• Accreditation
• ADA
• Antitrust
• Clinical Research
• Compliance Guidance from OIG
• Credentialing Information
• EMTALA
• Federal Websites (Federal Register, CFR, Court Opinions)
• Fraud & Abuse
• HCQIA and National Practitioner Data Bank
• HIPAA Privacy Statute and Regulations
• Hospital-Physician Competition
• IRS
• Medical Staff
• Medicare/Medicaid
• Miscellaneous
• Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act

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Accreditation

• The Joint Commission
• NCQA
• Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program
• ACGME
• DNV GL – Healthcare
• CIHQ standards

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ADA

• Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as Amended
• Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as Amended – Blacklined Comparison
• Comparison of the ADA and ADAAA
• ADAAA Regulations

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Antitrust

• FTC Advisory Opinions on Health Care Antitrust Issues
• FTC and DOJ 2004 Report on Competition and Health Care
• Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors
• Department of Justice Health Care Antitrust Cases

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Clinical Research

• Recruiting Human Subjects: Sample Guidelines for Practice
• Recruiting Human Subjects: Industry-Sponsored Clinical Research
• OIG: Clinical Trial Websites: A Promising Tool to Foster Informed Consent

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Compliance Guidance from OIG

• OIG Main Page
• Corporate Responsibility and Corporate Compliance: A Resource for Health Care Boards of Directors
• An Integrated Approach to Corporate Compliance: A Resource for Health Care Boards of Director
• Gainsharing Advisory Bulletin
• Ambulance Suppliers
• Clinical Laboratories
• Durable Medical Equipment
• Home Health Agencies
• Hospices
• Hospitals
• Individual and Small Group Physician Practices
• Medicare + Choice Organizations
• Nursing Facilities
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
• Third-Party Medical Billing Companies

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Credentialing Information

• State Medical Board Information
• Verify Board Certification
• Clinical Practice Guidelines
• CMS Regulations Regarding Credentialing and Privileging Telemedicine Practitioners
• November 12, 2004 Memorandum from CMS: Requirements for Hospital Medical Staff Privileging
• Criminal Background Investigations

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EMTALA

• CMS EMTALA Website
• Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act
• EMTALA Regulations
• EMTALA Interpretive Guidelines
• EMTALA Regulations with Preamble Issued August 19, 2008
• Final Rule and Preamble, September 9, 2003
• OIG Advisory Opinion Re: Paying For On-Call Services, September 27, 2007
• OIG Advisory Opinion Re. Paying for On-Call Services, May 21, 2009
• OIG Advisory Opinion 12-15 Re: Arrangement where a hospital pays a per diem fee to physicians for providing on-call coverage for the Emer.Dept.

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Fraud & Abuse

• OIG Advisory Opinions
• OIG Safe Harbor Regulations
• Criminal Penalties Statute
• Gainsharing Advisory Bulletin
• Stark II Statute
• Stark Regulations (Phase I)
• Stark Regulations (Phase II)
• Stark Regulations (Phase III)
• Stark Regulations (Phase III) – Correction
• CMS Stark Law Page

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HCQIA

• Health Care Quality Improvement Act

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National Practitioner Data Bank

• Guidebook
• Regulations

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HIPAA Privacy Statute and Regulations

• Statute
• HHS Privacy Rule Information

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Hospital Physician Competition

• HortySpringer Response to OIG Solicitation of Public Comments on December 9, 2002
• GAO Report: Specialty Hospitals: Information on National Market Share, Physician Ownership, and Patients Served
• The Antitrust Bulletin: Hospital Responses to Physician Competition

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IRS

• IRS: Tax Information for Charities & Other Non-Profits Charities
• IRS Compliance Guide for Tax Exempt Organizations
• IRS Links to State Agencies
• Excess Benefit Transactions Regulations
• Health Care Provider Reference Guide
• Excess Benefit Transaction Research Guide
• Correction to Excess Benefit Transactions Regulations
• Guidance on Charity Care Requirement of the Community Benefit Standard (March 9, 2001)
• IRS – Information for Tax-Exempt Organizations
• Physician Incentive Compensation
• Private Letter Ruling-Joint Venture Surgicenter
• Rebuttable Presumption Checklist
• Tax Links Revenue Ruling Finder
• Exempt Organization Division CPE Texts
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  • 2003
  • 2002
  • 2001
  • 2000
  • 1999
  • 1997
  • 1996
  • 1995
  • 1994
  • 1993
  • 1992
  • CPE Index by Topic

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Medical Staff

• Peer Review Statutes
• Reporting Statutes

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Medicare/Medicaid

• Reasonable Compensation Limits
• CMS Homepage
• Conditions of Participation
• Interpretive Guidelines to Medicare Conditions of Participation
• Medicaid Statutes
• Medicare Statutes
• Medicare Manuals
• CMS Memo to State Agencies 2004

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Miscellaneous

• Federal Poverty Guidelines
• Health Resources and Services Administration
• Volunteer Protection Act
• Surprise Billing Rules

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Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act

• Proposed Regulations
• Final Rule
• Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005

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