A well-developed compliance program can speed and optimize proper payment of claims, minimize billing mistakes, reduce the chances of an audit, and avoid conflicts with self-referral and anti-kickback statutes. This book was created as a practical tool to help you develop HIPAA, OSHA, and OIG Compliance plans without spending hundreds of hours of valuable time.

• HIPAA: job descriptions for privacy officers, guidance and sample policies on the use and disclosure of PHI - helps reduce your risk
• OIG: how to assess your risks in the OIG's target areas of coding and billing, reasonable and necessary services, documentation, and self-referrals- helps you educate staff and maintain compliance
• OSHA: guidelines on preventing workplace injury, violence, or exposure to biohazards - helps you prevent accidents
• CLIA Compliance: list of waived tests under CLIA, waived testing best practices, state survey agencies, CMS regional offices - helps you understand standards and maintain laboratory compliance
• PLUS, hundreds of sample compliance policies, forms, and templates are also on the included CD so you can build your practice's compliance plans - save time and effort