Healthcare Compliance Professional's Guide to Policies and Procedures

Ready-made compliance policies and procedures that you can adapt to your facility. Policies and procedures are the backbone of any compliance program. Compliance professionals must ensure that their policies and procedures are effective and up to date. To ensure effectiveness, the OIG expects hospitals to regularly re-evaluate their policies and procedures. Insight from a former Inspector General The Healthcare Compliance Professionals Guide to Policies and Procedures is written by former Inspector General Richard P. Kusserow. He has filled this book with sample policies and procedures that hospitals can use to strengthen their existing compliance program or help build a new one. Customize your program immediately The Healthcare Compliance Professionals Guide to Policies and Procedures provides the easy-to-use policies and procedures you need to ensure that your compliance program runs efficiently and smoothly. With these tools you will be able to: Implement proven, effective policies and procedures by using the sample templates provided Instruct staff with easy-to-comprehend instructions regarding policy and procedure development Identify best practices for policy and procedure development that are most likely to pass OIG investigation Ensure your policies are up to date with all legislation passed through the beginning of 2008 All of these sample policies and procedures can be used right away. Download our sample policies directly from the companion CD-ROM. You can then customize each document to fit your specific situation. Its that easy to develop a proven, effective set of policies and procedures!