Responsibilities for Medicare Compliance

Laboratory Administration's Responsibilities

Laboratory administration has these responsibilities:

  • Communicate compliance policies, procedures, standards of conduct to all employees and the consequences of non-compliance.
  • Act on reported problems and suspect activities.
  • Resolve problems and ensure they don't recur. Take appropriate and fair disciplinary actions against all involved.
  • Report to the appropriate government agency when necessary.
  • Promptly return money received from the government to which the laboratory is not entitled.
  • Audit the laboratory's policies and procedures to ensure they are being followed and that they work.

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