You might be more exposed than you realize. Here is how to spot the red flags in your hiring and training programs before an investigation starts. In 2024 alone, the Department of Justice (DOJ) recovered around $2.7 billion through False Claims Act cases tied to compliance failures. With the 2025 guidance, DEI programs now sit in the same high-risk zone as billing fraud, procurement violations, ...
Key Takeaways: Third-party risk is dynamic, requiring continuous monitoring rather than one-time onboarding assessments. Behavioral signals and real-time data provide early warnings that traditional vendor reviews often miss. ESG criteria are now essential to vendor oversight, expanding risk considerations beyond cyber and financial metrics. Effective vendor risk management programs integrate continuous monitoring, behavior analytics, ESG tracking, and lifecycle management, ideally through a unified platform like ...
Case study at-a-glance Background Stewart Title is a leading global title insurance and real estate services company that manages complex and constantly changing regulatory requirements internationally. To strengthen visibility, reduce manual work, and align processes across the organization, Stewart Title selected SAI360 as its enterprise platform for Policy Management, Enterprise and IT Risk Management, Vendor Risk Management, Business Continuity Management, and Audit Management. These connected ...
Some business risks are so new and complex that there isn’t enough data to size them yet. Early evidence can be thin, sources can conflict, and definitions can keep shifting. Not even past loss data and stable benchmarks will help. Take fraud + AI, for instance: a clear example of when emerging risks can be too new to make proper sense of them. For example, imagine you send money to someone you think is a colleague—they even call you on Teams and you can see ...
Regulatory compliance in healthcare covers the rules that protect patients, secure data, improve safety, and prevent fraud across providers, payers, and vendors. Following these rules shapes trust, reimbursement, and care outcomes across an organization, from bedside workflows to revenue integrity to partner oversight. Regulatory compliance in healthcare is everyone’s issue--from IT to the frontline staff. Teams need clear owners, current policies, and proof of follow-through to ...
How to Build ROI-Driven Compliance Hotline Programs That Actually Save Money. Key Takeaways: Compliance isn’t just a regulatory checkbox; it’s a measurable profit protector that reduces risk, prevents costly issues, and drives ROI. Silence is expensive: Whistleblower hotlines and anonymous reporting uncover fraud and misconduct early, saving millions in legal and reputational costs. Data-driven compliance dashboards translate risk insights into executive-friendly metrics, linking ethics ...
Third-party issues are preventable with the right setup. A third party risk management program replaces scattered emails and spreadsheets with a centralized place for data, documents, and actions. With defined steps and a central point of control for review, approval, and distribution, work moves on time and creates audit-ready evidence. Key dates tie to alerts. This way, nothing critical gets missed. The Third Party Risk ...
Business continuity in healthcare means keeping clinical services, operations, and data moving when disruption strikes. It aligns people, processes, and technology so hospitals can continue care, communicate, and restore systems quickly. Readiness protects patients and limits downtime. What happens to patient care when core systems go down? Whether it’s unexpected staffing shortages, an air conditioning or HVAC failure, a cyberattack, a backup-generator failure during a ...
Hospital rules keep shifting. Whether it’s emergency room duties, billing protections, cybersecurity, behavioral health, AI, and financing, all have moving parts. Keeping up-to-date on what’s different today versus yesterday ensures compliance. To stay informed better, here's a brief snapshot of what’s recently changed regarding hospital regulatory compliance, what it means operationally, and how to easily prove compliance without creating busy work. What kinds of protections do patients have ...
To keep patient data out of the wrong hands, HIPAA software helps you reduce small mistakes that can lead to major breaches. Just one misaddressed email can expose protected health information and put a healthcare organization at risk. Patient data is highly valuable to hackers because it contains information that’s often permanent, such as blood type, medical history, and health records. One healthcare record can ...
