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The framework represents a complete view of an organization’s compliance risk environment; it’s the way an organization structures relevant risks.

Are you ready for the HCCA's Compliance Institute? This year it’s April 15-18 in Las Vegas and I could not be more excited. I mean, I could, but I don’t think Nevada is ready for that level of enthusiasm.

Over 1,000 coding, auditing, compliance and healthcare executives contributed to our 2018 Compliance and Auditing Benchmark report.

“Compliance professionals were people before they were in compliance,” Rudy Green joked when I sat down with him for our most recent episode of Compliance Conversations.

1. Influencer not Enforcer: How to Avoid the Dreaded Corporate Cop Image

When it comes to compliance, sometimes image is everything. How you’re perceived in your organization can either work for you or against you.

1. 3 Ways To Measure The Effectiveness Of Your Compliance Program: It’s important to have an effective compliance program but sometimes it can be pretty difficult to measure the success.

Gone are the days when compliance was viewed as less important than other departments in healthcare. Compliance is vital and with its importance comes great responsibility.

Compliance officers must adapt to the ever-changing rules and regulations.

In this episode of Compliance Conversations, I sat down with Senior Consultant, Brenden O’Neil, who works in Intermountain’s professional coding and reimbursement department. O’Neil and I had a fascinating discussion on CPT codes and the complicated gray area of coding a laminectomy.