Measuring the Effectiveness of Your Compliance and Ethics Program, Using CMS's Requirements of Participation

AHLA's Speaking of Health Law

Joseph Zielinski, Compliance and Privacy Officer, CarDon & Associates, and Michelle R. Adams, Associate General Counsel, Ensign Services, discuss how to measure a long-term care facility’s compliance and ethics program. They cover why compliance is so important in the context of long-term care facilities, existing compliance and ethics frameworks, CMS’ Requirements of Participation, recent cases that highlight the importance of compliance effectiveness, and how to measure and utilize data to demonstrate compliance effectiveness. Joseph and Michelle spoke about this topic at AHLA’s 2024 Long Term and Post-Acute Care Law and Compliance in San Diego, CA. From AHLA's Post-Acute and Long Term Services Practice Group.

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