Why Accreditation? Why Compliance?

Achieving compliance and accreditation makes good business sense…when it's done right.

Whether you're a small healthcare practice or a large multi-site, integrated health delivery system or somewhere in between, taking an expert, proactive approach to financial, quality, safety, health and such issues is a business imperative.

Why? Well, let's face it...compliance is the law...and is often a marketing necessity. But equally important, they both make business sense. A sound compliance program helps you avoid downtime, control worker compensation costs, deliver quality services, and optimize profitability. It reduces your exposure to lingering risk, fines and legal fees. It keeps your employees safe, your environment clean, and your investors happy. Accreditation also allows you to compete at a higher level - often one which is required by third party payers and the community at large. Bottom line, both strong compliance plans and high-level accreditation pay for themselves - when they're done right.

But doing them right demands specialized resources.

It takes a diverse set of skills to develop and implement such programs. Think about it - you need to stay abreast of ever-changing 0IG. CMS, OSHA, ADA, DEA, EPA, FDA, NFPA amid other federal, state and local laws, regulations and guidelines translate them into written policies and procedures tailored to your operations, and train your employees. You have to file permit applications, research compliance plans, develop policies and procedures, update codes and modifiers, assess ergonomic issues, install and inspect fire extinguishers, and eye-wash or drench stations classify and dispose of hazardous waste. You have to build and maintain quality plans, assess and remediate facility issues, and monitor care outcomes. You get the idea.

Few individuals have the expertise - or the time - to do it all, and it's seldom cost-effective to retain highly specialized compliance resources for even several of these needs on a full-time basis.

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