Insider's Guide to Compliance: Real World Advice for Building a Successful Compliance Program

If you are new to working as a compliance professional, or if you are responsible for building a new compliance program, you have probably discovered that there is a pretty big gap between technical requirements and the actual operational strategies needed to truly build an effective compliance program.The Insider’s Guide to Compliance provides detailed guidance for building a compliance program from the ground up. This book is written as a conversational training session, as opposed to a technical manual, and is invaluable whether you are beginning in a new compliance role or are creating a brand new compliance program. The guidance includes not only details on what specific processes need to be developed in your program, but also a realistic discussion about the operational challenges you may encounter and strategies you can use to successfully navigate those issues.In Part I, the book includes chapters on each ‘element’ of a compliance program, and what you need to do to meet industry standards in the most reasonable way possible. This is not a list of core requirements that you can find on the internet, but rather the actual operational how-to’s of implementing each element. Specific key topics are covered in Part II, providing detailed guidance around issues that create unique risks or that may impact your success in this role, such as Board reporting and handling government audits/investigations.The compliance field is unique and complex; it involves technical and legal issues, business concerns, and politics, all things that you as a compliance professional will need to navigate simultaneously in order to be effective. This book is not legal advice or a recitation of the technical requirements for a compliance program. Rather, it is chock-full of friendly operational guidance, based on many years of experience across a variety of health care settings. And while this book is geared primarily toward healthcare compliance programs and those unique needs, much of the strategy advice could apply to any industry.It is my hope that the Insider’s Guide to Compliance provides you a strong foundation as a compliance professional and that it assists you in mastering that first step in building a successful compliance program. Read more