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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) mandates that CarePlus and all CarePlus-contracted entities supporting a Medicare contract adhere to CMS-outlined compliance program requirements upon initial contract and as necessary thereafter.
The following documents and information are provided to help healthcare providers, third parties and those supporting them understand the training requirements.
FAQs
PDFFAQs about Compliance Program Requirements (PDF opens in new window)
Documents referenced in the above guidance material and via any separate CarePlus mail notification(s) also are available on this page. Should your organization require a copy of any of the documents, you can review, download and print them from this webpage.
As part of our efforts to improve the healthcare system, CarePlus has made a commitment to detecting, preventing and correcting fraud, waste and abuse (FWA). Success in this effort is essential to maintaining a healthcare system that is affordable for everyone. CarePlus has an ongoing campaign to get the word out about how contracted physicians, other healthcare providers and third parties can help with FWA detection, correction and prevention.
CMS requires training upon employment or contract and annually thereafter on this topic for those rendering services or supporting those services for a Medicare-eligible beneficiary. CarePlus and our parent company, Humana, have integrated guidance on this topic in two core Humana Compliance Program documents used by CarePlus:
For purposes of the relationships that contracted healthcare providers and third parties* have with CarePlus, FWA-related content within these documents, including all references and requirements related to Medicare Part C and Part D, applies to all CarePlus plans.
Organizations are responsible for developing training on this topic or using other FWA training. However, contracted healthcare providers and third parties supporting CarePlus’ Medicare products may use content from or integrate the above-listed Humana documents in the FWA training they provide to their employees and those supporting their organization. This training allows these contracted healthcare providers and third parties to meet their contractual obligation to CarePlus to train individuals on fraud, waste and abuse.
*CMS designates these as first-tier, downstream and related entities (FDRs).
For additional information about fraud, waste and abuse please refer to the link below:
This policy communicates CarePlus’ and our parent company, Humana’s, strong and explicit organizational commitment to conducting business ethically, with integrity and in compliance with applicable laws, regulations and requirements. CarePlus requires contracted healthcare providers and third parties to uphold a similar commitment to ethical conduct and ensure that they, their employees and downstream entities who support CarePlus, comply with the guiding principles outlined within this policy.
PDFCompliance Policy for Contracted Healthcare Providers and Third Parties(PDF opens in new window)
Here we have posted our “Ethics Every Day for Contracted Healthcare Providers and Third Parties”, which is closely aligned with CarePlus’ and Humana’s – our parent company - standards of conduct for employees. We invite contracted healthcare providers and third parties to review this information as soon as possible.
PDFEthics Every Day for Contracted Healthcare Providers and Third Parties(PDF opens in new window)
Prospect of Oversight-related Request
CarePlus reserves the right to request that contracted healthcare providers and those in their organizations supporting a CarePlus contract provide evidence that they have distributed the above documents or materially similar content, as well as tracking logs, along with documentation related to FWA training or any other requirements the documents outline.
Questions Related to these Compliance Program Requirements
You can direct any related inquiries to your assigned provider services executive or CarePlus’ Provider Operations inquiry line at 1-866-220-5448, Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Eastern time.