Ch 3 & 4 Flashcards
Ch 3 & 4
Who is the focal point of the compliance program?
a. Employees
b. Board of Trustees
c. Federal Government
d. Compliance Officer
d. Compliance Officer
What should be considered when developing an audit agenda?
a. The OIG workplan
b. OCR investigation
c. OIG fraud alerts
d. A and C
e. A and B
d. A and C
The entity’s level of commitment to compliance is directly related to the resources (human and financial.
a. True
b. False
b. False
The compliance plan should be reviewed:
a. When the OIG issues new guidelines
b. When a new regulation is passed
c. At least annually
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
The most important communication device for a compliance program is:
a. Code of Conduct
b. Education
c. Open door policy
d. All of the above
c. Open door policy
The code of conduct should address the organization’s:
a. Culture
b. Beliefs
c. Ethical position
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
Which of the following strategies is not recommended when communicating about compliance to physicians?
a. Emphasize clinical and fiscal improvements
b. Minimize time of physician involvement by working to resolve compliance issues prior to communication
c. Build trust through involvement
d. Give physicians lots of data
b. Minimize time of physician involvement by working to resolve compliance issues prior to communication
Once signed by employees, code of conduct attestations must be maintained by the compliance department.
a. True
b. False
b. False
Which of the following is one objective of a baseline audit?
a. Evaluate compliance program operations
b. Investigate an alleged violation
c. Offer recommendations regarding necessary remediation
d. Create a mission statement for the compliance department that is consistent with the mission statement of the organization
c. Offer recommendations regarding necessary remediation
The Board of Directors involvement with compliance includes all except:
a. Written endorsement
b. Allocating sufficient budgetary resources
c. Active role in the daily compliance operations
d. Establishing compensation structures that reward compliance
c. Active role in the daily compliance operations
When developing an effective code of conduct, an organization should consider:
a. Soliciting another organization’s code and tweaking it to fit
b. Methods for reporting issues
c. Zero tolerance for fraud and abuse
d. B and C
d. B and C
A primary source of information for the team conducting an audit would be:
a. OIG work Plan
b. Organization’s existing documents
c. CPT and ICD9 books
d. HCCA
e. Investigation Procedures
f. Promise of non-retaliation
g. Chain of command
b. Organization’s existing documents
You are the new compliance officer for a hospital and see that it is currently under an OIG CIA. What would be the first course of action in your new position?
a. Review the current OIG Work Plan and update the audit schedule for the hospital.
b. Review the Code of Conduct and Policies and Procedures and update them as appropriate.
c. Meet with the Compliance Board and discuss your vision of how compliance will be run in the future.
d. Review the audit schedule and pick up where the previous compliance officer left off.
b. Review the Code of Conduct and Policies and Procedures and update them as appropriate.
It was brought to your attention that a nurse on the OIG Exclusion List have been seeing and treating patients. What would your first course of action?
a. Disallow the nurse to treat patients with government payers. Allow her to continue to see and treat patients with non-government payers only.
b. Investigate further with HR concerning the OIG Exclusion list and determine possible reimbursement to Medicare/Medicaid.
c. Assign nurse to administrative duties with no patient interaction.
d. Terminate the individual for falsifying her employment application.
a. Disallow the nurse to treat patients with government payers. Allow her to continue to see and treat patients with non-government payers only.
In the course of an audit, you find that a provider and a secretary have been repeatedly violating the privacy of an individual. The provider was given a verbal warning and the secretary was written up and suspended for 3 days. What would your first course of action be?
a. Do nothing, as each division/clinic manager has powers to do as they like.
b. Get HR involved and recommend that discipline should be fair, equitable, and consistent.
c. Immediately report the incident to OCR.
d. Get local and federal labor department involved for unfair discipline.
b. Get HR involved and recommend that discipline should be fair, equitable, and consistent.