Organizational and individual independence
Healthcare Auditing Weekly, November 30, 2004
According to the Office of Inspector General's (OIG) auditing standards, audit organizations and individual auditors should maintain independence in order to lend impartiality to conclusions, judgments, and recommendations. As a compliance and audit professional, consider whether your attitudes, beliefs, organizational position, and relationship to the audited entity are independent and impartial. The three general classes of impairments to independence are personal, external, and organizational. Stay tuned next week when Healthcare Auditing Weekly reviews some personal impairments to independence.
To learn more about organizational and individual independence, order the book "Guide to Compliance Auditing: Applying OIG Techniques and Tools," published by HCPro, Inc. This book provides compliance officers and internal auditors with the same principles and tried-and-true techniques that OIG uses to conduct audits of the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Click here for more information or to order your copy today.
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