HCCA News
April 15, 2024
SCCE & HCCA announce Gabriel “Gabe” Imperato, Partner at Nelson Mullins winner of the Compliance Award! Learn More
November 15, 2023
Exciting news: Compliance Today and Compliance & Ethics Professional magazines are going all-digital! Learn More
September 29, 2023
SCCE & HCCA Working Group on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion published guidance on Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Considerations for Compliance Professionals Learn More
August 1, 2023
SCCE & HCCA's letter to Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Learn More
July 20, 2023
A message from Gerry Zack regarding Proposed PCAOB Audit Standards Learn More
July 1-31, 2023
Call for Nominations for the SCCE & HCCA Board of Director Learn More
June 27, 2023
SCCE & HCCA's Compliance Perspectives Podcast reaches One Million Downloads Learn More
May 26, 2023
Announcing the winner's of the 4th annual Roy Snell Health Care Regulatory & Compliance Writing Competition Learn More
April 12, 2023
HCCA Releases 2023 Edition of its Complete Healthcare Compliance Manual. Learn More
March 6, 2023
JD Supra Honors SCCE & HCCA with 2023 Reader's Choice Awards. Learn More
February 27, 2023
SCCE & HCCA, and CCB Association Management Software update. Learn More
March 9, 2022
JD Supra Honors SCCE & HCCA with 2022 Reader's Choice Awards. Learn More
December 17, 2021
We are proud to announce the sponsorship of Mitchell Hamline School of Law's 3rd annual Roy Snell Health Care Regulatory and Compliance Writing Competition. Learn More
April 21, 2021
Read the current COVID-19 Impact updates from Gerry Zack, SCCE & HCCA CEO. Learn More
April 1, 2020
SCCE & HCCA's Diversity & Inclusion Working Group. Learn More
March 31, 2021
SCCE & HCCA Authors recognized for 2021 JD Supra Readers’ Choice Awards. Learn More
February 24, 2021
Announcement from the Compliance Certification Board on online exam proctoring. Learn More
Press Releases
SCCE and HCCA survey reveals compliance team has little role in company incentive programs
Published: 05/11/2017
Compliance teams typically do not have a role in reviewing incentive programs to mitigate risk prior to its role out, according to the latest Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) and the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) survey report. The report— Incentive Programs and Compliance—reveals that 52 percent of survey respondents never review incentive programs for management and that 46 percent report never review incentive programs for rank and file employees.
Read MoreHCCA acquires Report on Patient Privacy and Report on Research Compliance – two of the health care compliance industry’s leading information resources
Published: 03/22/2017
The Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) announced today it has acquired Report on Patient Privacy and Report on Research Compliance from Atlantic Information Services, Inc. These two highly valued and often referenced newsletters will continue to be written by Theresa Defino and her editorial team, who now also benefit from the wide range of compliance resources and professional contacts available through HCCA. Ms. Defino, a well-regarded journalist, has experience reporting on HIPAA and the ethical and compliance issues facing researchers and institutions, having worked for an academic medical center affiliated with a major mid-western university. She has contributed to RPP for 16 years and authored RRC for 11 years.
Read MoreHCCA acquires major health care compliance trade newsletter - Report on Medicare Compliance
Published: 03/22/2017
The Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) announced today that it has acquired one of the health care industry’s leading trade newsletters, Report on Medicare Compliance, from Atlantic Information Services, Inc. (AIS). Report on Medicare Compliance will continue to be written by Managing Editor Nina Youngstrom, who has written this highly regarded publication since 1992 and is known to be one of the most informed journalists in the field. Report on Medicare Compliance will continue to benefit from the wide range of compliance resources and professional contacts available through HCCA.
Read MoreUS HHS Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson to keynote HCCA’s 21st Compliance Institute; more than 22 government enforcement speakers on the agenda
Published: 02/08/2017
More than 2,500 health care compliance professionals from the United States and across the globe will gather at the Health Care Compliance Association’s (HCCA) 21st Annual Compliance Institute, March 26 – 29, 2017 at the Gaylord National, National Harbor, MD. HCCA’s Annual Compliance Institute is the bedrock learning event for the health care compliance professional community, it features 272 speakers—22 from the enforcement community—151 sessions, and 10 educational tracks.
Read MoreSurvey finds despite headlines of hacker-caused breaches, the real data breach culprit for companies is human error
Published: 12/14/2016
Data breaches resulting from hackers often leads the news headlines, however, a survey of compliance professionals conducted in November 2016 by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) and the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) found human error to be the main cause of data breaches. While 17% of respondents reported a hacktivist or szhacker was responsible for a breach, lost device (20%) and lost paper files (45%) were far more likely to cause a breach.
Read MoreCorporate Compliance and Ethics Week, November 6 – 12, 2016 – recognized by companies across the globe
Published: 10/31/2016
Corporate Compliance and Ethics Week will be celebrated November 6 – 12, 2016, using this year’s theme “Provide. Protect. Prevent.,” the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) and the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) announced today.
Read MoreSCCE and HCCA survey reveals Compliance Programs not only regularly manage incidents of wrongdoing but also prevent wrongdoing
Published: 09/29/2016
It’s clear from the recent survey conducted by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) and its sister organization the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) that Compliance and Ethics programs have a significant impact on preventing misconduct. According to the results of the 2016 Compliance Effectiveness Survey, 83 percent of compliance professionals surveyed reported their program prevented misconduct at least once in the last two years, with 46 percent reporting their program prevented wrongdoing six or more times in the same time frame.
Read MoreCybersecurity and social media compliance risks are chief concerns of compliance and ethics professionals
Published: 02/22/2016
Cybersecurity and cybercrime tops the list of compliance and ethics professionals’ hot topics, according to a survey conducted during January 2016 by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) and Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA). Rounding out the top five issues are social media compliance risks, leveraging compliance practices with business practices to be more effective and efficient, creating/maintaining an ethical culture, and more effective internal investigations according to “Compliance and Ethics Hot Topics for 2016” report.
Read MoreHCCA to celebrate 20th Anniversary at the 2016 Compliance Institute
Published: 02/16/2016
The Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) today announced it will celebrate its 20th Anniversary during the 2016 Compliance Institute on April 17-20, 2016, at the ARIA in Las Vegas. In the years since the association was founded, the compliance and ethics profession has grown from a once unfamiliar and uncommon occupation to being a central part of today’s business landscape. A key measure of the profession’s maturity is the growth of the HCCA. Just last week the HCCA, along with its sister association the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics, announced that jointly the two organizations now have over 16,000 members.
Read MoreSCCE and HCCA achieve Impressive milestone with 16,000th member—evidence of compliance and ethics profession’s dynamic expansion
Published: 02/09/2016
The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE) and its sister association, the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) are pleased to announce today that, together, they now have more than 16,000 members — 16,000 compliance and ethics professionals. Aida R. López-Carrasquillo, Executive Administrator, Psychiatric Services of Puerto Rico Corp. became the 16,000th member when she joined. The remarkable growth of SCCE and HCCA underscores the rapid increase in the compliance and ethics profession both in the U.S. and internationally.
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