tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 39

Hospitals: How To Bulletproof A Hospital's Staffing Compliance

2 crucial compliance steps you can't do without.Even if a hospital has buckled down on federal and state staffing laws and has controls in place to ensure every employee gets a background check and a drug test, it still isn't ready to ace an audit.Without proper follow-up procedures, even a compliant facility could run into snags. Case in point: In a Sept. 22 audit of Emily P. Bissell Hospital (A-03-03-00223), the HHS Office of Inspector General found the Wilmington, DE-based facility was in full compliance with federal and state staffing laws and regulations. But missing results on...

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