Tip: Scheduling employee interviews
Compliance Monitor, July 9, 2008
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Compliance Monitor!
After analyzing a complaint you determine it is credible, and there is a very real possibility a criminal or civil statute may have been violated. An important part of the investigation process is conducting interviews with employees who are either involved or have information about the alleged violation.
When scheduling employee interviews you need to consider several factors. In many situations, speed is of the essence, because the organization is racing against government investigators. In those situations, the investigation team should interview those employees with the most information before the government does.
If time permits, employees should be interviewed in an order that minimizes the possibility of collusion or influence between or among employees. If the organization suspects senior-level management is involved in wrongdoing, the interviewer may opt to begin with interviews of lower-level employees and then work his or her way up the corporate ladder. By doing so, the interviewer is more likely to acquire all relevant information before conducting the most important and most sensitive interviews.
This tip was adapted from Internal Investigations Handbook. For more information about the book or to order your copy, click here.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Compliance Monitor!
Comments
0 comments on “Tip: Scheduling employee interviews ”
Related Products
-
Strategies for Health Care Compliance
News and real-life examples to increase the effectiveness of your compliance program. Strategies for Health Care Compliance...
-
Compliance Monitor
This HTML e-mail newsletter delivers news on Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse, as well as recent documents and targets...
-
Medicare Weekly Update
Each issue of Medicare Weekly Update includes the latest CMS proposed and final rules, CMS manual revisions, and...
-
Medicare Update for Physician Services
Medicare Update for Physician Services is a free, monthly e-zine that delivers news and information to help physician...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- Identify potential Medicaid RAC target areas
- Capturing all necessary codes for IUD insertion and removal can be challenging
- Topic: CMS, OESS post new security compliance review information, checklist
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Q&A: Acute respiratory failure diagnosis does not require intubation
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- E-mailed
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- CMS has reformulated payments for some bilateral procedures
- Oxygen Cylinder Storage Requirements
- Q&A: Follow CMS' coding guidelines when using modifier -25
- Understand the spine to code back procedures correctly
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- New conflicts of interest create new challenges
- Searched