Corporate Governance and Compliance for Health Care

Corporate Governance and Compliance for Health Care: A Practical Guide keeps you completely current with compliance requirements and responsibilities for Boards of Directors at health care organizations.

Written by experts in the field, this manual is THE how-to resource covering in depth the key, day-to-day corporate responsibility issues most vital to health care professionals, including:



Establishing the proper role for the Board of Directors in corporate governance
Creating effective compliance programs
Assessing Sarbanes-Oxley implications for health care organizations
Anticipating and avoiding government investigations
Identifying and eliminating false claims, self-referrals, and conflicts of interest
Implementing effective risk-assessment tools

Corporate Governance and Compliance for Health Care includes all the practical forms and guidelines you need to establish effective guidelines and keep your Board of Directors aware of, and included in compliance program processes and issues. There are over 50 forms that guide boards through crucial responsibilities and requirements.

PLUS...All the forms are fully customizable on a BONUS CD-ROM. With Corporate Governance and Compliance for Health Care you have instant access to over 50 customizable forms, tools, and guidelines that you can immediately adapt for your organization. The CD-ROM includes:



Model Policies, Forms and Procedures - including sample performance indicators, questions, checklists, standards, duties and responsibilities, and more!
Risk Assessment and Compliance Tools - including logs, questions for the Board, reporting requirements, and more!

Corporate Governance and Compliance in Health Care has been updated to include:



A discussion of the heightened need for strong corporate governance concerning boards of directors and corporate officers in establishing clear policies and procedures for health care as it pertains to:

Documenting charity care
Responding to the needs of the community
Enhanced access to health care services
Greater accountability


Current thinking on how compliance with certain aspects of Sarbanes-Oxley can offer specific benefits such as:

Giving bond insurers and lenders a more definitive assurance of financial condition
Obtaining more favorable presentations by rating agencies and medical quality assurance programs
Facilitating good relationships with the state attorneys general
Gaining protection from class action plaintiffs and other adverse parties


A discussion of the importance of transparency and accountability in corporate governance as it relates to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
In-depth information on the voluntary self-referral disclosure protocol (SRDP) issued by the Centers for Medicare andamp; Medicaid Services (CMS)

For author Frank Sheeder's views of various topics that arise in the areas of health care compliance and related litigation, visit The Healthcare Compliance Blog.