The Compliance Insider 

When Medicare and Medicaid programs were first signed into law on July 30, 1965, could President Lyndon B. Johnson have imagined where we are now? Initially Medicare and Medicaid started as basic health coverage... Read More

To help organizations answer some questions that have recently been asked, we thought it would be helpful to "throwback" to our Cover Your Attestation article series we published in January. In the first part of... Read More

The first round of the 2017 Medicare Durable Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program, timeline was recently announced by the Centers for Medicare &... Read More

To help organizations answer some questions that have recently been asked, we thought it would be helpful to "throwback" to our Cover Your Attestation article series we published in January. Why are... Read More

Focus on Transgender Staff Members Although transgender individuals represent less than 1% of the population, HR policies to protect expanding sexual discrimination rights are something that should be considered.... Read More

HHS is very concerned with prescription drug abuse. In July they released a plan on hhs.gov to combat abuse of opioid painkillers: "The opioid crisis is affecting communities across the country. Deaths from drug... Read More

Augusts' Monthly Refresher Webinar will be a Website Management Overview. This is an excellent webinar to attend for anyone who is currently managing an HCP compliance program and who wishes to brush up on their... Read More

NIST Releases How-To Guide for Securing Electronic Health Records on Mobile Devices Advancing Technology Guidance The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of... Read More

Recently, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a Guide to Restroom Access for Transgender Workers. OSHA's Sanitation standard requires that all employers under its jurisdiction provide... Read More

On July 7th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is making several critical changes to the transition period to ICD-10. They published a PDF that covers the concessions and how they... Read More