title: The new hospice compliance plan: defining and addressing risk areas. Part 3.
abstract: The recently released OIG guidelines to ensure compliance with federal and state statutes, rules, and regulations, and private-payor health care program requirements provide a blueprint for developing such programs. This is the last of three installments that focus specifically on the 28 risk areas identified in the guidance and offer strategies for incorporating them in a hospice compliance program. The authors have organized the 28 risk areas under 9 topic domains to simplify the task of tackling the guidance. This article covers the areas of nursing home care, marketing, and Conditions of Participation.
authors.affiliation: Ethos Consulting Group, L.L.C. in Moorestown, New Jersey, USA. djones@ethosconsult.com
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Woods
mesh_terms: D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006738:Hospices / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D008004:Licensure; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D006278:Medicare; D009735:Nursing Homes; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services