Don't Set It & Forget It: The Importance of Evaluating & Evolving Healthcare Compliance Programs

The federal government won or negotiated over $2.6 billion in healthcare fraud judgments and settlements in 2019. The government's investment of resources toward combatting fraud, waste and abuse in healthcare can be expected to continue in full force, irrespective of a change in political administration. Accordingly, it is important for healthcare companies to focus on maintaining flexible and effective compliance programs.

9 minute read November 01, 2020 at 12:05 AM
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Brian Bewley, James D. Gatta and Kaitlyn L. Dunn
Don't Set It & Forget It: The Importance of Evaluating & Evolving Healthcare Compliance Programs

On June 1, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released an updated version of its "Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" guidelines for prosecutors to apply in assessing compliance program effectiveness in the context of resolving criminal investigations of companies (the DOJ Guidance).

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