Compliance at the Workplace…How not to get fired (1 CEU)

What is Compliance?

Compliance is defined as the act of conforming, acquiescing, or yielding. It is a state of being in accordance with established guidelines or specifications. Compliance ensures that organizations are abiding by both industry regulations and government legislation, including state and federal laws. Compliance programs efforts are designed to establish a culture within healthcare facilities that promotes prevention, detection and resolution of instances of conduct that do not conform to Federal and State laws; as well as the hospital’s ethical and business policies as established in policies and procedures. Compliance is a prevalent business concern to healthcare organizations in the US, due to an ever-increasing number of regulations that require healthcare industries to be vigilant about maintaining a full understanding of their regulatory compliance requirements. The goal of a Compliance Program is to ensure health care facilities operates in accordance with laws and regulations. Healthcare facilities are required to maintain and follow regulatory compliance. Regulatory compliance is an organization’s adherence to laws, regulations, guidelines and specifications relevant to its business, and noncompliance will often result in violations which are punishable and can result in federal fines. 

Learning Objectives and Purpose

After finishing this course, the CNAs will be able to:

• Define regulatory compliance
• Be able to discuss the goals of compliance programs
• Be able to understand your role in compliance and being ethical 
• Be able to identify and report compliance violations
• Be able to handle compliance questions and concerns

Instructions for taking the course

To complete the course successfully, you must go through all the lessons below. You MUST mark each lesson as complete by clicking the MARK COMPLETE BUTTON. If you do not click the mark complete button, you will not be allowed to proceed to the next lesson. Please notice that all lessons have a minimum set amount of time that you are expected to spend on each lesson. You will not be allowed to Mark the Lesson Complete until the timer resets to zero; that is, until the minimum time set for the course has passed. For example if lesson A has an allocated minimum time of 10 minutes, you will have to wait 10 minutes before you can mark Lesson A complete. The Mark Complete button for lesson A will be grayed out and will not become active until 10 minutes are over.

WARNINGIf you forget to click the Mark Complete button done, you will be prompted to go back to that lesson again and have to wait till the allocated timed minutes resets to zero again before the Mark Complete button becomes active. After all lessons are completed and they are Marked Completed, you will then be allowed to take the post test. If you successfully pass the quiz, you will earn CEU’s for this course and you can proceed to print out your certificate.

LESSONS & QUIZ BELOW