Healthcare Operations, Compliance, and Policy

Healthcare operations must always keep an eye on the ever-changing legal landscape to ensure that their operations remain compliant with state and federal requirements.  Athene Law supports our clients to develop their compliance plans, which act as the guidance document supporting their compliance programs.  To support these compliance plans, we develop subject-specific policies to ensure that providers remain up-to-date on risk areas.  Both the compliance plans and the policies are woven into everyday operations to support a culture of compliance.

We further support our clients by helping develop strategies when operational or compliance issues arise.  We help strategize as to the best manner in which to mitigate risk with a real-world approach.

Capabilities

Clients in the healthcare industry, including physicians and groups, facilities, for-profit and non-profit entities, hospitals, and hospital systems need guidance and representation for a variety of needs. 

Athene Law’s diverse experience within the healthcare industry has prepared the team to represent practices and professionals in a highly-regulated environment.

Healthcare operations, compliance, and policy capabilities include:

• Development of a compliance plan
• Compliance program implementation, including written policies and procedures, compliance leadership training and oversight structures, education and training, development of communication channels, monitoring and auditing, enforcement and discipline, and response and corrective actions.
• Policy development in risk areas, such as overpayment identification and response, responses to subpoenas, billing and reimbursement, incident to billing, patient transfers and discharges, cost reporting, etc.
• Strategy to address operational issues, such as difficult discharges and administrative days. 
• Health information and security.