Episode 123: What It Means to be Compliant – Are You at Risk?

Today, let’s talk about how to put in an ounce of prevention to avoid a pound of pain. Again, we did not go to school for this. On this podcast, Brian reminds his audience that Compliance is mandatory and is constantly changing – it is your responsibility to get the correct data and to stay on top of it. Tune in to learn what policies & procedures you need to put into place in order to apply Compliance to protect yourself, your patients, and your practice.   

Episode at a glance

• We are empowered by the freedom of knowledge 
• If you’re a fully compliant Medicare clinic, you’re compliant across the board 
• There is a difference between teaching and training 
• Physical therapy private practice providers are federally required to be implementing a tailor-made Compliance program 
• 9/10 of the practice owners we meet are (unknowingly) non-compliant  
• You need to assign someone to dictate these policies (Compliance officer, committee, etc) 

Blog: A Discussion with Compliance Expert Daniel Hirsch, DPT