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middle of paper ... ...k at the company’s affirmative action program ("Office of Federal Contract Compliance”). This includes checking personnel, payroll, records of employment, and interviewing company officials and employees ("Office of Federal Contract Compliance”). The examiner also checks to see if the company is making distinct efforts to accomplish equal opportunity by way of affirmative action ("Office of Federal Contract Compliance”). People also have the option of filing grievances if they
the quarterly Mental Health performance report to the executive leadership team. * Develops executive briefings for Medical Center leadership regarding Mental Health programs or new initiatives regarding homeless Veteran outreach activities. * Organizes data in preparation for oversight/accreditation site visits: Joint Commission, Office of Inspector General (OIG), Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and VA specific oversight groups. * Provide analysis of Mental Health performance
Following a trend by the Federal government to liberalize anti-discrimination laws in favor of employees, the Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) has proposed regulations that would require employers who wish to keep their contracts (and subcontracts) with the Federal government to attempt to maintain a workforce where 7% of employees are individuals with disabilities. The public comment period for this proposal has just closed, and the OFCCP is now in the
industrial cleaning and sanitation industry. These two components are part of our culture, and we believe that the way to fulfill this commitment is to provide training for new and current employees. For this reason, we have implemented a new training program with a mentor base. We recognize the value of mentoring as an important instrument of organizational learning. Mentoring provides an opportunity for successful individuals to share knowledge and to advise employees. This interactive mechanism will
controls are functioning properly and (4) detect fraud and errors. Auditors provide the necessary checks and balances. In addition to the services above auditors can also attest to various other types of subject matters including financial forecast, compliance with laws and regulations, and advertising claims. The information they provide must be accurate, dependable and reliable (Whittington/Pany, 2012). How the requestors of the information utilize the findings can have a negative or positive impact
professional, with over thirty years’ experience and proven ability in personal development, performance management, recruitment, and initiate and capture untapped opportunities for business development. Results-oriented renegotiating of third-party contracts consistently reducing overhead cost. Planned and coordinated administrative procedures and devised ways to streamline processes with exceptional leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills. Led marketing initiatives to enhance operations
department is the Secretary of Health Care Administration, who is appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate. The secretary reports directly to the Governor (Florida Agency For Health Care Administration). The Legislative Affairs Office is the AHCA’s resource for legislative collaboration and provides information to legislators and the public about health care legislation. It helps in the drafting of new legislation, synchronizing briefings, providing assistance to legislators and
The police legal service for the Fort Worth Police Department is complex, consisting of the City Attorney’s office and the police Legal Liaison office. In researching this topic, I conduced two telephone interviews, e-mail correspondence with the Internal Affairs Section, and online research of the City of Fort Worth website and the General Orders of the Fort Worth Police Department. I spoke with Assistant City Attorney I, Victoria D. Honey, and with former Legal Liaison Sergeant Richard Simmons
and graduate academic programs, this paper focuses on the functional units responsible for the innovation and entrepreneurship that comes from this prestigious university by way of research. Chartered in 1937, the Georgia Tech Research
payment has been proposed in health care reforms in the United States as a strategy for reducing health care costs, especially during the Obama administration (Mechanic & Altman 2009). While federal and state health care laws make bundled payments difficult to structure and implement, both the Medicare program and commercial payers have embraced bundled payments as a means for reducing costs, and many providers view bundled payments as an effective market strategy and a gateway to population management
Introduction The Office of Inspector General was set under the Inspector General Act of 1978(Public law 95-452) and established in March 29, 1989 to provide independent and objective audits, investigations and reviews of the FCC operations and programs. The inspector general therefore pioneers the detection and prevention of fraud, waste and abuse in FCC’s operations and programs. The reports and finds of the investigations, audits and reviews are compiled semi annually by the Inspector General
v. United States Ex Rel. Escobar controversial case, respondents alleged that Universal Health had defrauded the Medicaid program, violating the False Claims Act (See 31 U.S.C. §3729 et seq.). United Health did this after requesting a reimbursement claim for services provided (Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States Ex Rel. Escobar, 2016). They claimed that they provided
payroll taxes to the central tax collection agencies, the rules are different in both countries. In Canada, you’ll deal with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), and you’ll quickly notice differences. One good example is how Canada collects for pension programs and employment insurance. Another is the issue of HST/GST. Finally, Canada has different rules about the taxation of particular kinds of income and benefits. It can become rather complex, but a professional employer organization in Canada is here
be the responsibility of an individual. Rather, the duty to maintain the chargemaster should be of composed of committee that is a representative of all the organization’s departments that includes the HIM department, business office, information system, corporate compliance and department from hospital service areas such as the radiology, laboratory service, emergency department, respiratory therapist, cardiac catheterization laboratory, physical therapy, and nursing department (Bielby et al, 1999)
Introduction The purpose of this research is to prove that the employment at will doctrine does not protect the employee population in the United States. The fact that if you look at the way the doctrine is written it protects the employers and firms, and this as a result creates discrimination. This in itself creates an unsafe and sometime unstable work environment because of the potential for high turnover, costly training, and low morale amongst employees. There are certain factors that must
Maintain office services by organizing office operations and procedures, preparing payroll, controlling correspondence, designing filing systems, reviewing and approving supply requisitions, assigning and monitoring clerical functions, and training new employees. Provide assistance to managers and support staff with day to day operations. Day to day operations include typing, editing, ordering supplies, producing and distributing a variety of documents including general correspondence, memorandums
medical billing process physicians prepare and sign documentation of the patients visit. The next step is to post the medical codes and transactions of the patients visit in the practice management program and to prepare claims. The process used to generate claims must comply with the rules imposed by federal and state laws as well as with payer requirements. Claims that are correct help to reduce the chance of an investigation of the practice for fraud and also the risk of liability if an investigation
Government Contracts Corruption, what is it and why it seems to thrive in the world of business…specifically government contracting? The Marriam-Webster dictionary defines “Corruption” as “impairment of integrity, virtue, or moral principle” (vulnerability to bribery); “improper and unlawful conduct intended to secure a benefit for oneself or another” (“corruption,” 2010). All over the world, there are stories of corruption from money laundering, unjustly awarding government contracts, and bribery
Furthermore, uncertainty of new reimbursement models, diminishing reimbursement, and complicated compliance regulations are playing the role of a catalyst for streamlining the Chargemaster process in majority of healthcare organizations. A good example of these challenges was prompted by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid with the release of data and