Pencil These Important Compliance Steps Into Your Calendar

Why This Topic Matters

Keeping a compliance program current helps billing and coding teams document their work, support internal oversight, and show physicians and administrators that compliance efforts are active and effective.

Article Sections

1. Create a compliance calendar

   Discusses organizing date-based compliance activities and keeping a yearly planning calendar aligned with the compliance program.

2. Keep a compliance checklist

   Covers maintaining a record of completed compliance activities in a checklist or log within the manual.

3. File all important documentation

   Addresses retaining supporting documentation in the appropriate sections of the compliance plan and manual.

4. Assess your plan's effectiveness annually

   Reviews the importance of periodic assessment of compliance program performance and annual measurement of results.

5. Prove your worth to physicians with data

   Focuses on communicating the value of the compliance program to physicians using documentation and performance data.