[Answered]: Over the last three weeks, we have analyzed most of…

Over the last three weeks, we have analyzed most of the important laws and advisory opinions that help form the framework of modern-day compliance programs. The regulations cover issues such as the False Claims Act and whistleblowers, fraud and abuse legislation, antitrust laws, income tax law, HIPAA, HITECH, employment laws, Safe Harbors, advisory opinions, Special Fraud Alerts, internal and external auditing requirements, and mandatory reporting. 1. Apply current regulatory requirements to specific healthcare situations. o Analyze how three legislative pieces relate to documentation compliance. o Apply three legislative pieces to documentation compliance. o Determine whether each law or regulation is effective in ensuring compliance to control the issues raised by your own topic. 2. Distinguish between the laws and health care departments that all have a role in remaining compliant. o Determine how each law or regulation affected the need for compliance officers and compliance programs in healthcare organizations. 3. Compare and contrast the impact that healthcare compliance has on various types of organizations. o Analyze and apply these three legislative pieces to documentation compliance and determine if each law or regulation is effective in ensuring compliance to control the issues raised by your own topic. 4. Identify specific areas of concern for fraud and abuse in healthcare organizations. o Describe how each legislative piece has been applied to healthcare organizations. 5. Identify the oversight and regulatory expectations of federal and state agencies involved in compliance. o Describe the roles that state health departments and the federal role of the Department of Health and Human Services (for example, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid), and the Office of Inspector General may have on your own topic. 6. Evaluate the ways that federal regulations affect healthcare organizations. o Analyze three legislative pieces to documentation compliance. o Apply three legislative pieces to documentation compliance. o Determine if each law or regulation is effective in ensuring compliance to control the issues raised by your own topic. 7. Identify ways that federal laws are applied to healthcare situations. o Describe how each legislative piece has been applied to healthcare organizations. 8. Analyze the impact of the way regulations have increased the need for compliance officers and compliance programs. o Determine how each law or regulation increased the need for compliance officers and compliance programs in healthcare organizations.