Compliance Indicators and Personal Application

Review the Health Care Compliance Associations . Choose and discuss one of the indicators presented in the HCCA reading in relation to an organization or agency that you have worked for or are familiar with.

• How did your agencys compliance program support this specific indicator?
• What could have been done to improve your agencys compliance efforts?

Self-Evaluation and Personal Goal Setting

• Do you think some (or all) of these indicators could be used as a method for self-evaluation for individuals involved in healthcare compliance? Why or why not?
• How could you evaluate yourself as an individual in relation to these indicators, in whatever field you work presently (or even as a student)? Are there some indicators that are more applicable to you than others?
• How do you think you could use these indicators as a tool for personal goal setting in- and outside the field of healthcare compliance?

Your journal entry may be informally written in first person and should consist of approximately 500 words.

Resources

Required References

Anthony, D. L., Appari, A., & Johnson, M. E. (2014). Institutionalizing HIPAA compliance: Organizations and competing logics in U.S. health care. Journal of Health & Social Behavior, 55(1), 108-124. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022146513520431

Krist, A. H., Phillips, S. M., Sabo, R. T., Balasubramanian, B. A., Heurtin-Roberts, S., Ory, M. G., & … Glasgow, R. E. (2014). Adoption, reach, implementation, and maintenance of a behavioral and mental health assessment in primary care. Annals of Family Medicine, 12(6), 525-533. https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1710

Kusserow, R. P. (2014). Metrics to Evidence and Benchmark Compliance Program Effectiveness. Journal of Health Care Compliance, 16(6), 4952. Retrieved from ebscohost.

United States Department of Health and Human Services. (2017). Grants compliance and oversight. Retrieved from

Recommended References

Burrow-Snchez, J. J., Martin, J. L., & Imel, Z. E. (2016). Applying for grant funding as a counseling psychologist: From thought to action. Counseling Psychologist, 44(4), 479-524. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000015626272

Goldfried, M. R. (2016). On possible consequences of National Institute of Mental Health funding for psychotherapy research and training. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 47(1), 77-83. https://doi.org/10.1037/pro0000034

Merlino, J. P., Petit, J., Weisser, L., & Bowen, J. (2015). Leading with lean: Getting the outcomes we need with the funding we have. Psychiatric Quarterly, 86(3), 301-310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-015-9376-0