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One of my favorite sayings is that “bedside manner matters.” This comes from my background as a physician. At the end of the day, being knowledgeable doesn’t mean that you work well with people. As a compliance officer, it’s important that you work well with people.

In my newest episode of Compliance Conversations, I sat down with Attorney, Sean McKenna, for an enlightening chat about how healthcare organizations can beef up their compliance programs to avoid enforcement action.

When you discuss the compliance aspect of conflicts of interests with physicians, if it’s anything like my experience, it might go something like this:

There are a lot of great tools on the market nowadays that can make your workday a lot easier. Investing in the right tools frees up a lot of your time to work on compliance issues. Instead of spending your time tracking down emails and sign in sheets.

Trust is a valuable currency for compliance officers. The more individuals in your organization trust you, the more comfortable they’ll feel in coming to you with compliance violations or other compliance related matters. Some view compliance officers as obstacles in their way.

I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that compliance involves a lot of moving parts these days. Tracking incidents, training, and monitoring are just a few basics of the position.

Hey compliance peeps! I’m pretty excited about this deeper than the headlines topic this week because I’m pretty sure you folks are going to be into it because it will make you look like a total rockstar and help you nail compliance.

As a compliance officer, it’s important that you know the business you’re in. The business doesn’t exist for the compliance program, instead, the compliance program exists for the business.