Begin education process with these resources
The quality manager charged with compliance has a lot of information to learn before embarking on creating the compliance manual and plan. Lawrence M. Leahy, MHA, CHE, CHCE, director of program integrity for Ruth Constant and Associates in Victoria, TX, recommends these resources:
The OIG Web site (particularly the list of excluded providers): http://www.dhhs.gov/ progorg/oig/
62 Federal Register 9,435-9,441 (March 3, 1997). Available from the Federal Register on line at http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/ aces/aaces002.html or by calling Joel J. Schaer, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General. Telephone: (202) 619-0089.
Queen D, Frasher E. Designing a Health Care Corporate Compliance Program. Atlantic Information Services, 1050 17th St. NW, Suite 480, Washington, DC 20056. Telephone: (202) 775-9008.
Kaplan J, Murphy J, Swenson W. Compliance Programs and the Corporate Sentencing Guidelines. Deerfield, IL: Clark, Boardman, Callaghan. Telephone: (800) 328-4880.
American Hospital Association, 1 North Franklin, Suite 27, Chicago, IL 60606. Telephone: (800) 242-4677. The AHA has a Do-It-Yourself Compliance Kit for Hospitals available through its Web site: http://www. aha.org
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