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• Frequent meals (breakfast, lunch, dinners) • Tickets to events/shows • Gift cards/certificates/vouchers/cash • Gifts that cannot be shared with the department • Electronics • Jewelry • Clothing items/accessories Providence's Disclosure Program: Reporting Concerns The purpose of the Providence Disclosure Program is to foster a culture of integrity, transparency, and accountability within our family of organizations. This program is designed to support the identification, correction, and prevention of compliance and quality issues, helping ensure the highest standards of ethical and legal conduct and patient care. It aims to empower all workforce members to speak up and report compliance and quality of care related issues and concerns confidentially and without fear of retaliation. For additional information you may reference the following policy/procedure: PSJH-CPP-741 Disclosure Program More Ways to Report FWA Concerns You can also report suspected cases of fraud, waste or abuse in Federal HHS programs with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General electronically through the Office of Inspector General's Complaint Portal, available at: oig.hhs.gov/fraud/report-fraud/index.asp Mail: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector Genera ATTN: OIG HOTLINE OPERATIONS P.O. Box 23489 Washington, DC 20026. Phone: 1-800-HHS-TIPS (1-800-447-8477) 1-800-377-4950 (TTY) Privacy Compliance at Providence Mission and Values: Privacy is about respecting individuals — Safeguarding information is the "right thing to do" and our patients expect it Legal and Regulatory: The risk of civil monetary penalties and litigation is reduced when we comply with privacy requirements Quality of Care: Patient confidence in privacy promotes communication/ transparency for higher quality of care Reputation and Viability: Privacy creates an environment of trust for our patients Using PHI for Treatment You may use and disclose PHI to provide the patient with appropriate treatment and may disclose PHI to other health care providers that have a care relationship with the patient — includes nurses, labs, technicians, etc. PHI may not be shared or spoken with providers who are not involved with the patient's care. The use of personal devices to take or share pictures or videos with other caregivers is prohibited even if the image is believed to be de-identified. Using your personal device to take a picture or video should only be done so while using the Providence approved app called Haiku that directly connects with Epic and the image is not stored on your personal device. A former care relationship, curiosity or personal relationship, does not always qualify as involved with the patient's care. Examples of Sharing with Others: • A physician may use discretion and discuss a patient's treatment in front of the patient's friend if the patient asks that her friend come into the treatment room. Provider Education Training Manual 31 |