CMS open payments | OIG exclusion list | Monthly OIG screen

Healthcare compliance is complicated. It's almost as if we're trying to solve a giant jigsaw puzzle where the parts are constantly changing. Two of the largest pieces of the puzzle involve staff exclusion screening and financial transparency.   First, let's take a closer look at the concepts of exclusion screening, the lists associated with screening, and the CMS open payment data to determine how they can be explained or defined in simpler terms. The Reality of Exclusion Screening Exclusion Screening is when you check to see if your employees and vendors have been excluded from working in the healthcare field through any of the Federal lists. However, to comply fully with the law, you need to check many more sources of information than just the Federal lists. You can't just check one database to make sure someone is not excluded from working in the healthcare field. You need to check the OIG Exclusions List , SAM.gov (System for Award Management) and numerous state Me...