About the St. Elizabeth Corporate Compliance Program
At St. Elizabeth Medical Center, we are committed to providing high quality healthcare and services consistent with our mission, vision, and values and with honesty and integrity.
Healthcare is a complex, highly-regulated industry, which continually faces changes in technology, delivery systems, standards of care, rules and regulations, funding and reimbursement, and finally and most importantly, the service needs of our patients and their families. With that complexity in mind, and at the direction of our Board of Trustees, St. Elizabeth has established a Corporate Compliance Program to assist us in our efforts to adhere to applicable laws, government regulations, and our own policies. Our Corporate Compliance Program is rooted in our mission and values, and re-affirms the values or honesty and integrity and professional standards that already exist among those associated with St. Elizabeth Medical Center.
Our Corporate Compliance Program serves two main purposes: (1) to communicate the commitment of management to compliance with laws, regulations, standards of care, ethical business practices and the basic standards expected in the workplace; and (2) to ensure that all those associated with St. Elizabeth understand their responsibility for complying with these laws and regulations and specifically for their responsibility as part of the Corporate Compliance Program.
Our Corporate Compliance Program has the full endorsement of the Board of Trustees, as well as our Administrative Council. While the Corporate Compliance Program may not cover the specifics of every situation you may encounter, it does provide a resource to direct you when you have questions. The management team stands ready to answer your questions about this document and the Corporate Compliance Program in general. Speak with your supervisor anytime you have a question regarding a possible violation of laws, regulations, standards of care, or ethical business practices. Additionally, we have a Corporate Compliance Officer and a toll-free compliance hotline as further resources to help resolve such issues. The Compliance Officer can be reached at (859) 301-5580, or reports may be made anonymously to the compliance hotline at 1-877-815-2414. Management will not tolerate retaliation against those who report compliance issues in good faith.
At St. Elizabeth, we pledge our full commitment to upholding our Corporate Compliance Program as we fulfill our mission of healthcare excellence.
