Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Industry

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Methodologies & Models

Fundraising Management Capability Maturity Model and Six Elements of Infrastructure

This capability maturity model can be used to measure the maturity of an organization’s fundraising management process a...
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Mon, Aug 1, 2022
Articles

Sustainability and the City: Reinventing the Future With High-Tech and Low-Tech Solutions

The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to reinvent cities as we know them through both high-tech and low-tech ini...
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Mon, Jul 11, 2022
Benchmarking Reports

2021 Healthcare Internal Audit Plan Priorities Survey Report

The latest survey conducted by Protiviti and AHIA finds internal audit provider functions under intense pressure to audi...
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Mon, Nov 1, 2021
Articles

COVID-19 Vaccine — Is Your Organization Prepared to Meet Compliance Requirements?

In this article, we include a checklist of key vaccine requirements organizations can use to ensure that their policies ...
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Mon, Sep 27, 2021
Performer Profiles

Centene Corporation: Resilience Stems From the Resolve to Help Others

Matt Snyder, senior vice president of internal audit, compliance and risk management at Centene, explains how his team’s...
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Mon, Sep 13, 2021
Articles

Credit Balances and Government Overpayments

In this article, we provide guidance on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Final Rule governing the investi...
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Mon, Jun 28, 2021
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Healthcare Internal Audit During a Pandemic — Going From React to Rethink

This article offers several approaches healthcare internal audit functions can use as they adapt and extend their capabi...
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Mon, Mar 8, 2021
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Automating Revenue — Healthcare Revenue Cycle Quick Wins Amid COVID-19

This article explores the benefits of automation and identifies opportunities healthcare organizations can use to improv...
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Mon, Mar 1, 2021
Policies & Procedures

Authorization to Use or Disclose PHI: HIPAA Policy

This sample policy outlines procedures organizations should follow common to proper use or disclosure of protected healt...
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Mon, Feb 15, 2021
Articles

Adjusting Internal Audit Priorities in Healthcare Organizations

This white paper covers three areas of focus, two related to the healthcare industry-specific results from the 2020 Next...
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Mon, Jan 25, 2021
Articles

Get Ready to Resume Elective Procedures and Surgeries

This article highlights the current procedural and surgical process and includes key considerations healthcare professio...
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Mon, Jan 18, 2021
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A Recovery Pathway for Healthcare Organizations

In this article, we explore the global pandemic’s effect on the healthcare industry and outline five critical areas heal...
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Mon, Nov 9, 2020
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A Different Front in the COVID-19 Outbreak: Information Security

This article explores some of the IT factors that administrative and IT health care workers must stay focused on through...
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Mon, Sep 28, 2020
Audit Reports

Regulatory Compliance Review Audit Report

This sample audit report can be used by auditors for assessing and improving an organization’s compliance risk managemen...
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Mon, Aug 17, 2020
Articles

Telehealth — The Game Has Changed

This article outlines why healthcare services professionals will continue to see telehealth as a viable option for provi...
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Mon, Aug 3, 2020
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Your Healthcare Organization’s Lifeline — A Business Continuity Plan

This article takes a closer look at how organizations can be fully prepared to weather the current COVID-19 pandemic, as...
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Mon, Aug 3, 2020
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FEMA Funding $$$$ Beginning With the End in Mind: COVID-19 Efforts

This article explains the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) funding process and outlines key considerations h...
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Mon, Jul 20, 2020
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Automation ⁠— Healthcare’s Next Great Workforce

This article outlines several changes for healthcare organizations to incorporate and identifies key areas that serve as...
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Mon, Jul 13, 2020
Articles

The CARES Act: Understanding Expectations for Healthcare Providers

This article articulates why the CARES Act, signed into law on March 27, 2020, clearly amplifies that healthcare is ‘‘to...
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Mon, Jul 6, 2020
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Utilizing Technology to Streamline Documentation, Coding and Billing Requirements of COVID-19 Cases

This article explores the new ICD-10-CM code expedited by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) due to th...
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Mon, Jun 8, 2020
Articles

Section 1135 Waivers: “Patients Over Paperwork” Does Not Mean NO Paperwork

This article summarizes the "Patients Over Paperwork" initiative and identifies six key actions that can be taken to hel...
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Mon, Jun 1, 2020
Benchmarking Reports

