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Cost-Effective Approaches to Corporate Compliance for Hospice and Home Health Providers

ZA Consulting LLC’s Post-Acute Consulting group; American and Pennsylvania Institutes of Certified Public Accountants; Healthcare Financial Management Association’s Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter; Long-Term Care Committee

This article addresses the major issues surrounding corporate compliance as they relate to hospice and home health care providers. The article discusses the following major topics: why the entire hospice and home care industry is talking about compliance; when, how, and why compliance evolved; the future of compliance for hospice and home care providers; the benefits of a compliance program; the seven elements of an effective compliance program; the risk areas hospice and home care providers should be concerned about; what a corporate integrity agreement is; sample Office of the Inspector General investigations and convictions; what steps need to be taken to develop a compliance program; cost-effective approaches to compliance programs; and shared compliance programs.

Key Words: abuse • compliance • fraud • home care • hospice • Office of the Inspector General • Operation Restored Trust • shared

Home Health Care Management & Practice, Vol. 13, No. 3, 176-183 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/108482230101300302


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