This customizable document, Standards of Conduct, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Home Care Corporate Compliance Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

Health care organizations around the world utilize MCN’s compliant ready templates and workflow process tools to help them meet the latest changes in regulations and standards.

Here is some sample content from Standards of Conduct:

	POLICY: The organization has zero tolerance for criminal or unethical conduct on the part of its employees and/or agents Such conduct includes but is not limited to: Upcoding Unbundling Doubling billing Fraudulent manipulation of billing practices, cost reporting, time sheets, or patient care documentation The organization, its employees and/or agents will not offer or accept inducements to increase, decrease or provide services or care inappropriately. Each employee will be familiar with the rules and regulations impacting their job function and will sign an agreement, to be renewed...
Second excerpt:
	...to attend a minimum of four 4 hours of compliance training annually. Refusal to attend such programs may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment. A reporting system is in place for employees, agents of the organization, patients, caregivers, and any concerned individual to report improprieties that may constitute fraud, abuse, or waste. Supervisory staff is expected to educate and monitor staff in appropriate compliance activities/adherence to...