Executive Perspectives on Top Risks in 2020: Healthcare Industry Group Results

This report illustrates the top risks healthcare organizations should keep in mind throughout 2020, based on the results...
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Mon, Mar 16, 2020
Articles

Healthcare Key Issues Bulletin: Issue No. 9

This industry bulletin highlights recent significant issues and changes within the healthcare industry and provides solu...
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Mon, Dec 2, 2019
Checklists & Questionnaires

Healthcare Management Planning Risk Assessment Questionnaire

This questionnaire is intended to be sent to managers throughout an organization in order to gather opinions on a number...
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Mon, Nov 4, 2019
Audit Reports

Physician Contract Compliance Review Audit Report

This sample audit report focuses on the effectiveness of a healthcare organization’s physician contracting and payment p...
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Mon, Aug 19, 2019
Articles

Cloud Solutions in Healthcare Should Not Be Shunned, and Here’s Why

Many healthcare organizations resist innovations that could help them adapt more easily to today’s demands by patients a...
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Mon, Mar 25, 2019
Benchmarking Reports

Executive Perspectives on Top Risks in 2019: Healthcare Industry Group Results

Find out what risks and concerns the healthcare industry faces in 2019 in this summary report, based on the results of P...
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Mon, Mar 4, 2019
Checklists & Questionnaires

Process Control Questionnaire: Managing Patient Financial Services

This document demonstrates one way that an internal auditor can creatively use a simple questionnaire to gain an underst...
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Tue, Feb 19, 2019
Audit Programs

Membership and Billing Audit Work Program

This audit program reviews the membership and billing process within a healthcare cooperative.
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Mon, Jan 21, 2019
Requests for Proposals - RFPs

Request for Proposal: Internal Audit – Healthcare Industry

This sample request for proposal (RFP) document focuses on finding an internal audit service provider to support a healt...
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Mon, Jan 14, 2019
Checklists & Questionnaires

Medical Clinic Operational Processes Questionnaire

This sample questionnaire can be used when performing an audit of a medical clinic’s operational processes.
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Mon, Jan 7, 2019
Audit Reports

Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Program Assessment Report

This audit report sample focuses on whether an appropriate enterprise-wide governance structure is in place to manage th...
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Mon, Dec 17, 2018
Checklists & Questionnaires

Medical Records, Coding and Billing Processes Compliance Questionnaire

This tool provides questions to consider when performing audits of an organization's medical records, coding and billing...
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Mon, Dec 17, 2018
Checklists & Questionnaires

Detailed Medical Record Review Questionnaire

This tool provides questions organizations can use when performing a health care audit.
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Mon, Dec 10, 2018
Performer Profiles

Parkview Health System: Mining Integrated Data for Insights

Innovators look for opportunity in adversity. Parkview Health System found its opportunity in the electronic health reco...
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Mon, Nov 5, 2018
Audit Reports

Billing and Collections Review Audit Report: Hospitals and Clinics

This sample audit report focuses on accounts receivable (AR) controls and processes associated with hospitals and health...
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Mon, Oct 22, 2018
Audit Reports

HIPAA Security Gap Assessment Report

This sample report reviews an organization’s compliance with components of the Health Insurance Portability and Accounta...
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Mon, Oct 15, 2018
Articles

Closing the Gap in Medical Device Cybersecurity

In this article, Protiviti’s Adam Brand explains how and why awareness of medical device cybersecurity vulnerabilities h...
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Mon, Aug 13, 2018
Checklists & Questionnaires

Healthcare Provider Baseline Controls Assessment Questionnaire

This tool provides questions to consider for assessing and improving the controls in different business processes.
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Mon, Jul 16, 2018
Process Flows

Healthcare Dependents Process Flow

This flowchart defines the steps for dependents healthcare process.
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Mon, Jun 4, 2018
Articles

Preparing to Face a HIPAA Audit With Confidence

In 2017, the OCR formally implemented an audit program whose subjects include a wide variety of healthcare organizations...
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Mon, May 14, 2018
Articles

Measuring Up To the New MACRA Quality Standards

On November 2, 2017, the CMS released the 2018 requirements for Year 2 of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) as establish...
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Mon, Apr 16, 2018
Articles

In Vendor Risk Management, Cybersecurity, Data Governance and Broadening the Board’s Perspective Are Key Goals

More than half of respondents to the 2017 Vendor Risk Management Survey said they are extremely likely or somewhat likel...
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Mon, Apr 9, 2018
Performer Profiles

Internal Audit Keeps Takeda’s Deeply Rooted Culture in Focus When Assessing Risk

Katsuaki Kaneko, Head of Group Internal Audit at Takeda says, “…Takeda’s senior management team has given me a mandate —...
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Mon, Apr 2, 2018
Audit Programs

Healthcare Dependents Audit Work Program

This sample audit work program outlines the steps to audit the healthcare dependents process.
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Mon, Mar 26, 2018
Policies & Procedures

Research and Development Expense Policy

Research and development expenses include the conceptual formulation, design and testing of product alternatives, constr...
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Fri, Dec 15, 2017
Policies & Procedures

Charge Description Master Policy

This sample policy ensures that the charge description master for all departments within a company is complete and accur...
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Mon, Jun 12, 2017
Policies & Procedures

Revenue Capture Policy: Patient Accounting

This sample policy ensures that appropriate charges for a company’s supplies and/or services administered are recorded a...
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Mon, Jun 5, 2017
Policies & Procedures

Patient Admission Policy

This sample policy provides a consistent, standardized and proficient method for the admission of patients.
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Mon, May 29, 2017
Policies & Procedures

Approved Software Policy

This sample policy outlines procedures for the usage and maintenance of approved software in a company.
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Mon, Mar 27, 2017
Audit Programs

Charity Care Audit Work Program

The objective of this audit program is to perform a high-level review of charity care program practices to validate comp...
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Mon, Dec 7, 2015
Policies & Procedures

Confidentiality Policy: Sample 3 (Healthcare)

This policy outlines a set of procedures to protect patients' right to privacy, to protect confidential information rega...
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Mon, Nov 16, 2015
Audit Programs

Physician Credentialing Audit Work Program

The audit objective of this review is to analyze and evaluate the current hospital credentialing process and identify th...
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Mon, Nov 9, 2015
Audit Programs

Insurance Claims Review (Healthcare) Audit Work Program

This healthcare audit program is intended to assist in determining whether internal controls in the health insurance cla...
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Mon, Sep 28, 2015
Audit Programs

Healthcare Provider Contracting Audit Work Program

This healthcare audit work program is intended to determine whether internal controls in the provider contracting and ca...
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Mon, Sep 14, 2015
Audit Programs

Charge Master Maintenance Audit Work Program (Healthcare)

The objective of this audit program is to analyze and evaluate the adequacy of the charge master maintenance process to ...
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Mon, Sep 7, 2015
Protiviti Booklets

Internal Auditing Around the World: Volume 11

This volume of Internal Auditing Around the World uncovers how internal audit departments, along with their organization...
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Mon, Jul 13, 2015
Audit Programs

Cash Collections, Security and Recording Review Audit Work Program (Healthcare)

This audit work program assesses the controls related to cash collections at multiple locations for a healthcare organiz...
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Mon, Mar 2, 2015
Audit Programs

Billing and Collections Review Audit Work Program (Healthcare)

This work program reviews billing, collections and account follow-up processes for a healthcare organization.
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Mon, Feb 23, 2015
Audit Programs

Baseline Controls Audit Work Program: Healthcare

The purpose of this work program is to provide the general steps used to perform an audit of baseline controls for a com...
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Mon, Feb 9, 2015
Audit Programs

Cash Controls Audit Work Program: Healthcare Organizations

The purpose of this work program is to provide the general steps used to perform a cash controls audit for an organizati...
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Mon, Sep 22, 2014
Policies & Procedures

Claim Resolution/Payment Verification Policy

This sample outlines a set of policies and procedures for ensuring that claims submitted to third parties for services a...
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Mon, Oct 15, 2012
Policies & Procedures

Insurance Verification (Healthcare) Policy

This sample policy outlines a set of policies and procedures to ensure patient benefits are verified prior to or immedia...
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Mon, Oct 8, 2012
Protiviti Booklets

Internal Auditing Around the World: Volume 8

In this booklet, we detail internal audit best practices, processes and strategies being employed at some of the world’s...
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Mon, Jul 16, 2012