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- HET Members: Pre-Order your copy of the HET Best Practice Standards Manual by clicking here.
- View or Download a copy of the 2012 Calendar of Events by clicking here.
- EUCOMED, the EU medical device association, makes reference to HET's forthcoming Best Practice Standards in a recent story in their What's New newsletter. You can read the story by clicking here.
- February 6 - 8, 2012 - Alexandria, VA
The Executive Certification Course is HET's annual course offered to chief compliance officers of an organization, business unit (hospital, plan region) or operational area such as research, government operations or home care. ECC attendees will complete all course and written requirements for the Certified Compliance Executive (CCE) credential, the highest level credential in healthcare compliance.
- March 19 - 21, 2012 - San Diego, CA
Advanced Compliance Issues: Certification Intensive Course Rather than repeat the same platitudes about compliance programs, this program looks at current issues in healthcare compliance and at the issues arising from the broad changes healthcare is undergoing. Each issue is treated in depth by the top experts in the country.
For a full listing of our upcoming courses, please click here.
- CareFusion's Jim Neal To Be Honored as Health Ethics Trust Chief Compliance Officer Fellow. Read the press release on the Best Practices website by clicking here.
- Community's Muscio Honored as Health Ethics Trust Chief Compliance Officer Fellow. Read the press release on the Best Practices website by clicking here.
- Healthcare CEO Wins Ethics Award. Read the press release on the Best Practices website
by clicking here.
- "Doctors Avoid Penalties in Suits Against Medical Firms" by Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica. Click here to read.
- Mark Pastin, Ph.D., President of the Health Ethics Trust, addressed the 59th House of Delegates and Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Association of Physician Specialists on the topic "Ethics in Disaster Medicine" on June 22, 2011. The Health Ethics Trust believes that disaster medicine is an emerging area of ethical and compliance risk and supports the emphasis that AAPS in placing on this topic.
Pastin's talk is available to Health Ethics Trust members under the Presentations tab of the Members Only section.
- Mark Pastin's latest installment of Medical Ethics Without the Rhetoric is now out in the American Journal of Clinical Medicine and focuses on medical services provided to an unwilling minor. Click this link to the Summer 2010 issue. The article can be found on page 140/141 of the print edition and page 44/45 of the web version.
- 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 by clicking here.
- Proposed changes to Chapter 8 Sentencing Guidelines to be put into effect November 2010- Official Copy Here
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