title: Healthcare compliance plans: good business practice for the new millennium.
abstract: Recent developments indicate that government scrutiny of healthcare providers will continue well into the next century. This article sheds light on the Federal False Claims Act and its recent interpretation by the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General and the United States Attorney's Office, the OIG's 1998 workplan, and current fraud and abuse initiatives. It also presents the fundamental elements of a compliance plan.
authors.affiliation: Cabot Marsh Corporation, Bethlehem, PA, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Russo
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000592:standards; D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006300:Health Services Misuse / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007318:Inservice Training; D007344:Insurance Claim Reporting / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008330:Management Audit; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008497:Medical Record Administrators; D008499:Medical Records / Q000145:classification; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016730:Program Development; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services