Corporate Compliance Program

The Corporate Compliance Program is an internally developed, selfgoverning program that promotes ethical and legal business practices. It is designed to prevent, detect, correct and, if necessary, report noncompliant or illegal activities to the appropriate Federal and State authorities.

Purpose of the Corporate Compliance Program

This Corporate Compliance Program has been developed to assist in establishing a culture within SIH that promotes the prevention, detection, and resolution of instances of conduct that do not conform to federal and state law; federal, state, and private payor health care program requirements; or SIH’s ethical and business policies. One of the objectives of the Corporate Compliance Program is to reduce the potential for fraud and abuse by:

• Providing additional oversight of SIH’s compliance with laws, regulations, and special conditions imposed upon it by licensing and regulatory authorities;
• Identifying and preventing compliance violations and unethical conduct;
• Identifying and avoiding transactions or business practices which might result in irregularities in payment or reimbursement;
• Minimizing the loss to the government from false claims, thereby reducing the facility’s exposure to civil damages and penalties, criminal sanctions, and administrative remedies, such as exclusion from the Medicare and/or Medicaid programs;
• Encouraging employees to report potential compliance violations;
• Improving operations; and
• Supporting SIH’s commitment to provide quality patient care.

Laws and topics covered by SIH’s Corporate Compliance Program

SIH’s Corporate Compliance Program has an emphasis on fraud and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs; however, the Program also includes compliance with virtually every law and regulation that applies to SIH. The scope of topics covered by SIH’s Corporate Compliance Program includes, but is not limited to, the following: