Hospital Compliance Officers and Pharmaceutical Hazardous Waste
Posted on Thu, Apr 30, 2009 @ 12:35 PM
by Bob Shuman, National Healthcare Director
Clearly, you have enough to worry about already. Back in 1989, the federal government passed the Stark Amendment to complicate your world. How were you supposed to know that you couldn't compensate physicians for referring patients to your hospital? Bummer!
Next, those pesky Feds passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act which meant that you had to have bullet-proof internal accounting processes to prevent unintentional fraudulent billing practices. Bummer!
Now, if all that foolish regulation wasn't enough, you have to deal with the Feds (EPA) and your state regulatory authorities threatening to audit you to ensure that you are not dumping hazardous pharmaceuticals (also known as "drugs") down the drain and into the drinking water. Major Bummer!
What? Tens of thousand of Dollars fines already assessed against hospitals in your area for violating these provisions?!?!?
Just when you thought you were safe, you now have to go mucking around in your environmental services or facility management departments to see if they are in compliance!
What, me worry?
Questions?
E-Mail me: rcshuman@triumvirate.com