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Every compliance officer knows that effective compliance requires the participation of “an entire village.” While some organizations might think that hiring a compliance officer is all an organization needs to maintain compliance, that assumption could not be further from the truth.

In late August, the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Health and Human Services announced via its listserv service that it was ramping up its enforcement efforts for smaller breaches of less than 500 records.

The OIG recently released their 2017 work plan. And the information can make or break your organization’s compliance program.

Seriously, you don’t want to mess with the OIG. Just last year they performed 1,662 exclusions, 428 criminal actions and 383 civil actions.

In last week’s blog post we examined the “ownership” requirements of a recently published CIA. This week we continue to dive deeper into the CIA by reviewing the requirements surrounding written standards/policies, training/education, and auditing/monitoring.

The OIG recently released their 2017 work plan. And the information is crucial for the success of your organization and compliance program.

1. OIG names 2017 goals: Bolstering HHS and NIH data security, tackling EHR challenges - “The Office of Inspector General has the National Institute of Health's security and data control in its crosshairs.

This week saw the largest takedown in history, announced the OIG HHS and the Justice Department on Wednesday.

Evaluation and management (E/M) services are “visits performed by doctors to assess and manage a beneficiary's health,” according to the OIG’s website.