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The U.S. Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) has written, “For a compliance program to be effective, the organization should establish appropriate consequences for instances of noncompliance, as well as incentives for compliance.”¹

New updates to OIG’s Work Plan over the last month span a wide range of subjects and areas of focus – let's take a look at some key additions.

Since the OIG’s new General Compliance Program Guidelines came out at the end of last year, compliance teams have been working hard to sort through the new recommendations. And so have we!

Data, data, everywhere – what’s a compliance professional to do? 

Recently, at the Health Care Compliance Association’s 28th Annual Compliance Institute, Robert K. DeConti, Chief Counsel to the HHS Inspector General provided one of the keynote addresses. He used the opportunity to tell a story of a hero’s journey. The hero in the story is a compliance officer...

“Providing appropriate education and training is a vital component of an effective compliance program.” 

Picture this: you design and execute what seems like the perfect compliance program. 

The recommendations are loud and clear: there should be a notable separation between Legal and Compliance.