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Healthcare Compliance Training: The Complete Guide for Healthcare Organizations

2026-02-18T13:41:20-05:00February 18th, 2026|Uncategorized|

Healthcare compliance training isn't a checkbox — it's the operational backbone of a safe, legally sound, and patient-centered organization. Whether you're running a small physician practice, a multi-location health system, or a specialty clinic, getting compliance training right means the difference between a well-protected organization and one that's one audit away from serious consequences. After 20+ years of building compliance training programs for healthcare organizations across the country, we've [...]

Patient Safety & Infection Control Training: The Outpatient Clinic Compliance Playbook

2026-02-18T10:19:57-05:00February 17th, 2026|OSHA Safety for Healthcare|

Outpatient clinics face a unique infection control challenge: high patient volume, fast turnaround, and lean staffing all create pressure points where cross-contamination, sharps injuries, and preventable exposure incidents can occur. Effective infection control training—combined with consistent clinical protocols, the right PPE, and documented OSHA compliance—is what separates clinics that pass surveys from those that don't. This guide provides a clinic-ready framework for aligning your OSHA obligations, PPE program, and clinical [...]

Compliance Culture: From Checklist to Proactive Risk Management

2026-02-18T10:55:34-05:00February 13th, 2026|Compliance Program & Culture|

Most organizations aren't failing at compliance because they don't care. They're failing because compliance has become a task list—finish annual training, update policies, pass the audit, repeat. Checklists have their place, but a strong compliance culture goes further. It helps people identify risk early, make better decisions under pressure, and raise concerns before problems spread. Regulators are paying attention to this shift, too. The U.S. Department of Justice increasingly focuses [...]

Medicare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse: Recent Trends Compliance Teams Should Watch

2026-02-17T11:04:49-05:00January 16th, 2026|Compliance Program & Culture, Medicare FWA|

Medicare fraud, waste, and abuse (FWA) isn’t “just” a government problem—it’s a business risk, a patient-safety risk, and a reputational risk. The past 18 months have made that painfully clear, with enforcement actions and program integrity data pointing to the same conclusion: the pressure is rising, the schemes are evolving, and the government is getting faster at detecting patterns. A few headline signals: DOJ’s 2025 National Health Care Fraud [...]

FCPA Enforcement 2026: DOJ Guidelines & Future-Proof Compliance

2026-02-17T14:00:14-05:00January 16th, 2026|Compliance News & Regulatory Updates, Compliance Program & Culture|

If your compliance team has felt whiplash on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) priorities lately, you’re not imagining it. The current administration publicly reset the government’s posture, first by pausing new FCPA investigations/enforcement and then by issuing new DOJ guidelines that narrow what rises to the top—especially where U.S. interests, national security, and competitiveness are in play. But here’s the important part: even if enforcement emphasis tightens or loosens [...]

2026 HIPAA Cybersecurity: “Proposed” Rule Updates & Changes You Should Start Preparing for Now

2026-01-07T09:41:11-05:00January 2nd, 2026|Compliance News & Regulatory Updates, HIPAA Privacy & Security|

If your organization touches ePHI, early 2026 is the right moment to get practical—because the proposed HIPAA Security Rule update is aimed at making security controls real, configured, and provable, not just “we have a policy somewhere.” The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued the proposal on December 27, 2024, and it hit the Federal Register on January 6, 2025, with comments due March 7, 2025. Meanwhile, the government’s [...]

Developing Essential Business Skills for Success

2025-12-31T17:41:33-05:00December 31st, 2025|Business Skills & Development|

Business Skills Development: Build the Capabilities Your Career Needs In today’s fast-moving workplace, strong business skills are essential. Whether you’re launching a new venture or growing in your current role, targeted business skills development can help you stand out, advance your career, and support your organization’s goals. Improving skills like communication, leadership, and financial literacy helps you build stronger relationships, make better decisions, and manage projects and teams more [...]

HIPAA Settlement Highlights Importance of Mobile Device Encryption

2025-12-31T18:25:32-05:00July 31st, 2020|HIPAA Privacy & Security|

Lifespan Health System Pays $1.04 Million for Unencrypted Laptop Breach: A HIPAA Compliance Warning The Costly Consequences of Inadequate Data Protection Lifespan Health System Affiliated Covered Entity (Lifespan ACE), a nonprofit health system based in Rhode Island, has agreed to pay the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services $1.04 million and implement a comprehensive corrective action plan. The settlement resolves potential [...]

Workplace Ergonomics Training: Protect Your Team from Preventable Injuries

2025-12-31T17:59:54-05:00September 27th, 2018|OSHA Safety for General Industry|

Workplace Ergonomics Training: Protect Your Team from Preventable Injuries The Foundation of Effective Injury Prevention Training forms the cornerstone of any successful office ergonomics program. According to OSHA, training ensures that workers are aware of ergonomics and its benefits, become informed about ergonomics-related concerns in the workplace, and understand the importance of reporting early symptoms of MSDs. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The most effective programs take a hands-on [...]

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