Navigating the Regulatory Environment in Health Care

Your health care organization has had several small compliance incidents in the past 2 years, and the organization is now motivated to update their compliance program. Your executive leadership team asked you to review two health care compliance programs from similar organizations to determine how they constructed their compliance program and what aspects your organization should adopt.

Select the type of health care organization you want represented in this assignment (e.g., family practice, hospital, urgent care, or nursing home).

Locate two compliance program documents from comparable health care organizations using your Internet search engine.

Read both compliance program documents and examine the similarities and differences between the two.
Create a matrix that compares how both organizations execute the following compliance components:

How is internal monitoring and auditing conducted?
How are compliance and practice standards implemented?
Who is the designated compliance officer (or person designated to be the contact for compliance matters), who does that person report to, and what is their relationship to the organization’s governing board?
How are employees trained and educated to model compliant behaviors?
How are violations or offenses detected, reported, and corrected?
How are lines of communication with employees developed?
How are disciplinary standards enforced?
Write a 525- to 700-word executive summary that informs your executive leadership about the matrix you created and offers your opinion as to which best practices the organization should adopt for its own compliance program.

Cite the two compliance program documents and any additional references that support your opinion (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality).

Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.