NYSE Governance Services and the SCCE analyzed survey responses from nearly 250 healthcare chief compliance officers or persons responsible for the day-to-day operations of the ethics and compliance programs of healthcare organizations. The professionals were surveyed from June to August.
The issues discussed most often during internal compliance and ethics committee meetings include:
- Upcoming program initiatives — 81 percent
- Other topics and issues — 81 percent
- Training initiatives and statistics — 79 percent
- Significant legal and regulatory updates — 76 percent
- Policy management/updates — 75 percent
- Overall program performance — 74 percent
- Misconduct investigations and resolutions — 74 percent
- Industry trends and best practice updates — 73 percent
- Hotline and reporting statistics — 70 percent
- Culture communication initiatives — 69 percent
- Compliance and ethics risk assessments — 59 percent
- Compliance and ethics program audits/assessments/benchmarking — 53 percent
- Code of Conduct updates/revisions — 6 percent
