Ethics Trust, writes on this topic for the Veterans Health Administration’s VHA CBI Effectiveness Bulletin. Click here ….. to read the whole issue of this innovative compliance publication.
Proposed changes to Chapter 8 Sentencing Guidelines to be put into effect November 2010- Official Copy Here
An important change regarding the Health Ethics Trust’s Compliance Professional (CCP) and Certified Compliance Executive (CCE) certifications has been announced by the Health Ethics Trust Education Committee. - Click here for more information.
HET's On-Line Course: Hotlines & Investigations is designed for those with tight travel budgets who want to keep up their education. To learn more about the course - click here to read.
Read "Outlook 2010: Enforcers Have More Funds, Better Tools to Fight Overpayments, Fraud," published in the January 25, 2010 issue of Report on Medicare Compliance click here for the full article.
