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The Role of Compliance Officers in Healthcare Organizations: Challenges and Responsibilities

American Medical Compliance

Compliance officers’ responsibilities extend far beyond merely checking boxes and ticking off regulatory requirements. In fact, 61% of the compliance teams from a Thomson Reuters report also work on long-range strategies for their companies by putting regulatory and legislative changes as a top priority.

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Your Guide on How to Be a Good Compliance Officer

Compliancy Group

Compliance with healthcare regulations protects patients, safeguards employee safety, and maintains the security of electronic medical records (EMRs) and cyber networks. Ensuring compliance with critical regulations falls on the compliance officer. What Does a Compliance Officer Do?

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Mastering CIS Controls Mapping to ISO 27001

Compliancy Group

CIS controls and ISO 27001 provide crucial compliance frameworks for healthcare organizations of all types and sizes. Any compliance officer knows that adhering to both standards takes considerable time, resources, and effort.

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Understanding Whistleblower Protections in Healthcare – Legal Obligations and Compliance Implications

AIHC

While the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is typically associated with patient privacy, it also contains important exceptions that protect whistleblowers. This clause is critical for compliance officers to understand, especially when investigating disclosures involving PHI.

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What is a Healthcare Compliance Officer?

Verisys

As government agencies and national regulatory organizations pass more regulations and the need for healthcare services grows, healthcare compliance officers (HCOs) are more important than ever. Accordingly, maintaining compliance has become a key focus for healthcare facilities. HCO Qualifications. Reimbursement.

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The Importance of Compliance Officer Training in Healthcare

Compliancy Group

The healthcare industry faces an ever-increasing number of essential regulations, making developing a reliable compliance strategy crucial. Have you explored the best path to ensure peak healthcare compliance officer training? It’s a role that transcends mere oversight.

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Differences Between Healthcare Compliance Officer and HR

MedTrainer

There is one way to describe the relationship between HR professionals and compliance officers: It’s complicated. As you see these roles work together, you might wonder about the difference between a compliance officer and human resources in healthcare.