Welcome to the Clinical Practices Compliance Office
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has consistently
demonstrated a strong and abiding commitment
to ensure compliance with all applicable laws affecting healthcare
billing and privacy in an academic medical practice setting. The
adoption of a compliance program represents the commitment of
the University of Tennessee Health Science Center for this activity.
The Clinical Practices Compliance
Office and the endorsed compliance program establishes a
framework for legal compliance to be used by
the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
The Clinical Practices Compliance program is designed
to:
• Promote an ethical workplace that encourages compliance
within the letter and spirit of the law
• Ensure that the University of Tennessee Health Science
Center complies with all applicable university policies and
procedures
• Prevent, detect, and report civil/criminal
conduct concerning fraud and abuse violations by its employees
or agents
• Educate employees concerning
their role in the University of Tennessee Health Science Center
compliance program
• Provide a workplace that enables
employees to participate in the compliance program without
fear of retribution.
The responsibility of the Clinical Practices Compliance
Office and the provisions of the compliance program apply
to activities performed by the university in its services provided
to beneficiaries of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS).
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