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The Pastin Report of Best Compliance Practices

You've read plenty of newsletters and heard numerous presentations about why you must take certain actions to meet compliance requirements.

At this point, you need candid, no-nonsense help on how to do it!

The Pastin Report on Best Compliance Practices gives you solid advice and practical guidance you can't get anywhere else. It's packed with actual tools and step-by-step guidance on how to implement and manage an effective compliance program.

You'll benefit from its real-life case studies, sample forms, scripts, flow charts and other useful tools you just won't find in any other publication . . . resources like:

A proven blueprint for testing and documenting the effectiveness of your compliance program;
Unique step-by-step guidance on conducting compliance risk assessments;
One-of-a-kind procedures for working through major challenges such as reports of violations and voluntary disclosures;
Practical tips for addressing the tricky but critical issue of management certifications;
Tested strategies for preventing your hotline from becoming a snitch line;
Best Practice Facts on major compliance program functions.

Discover how The Pastin Report can help you put into action an effective compliance program.

The Pastin Report is published by the Council of Ethical Organizations.

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Contents of the Current Issue of The Pastin Report

Volume 6, Number 5

Navigating the OIG Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol
A systematic description, accompanied by practical tips, of the OIG Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol.

What You Get is What You See - A Pastin Report Classic
Why do you get so many HR reports in the Compliance Office? It’s not a surprise!

The Top 10 Reasons Compliance Programs Don’t Work - And They Don’t
Expounding on a pithy list of top ten reasons, this article challenges the conventional wisdom that compliance programs are working well and provides insight into what you should be doing to avoid the top ten list.

Legal/Compliance Briefing
In conjunction with the self-disclosure article in this issue, we discuss a recent development in which a hospital reached a financially substantial settlement with the OIG through its Self-Disclosure Protocol, perhaps signaling an increased willingness to use the OIG self-disclosure process.

Regulatory News in Brief
Regulatory actions affecting compliance programs

Compliance Program Cost Survey
Given that response to this survey has been limited thus far, we are reprinting it in the hope that we can successfully elicit more useful information on compliance program expenditures.

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The Experienced Team of The Pastin Report

Mark J. Pastin, PhD, Publisher, has designed and implemented healthcare compliance programs for more than 20 years and played a central role in developing many programs now recognized as healthcare models.

Edward Gaines, Esq., Editorial Board, Senior Vice President of Compliance and General Counsel for Healthcare Business Resources, Inc.

J. Roger Davis, Editorial Board, Director of the UT at San Antonio Health Science Center's medical school practice plan.

Faith E. Barry, MBA, Editorial Board, Senior Vice President for Best Practice Services at the Council, previously served as Vice President for Integrity and Compliance at Interim HealthCare Inc.

Gary W. Thompson, JD, Editor, Senior Vice President for Corporate Governance & Regulatory Affairs for the Council.

Daniel Reardon, BA, Associate Editor, Vice President of Research for the Council.

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Past Articles From *The Pastin Report*
	Final HIPAA Privacy Regulations Will Prove a Challenge for Most Providers Final privacy regulations have been formally released. In the first of a two part series on HIPAA, Geralyn Kidera reviews the major differences between the proposed and the final regulations, and explains in plain language some of the key terms. Case Study in Compliance: Mountain or Molehill Case studies in compliance are based on situations presented to working compliance officers. This month's case concerns the sticky issue of management certifications. An executive for a health plan opts not to report a potential compliance situation recently brought to her attention because she doesn't have enough information. By failing to report to the compliance officer what she does know, has this executive herself committed a compliance infraction?
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Past Articles From The Pastin Report

Final HIPAA Privacy Regulations Will Prove a Challenge for Most Providers
Final privacy regulations have been formally released. In the first of a two part series on HIPAA, Geralyn Kidera reviews the major differences between the proposed and the final regulations, and explains in plain language some of the key terms.
Case Study in Compliance: Mountain or Molehill
Case studies in compliance are based on situations presented to working compliance officers. This month's case concerns the sticky issue of management certifications. An executive for a health plan opts not to report a potential compliance situation recently brought to her attention because she doesn't have enough information. By failing to report to the compliance officer what she does know, has this executive herself committed a compliance infraction?

Fill out our on-line form and we will send you a complimentary issue!	The Pastin Report of Best Compliance Practices You've read plenty of newsletters and heard numerous presentations about *why* you must take certain actions to meet compliance requirements. At this point, you need candid, no-nonsense help on *how to do it!* The Pastin Report on Best Compliance Practices gives you solid advice and practical guidance you can't get anywhere else. It's packed with actual tools and step-by-step guidance on how to implement and manage an effective compliance program. You'll benefit from its real-life case studies, sample forms, scripts, flow charts and other useful tools you just won't find in any other publication . . . resources like: A proven blueprint for testing and documenting the effectiveness of your compliance program; Unique step-by-step guidance on conducting compliance risk assessments; One-of-a-kind procedures for working through major challenges such as reports of violations and voluntary disclosures; Practical tips for addressing the tricky but critical issue of management certifications; Tested strategies for preventing your hotline from becoming a snitch line; Best Practice Facts on major compliance program functions. Discover how The Pastin Report can help you put into action an effective compliance program. The Pastin Report is published by the Council of Ethical Organizations.

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Contents of the Current Issue of The Pastin Report Volume 6, Number 5 Navigating the OIG Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol A systematic description, accompanied by practical tips, of the OIG Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol. What You Get is What You See - A Pastin Report Classic Why do you get so many HR reports in the Compliance Office? It’s not a surprise! The Top 10 Reasons Compliance Programs Don’t Work - And They Don’t Expounding on a pithy list of top ten reasons, this article challenges the conventional wisdom that compliance programs are working well and provides insight into what you should be doing to avoid the top ten list. Legal/Compliance Briefing In conjunction with the self-disclosure article in this issue, we discuss a recent development in which a hospital reached a financially substantial settlement with the OIG through its Self-Disclosure Protocol, perhaps signaling an increased willingness to use the OIG self-disclosure process. Regulatory News in Brief Regulatory actions affecting compliance programs Compliance Program Cost Survey Given that response to this survey has been limited thus far, we are reprinting it in the hope that we can successfully elicit more useful information on compliance program expenditures.
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The Experienced Team of The Pastin Report Mark J. Pastin, PhD, Publisher, has designed and implemented healthcare compliance programs for more than 20 years and played a central role in developing many programs now recognized as healthcare models. Edward Gaines, Esq., Editorial Board, Senior Vice President of Compliance and General Counsel for Healthcare Business Resources, Inc. J. Roger Davis, Editorial Board, Director of the UT at San Antonio Health Science Center's medical school practice plan. Faith E. Barry, MBA, Editorial Board, Senior Vice President for Best Practice Services at the Council, previously served as Vice President for Integrity and Compliance at Interim HealthCare Inc. Gary W. Thompson, JD, Editor, Senior Vice President for Corporate Governance & Regulatory Affairs for the Council. Daniel Reardon, BA, Associate Editor, Vice President of Research for the Council.
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