2023 Fraud, Waste & Abuse and HIPAA Compliance Program Updates

PAAS National^® continuously monitors legislative and regulatory changes that may impact your Fraud, Waste & Abuse and HIPAA Compliance Program. We keep a close eye on enforcement from the Department of Justice, Office of Inspector General, State Attorney Generals, and Office for Civil Rights to help ensure the program meets interpretative standards. Furthermore, PAAS works to keep pace with Pharmacy Benefit Managers as they continue to add credentialing requirements that can be extremely difficult, and a significant nuisance, to independent pharmacies.

The PAAS National^® FWA/HIPAA Compliance Program has implemented changes to ensure pharmacies continue to have a robust program in place. PAAS FWA/HIPAA compliance members can login to the member portal to view the 2023 FWAC and HIPAA Updates. 

Administrators should review all Compliance tasks (located in the left-hand navigation on the PAAS Member Portal) at least annually to keep the program up-to-date and in compliance. Section 2.6 Updates of Policies and Procedures of your manual contains information on maintaining open lines of communication and the distribution of changes.

If you’re not a member of PAAS’ FWA/HIPAA compliance program, contact us today at (608) 873-1342 or info@paasnational.com to add the program for a discounted rate.

“We have been with PAAS for many years and added the FWAC/HIPAA material to our membership and as a compliance officer, I’ve never been more pleased with the program. If you have already made the best choice to have PAAS in your corner, then continue with the best for your FWAC/HIPAA needs.” – Member since 2010 from North Carolina

“PAAS National^® Fraud, Waste, Abuse and Compliance educational sessions are unsurpassed. The PAAS National^® Policy and Procedure manual that you create for your pharmacy is a must for all pharmacies to have for their staff. All of this keeps your pharmacy up to date with current pharmacy procedures and operations and ensure proper pharmacy practices going forward.” – Member since 2021 from New York

“A pharmacy without the compliance program does not have their bases covered and required work finished. I can sleep at night knowing this program keeps me protected and on task.” – Member since 2009 from Iowa

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Trent Thiede, PharmD, MBA

President at PAAS National^®

I started working at Shopko, a community pharmacy, in high school. Shopko was a regional chain, and I worked there for 15 years, holding positions as Pharmacy Manager and Regional Pharmacy Supervisor while completing my PharmD from UW-Madison and MBA from UW-Oshkosh. In 2013, I took over Shopko’s Long-Term Care division and helped divest it to KPH HealthCare (aka Kinney Drugs/HealthDirect). I helped grow their business throughout the Midwest, eventually servicing 20,000 beds in under four years.

I have always been involved in pharmacy audits, and hated recoupments, but didn’t see all the opportunities to combat audits the way PAAS does. PAAS is a small, family-orientated company, and I appreciate the opportunity to help independent pharmacies be more successful.

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