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Dealing with the Disruptive Practitioner in a Legally Compliant Manner

Overview Disruptive activity by practitioners in the hospital takes many forms. When it happens, it is important that the hospital and/or the medical staff take appropriate steps to see that it does not affect patient care or disrupt operations. Why should you attend this webinar? Hospital executives, medical staff officers, and peer review committee members and support staff should attend to learn how to deal effectively with the disruptive practitioner. You will also learn how to prepare for the day when it becomes necessary to terminate such a practitioner's privileges and medical staff membership. You will also gain an understanding of how to develop provisions in the medical staff bylaws to deal with the disruptive practitioner and how to develop a clear and concise policy regarding disruptive behavior. We will discuss the elements of an effective policy and the actions that should be taken to develop progressive discipline and/or sanctions that sho

Patient Rights, Medical Records and HIPAA - What You Need to Know as a Healthcare Provider

Compliance Key INC  -  Online HIPAA Training for Employees   Overview Being in compliance with HIPAA involves not only ensuring you provide the appropriate patient rights and controls on your uses and disclosures of protected health information, but you also have the proper policies and procedures in place. If audited or the subject of a compliance review you will be required to show the government you have all the necessary documentation in place for safeguarding patient Protected Health Information and indicate how you addressed all required privacy safeguards. This starts with the fundamentals of understanding a patient's rights to access their health information under HIPAA. If your healthcare practice needs to understand what your responsibilities are regarding patient rights and access under HIPAA or make sure the current process is adequate and can withstand government scrutiny, please join us for this informative and interactive course. Why should

SOX Compliance: Accounts Receivable Risks and Controls

Overview The accounts receivable process includes the sub-cycles of acquiring and accepting customer orders; writing sales contracts; granting customer credit; shipping or otherwise delivering products or services; billing and recording sales and lease transactions; maintaining and monitoring accounts receivable; instituting effective collection procedures; recording and controlling cash receipts; establishing pricing and promotional activities; and properly valuing receivable balances. In management's selection of procedures and techniques of control, the degree of control implemented is a matter of reasonable business judgment. The common guideline used in determining the degree of internal controls implementation is that the cost of a control should not exceed the benefit derived. The Order to Cash Process (O2C) Process is comprised of several sub-processes that must have a foundation of internal controls for SOX 404 certification process. This webinar wil

Employee Handbooks: 2018 - 2019 Updates

ComplianceKEY - HR Checklists Training Overview A nationwide survey of employers revealed that while organizations use employee handbooks to address key business, legal, and talent management challenges, they often limit the effectiveness of their handbook policies by using ineffective handbook practices. As the survey report noted, in many organizations there is a disconnect between the drafting of handbook policies and the implementation of those policies. To increase the effectiveness of their employment policies, organizations will have to: 1) enhance their business, operational, and legal intelligence to ensure they have identified the changing external and internal factors that affect their policies; 2) increase internal stakeholder participation in the handbook development process to obtain greater employee commitment and operational alignment; 3) establish new metrics to assess handbook policy and practices performance and measure the achieveme

How to properly investigate OOS/OOT Results

Overview This webinar will review the regulatory requirements for investigating an OOS Investigation. The responsibilities of the analyst, the supervisor and QA will be discussed. A detailed flow chart will be used to help the attendees clearly understand the steps and the order in which they are to be performed. The structure of an Investigation report which properly documents the investigation will be discussed. Why should you attend this webinar? The lack of or Inadequate procedures for handling out of specification (OOS) situations and failure investigations are amongst the most frequently found deviations in FDA warning letters. Most companies have procedures but either they are not adequate or are not followed. This seminar will guide attendees through the entire process from detection an out-of-specification result to informal and formal laboratory and batch investigations Areas Covered in the Session: FDA requirements for handling OOS/ OOT results Ph

Is the U.S. Department of Energy Managing the Risk of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change?

Dr. Barry Stevens Dr. Barry Stevens is Keynote peaker at Compliance Key and he has over 30 years of highly productive experience leading globally competitive technology companies to higher levels of profitability and growth. Barry founded and serves as President of TBD America, a global Technology Business Development consulting group serving the public and private sectors in clean energy, biofuels, water remediation and nuclear waste disposal. Prior to TBD America, Dr. Stevens held executive positions with the National Hydrogen Fund, Superior Concrete Products; Radio Shack; Alcon Laboratories; Eastman Technolo........ Overview The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) was formed almost 40 years ago, from the underpinnings of the Atomic Energy Commission, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Energy Research and Development Administration. Today, the DOE supports a broad portfolio of programs, including Nuclear Energy, Fossil Energy

10 Things to Remember for I-9 Form Completion

ComplianceKEY - HR Webinars   Overview This training will focus on the importance of I-9 compliance for small businesses. The training will introduce the I-9 forms, importance of filling out the forms correctly, retention process and proactive I-9 audits. We will also discuss common mistakes and how to correct. Why should you attend this webinar? This webinar will: Form I-9 Legal Information Importance of Mistake Proof Forms Retention Process Proactive Audits Common Mistakes Correcting Mistakes Why it is important for your business Impact and cost for an organization Upcoming or potential changes. Areas Covered in the Session: Form I-9 Completing Retention Period Helpful Links Common Mistakes Legal Issues Auditing Forms Communication Why it is important Relevance to your organization Who can Benefit: Human Resources Professionals Small Business Owners Non-Profit Administrators General Managers Office Managers Payroll Professionals

HVAC and GMP Environmental Control - for Pharmaceutical Clean Rooms

Compliance Key INC  -  Medical Device Training Overview Environmental control of pharmaceutical clean rooms is essential to the manufacture of a quality product. Control of such conditions as airborne particulate, microorganisms, temperature, humidity, differential pressure, airflow, air velocity and personnel is crucial to protect the product from contamination. Therefore, the design, validation and ongoing monitoring of a clean room HVAC system is necessary to assure the quality and safety of the pharmaceutical product. Also, a proper understanding and testing of the clean room environment according to international regulatory standards is important from a compliance perspective. Why should you attend this webinar? It is important that a clean room's HVAC system is fully understood, properly designed and properly validated. If this is accomplished, it will provide the environmental control necessary to meet the regulatory particulate and microorg