wk 4 discussions
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hmgt_372_week_4_discussion.docxDiscuss with your colleagues how a health care organizations can promote a culture of compliance and responsibility? Through your research, identify a specific organizational structure or program that could serve as a “best practice” for other health organizations. Describe the program in a paragraph. Is it a training program? A handbook? An immunization program? A patient care involvement program? A financial management practice? Penalties for fraud detection and reporting in the organization? Policy development? Procedure (SOP) creation? Benchmarks? External QA/QC consultants? Is this “best practice” specific to just this setting? No redundancy is allowed. Each program or practice must be unique. Peer comments should compare and contrast their findings with others presented. Provide citation of authority to support your initial response to conference questions. Peers are expected to demonstrate critical thinking in their questions related to the classmates’ descriptions. Initial response to discussion topic must be no later than midnight Thursday and then you must substantively respond to at least 2 classmate submissions no later than 6pm Sunday. See Discussion Requirements in Discussion topic entitled "Discussion Expectations and Grading" No duplication.Redundant primary posts will not be graded. Must adhere to grading rubric for discussions.
Background sites to read
· http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/eotopice00.pdf [It is important that managers understand the responsibilities of operating within the tax-exempt structure]
· http://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/docs/complianceguidance/040203CorpRespRsceGuide.pdf
[Corporate Responsibility and Corporate Compliance: A Resource for Health Care Boards of Directors (n.d)]
· http://www.jointcommissioninternational.org/accreditation-programs/ [Facts about Joint Commission Accreditation and Certification. As a reference, also refer to the Joint Commission’s Conflict of Interest Employee and Consultant policy.]
