Meeting with a Compliance Officer

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Hi~

I was asked to meet with my hospital's compliance officer today. When I asked my manager what it was about she stated she didn't know, but not to worry about it. I was getting ready to leave for the meeting when i was texted it was cancelled and we'd meet about it next week.

So now my question is--why do people meet with compliance officers? This is going to bug me all weekend!

My guess this has something to do with confidentiality , or charting. It can not be too bad if they are waiting a week to speak to you.

Perhaps you got flagged using an electronic health record? Like accessing information about a patient you were not assigned to or even your own if you are also seen there?

Specializes in Healthcare risk management and liability.

Speaking as the former compliance officer, the majority of the time that I would chat with front-line nursing staff, it would be about some confidentiality or privacy issue, or I was looking into a patient complaint. Rarely it would be about a billing or regulatory issue.

compliance with what?

Did anything happen with this? My friend has a meeting with one this week and she’s terrified.

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