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McHenry County College
Medical
Healthcare Fraud Deliberate submittal of false claims to private health insurance and/or tax-funded health insurance programs such as Medicare or Medicaid.
Healthcare: Patient Care & Quality Failure of those responsible for patient care to properly attend to the everyday needs of a patient.
Healthcare: Privacy & Security Concerns (HIPAA) Violations of protected health information privacy or security rules. Accidental loss or exposure of protected health information in verbal, paper or electronic forms.
Insurance Issues Exclusion of insurance for preexisting conditions, discrimination or non treatment based on health status, non-renew ability of insurance based on health conditions.
Patient Abuse/Physical or Verbal Intentionally causing harm to a patient or neglecting a patient who needs medical attention or assistance. Any language directed at a patient by an employee which would be offensive or language used to berate, belittle, or otherwise cause the patient to feel intimidated or threatened.
Patient Rights Failures of those responsible for patient care to allow a patient (s) to follow/complete his/her daily routine, i.e. bathing, watching television, smoking etc. Inadequate informed consent for treatment.
Research Misconduct Serious deviation from accepted practices such as fabrication, falsification, or plagiarism, in proposing, carrying out research or in reporting the results of research; or material failure to comply with federal requirements for protection of researchers, human subjects, or the public or for insuring the welfare of laboratory animals.
Sponsored Projects Non-Compliance Unallowable or questionable expenditures or cost transfers to government grants, contracts or other agreements. Any expenditure or cost transfers that may be in violation of OMB Circular A-21.