Things are a bit out of balance when it comes to Business Associates (BAs) in healthcare.  Organizations invest a great deal of time and resources in vetting these third parties to make sure that they will safely handle data from the covered entity.  But, when the relationship e…

, Director, Learning Programs & Advisory Services, SAI360 This year marks two decades for me in the Ethics & Compliance training space. I came into this business after twenty years as a television executive with an absolute belief in storytelling as the most powerful way to com…

Ahmed Salim wants you to change how you approach change.  An active consultant to the compliance community and Healthcare Compliance & Regulations Adjunct Professor at DePaul University, he is passionate about following a disciplined approach to change management.  Not surprisi…

, Ethics Advisor & Consultant, Ethena New ‘Agent’ mode enables ChatGPT to do complex tasks for users, including their required training ChatGPT’s Agent Mode, a new capability that can perform complex, multi-step tasks autonomously, brings with it a surprising risk: the tool …

As with so many other areas, communication, or a lack of it, can be a big problem when it comes to eDiscovery.  Legal doesn’t always adequately communicate what it needs.  The business unit doesn’t share information about all the technologies its teams are using to communica…

On July 10, 2025 the European Commission posted The General-Purpose AI Code of Practice.  Unlike the EU AI Act, this new Code of Practice is not compulsory, at least not yet. Still, it seems prudent to start understanding what it says and what expectations are being laid, as well…

Managing whistleblowers is always a hot topic, and you’ll find it on the agenda at the 2025 SCCE Annual Compliance & Ethics Institute.   To provide a preview of what you will see if you join us in Nashville, we sat down with the speakers for the session “Someone Blew The Wh…

Cybersecurity is often described as a never-ending chess game, except the opponent moves fast, plays unpredictably, and never sleeps. In this high-stakes environment, the Security Operations Center (SOC) stands as the nerve center of an organization’s …

There’s a lot new going on in healthcare enforcement, and, at the same, there’s a lot that hasn’t changed, reports Greg Demske (LinkedIn), partner at Goodwin Proctor and, formerly, Chief Counsel to the Inspector General at HHS. While the US Department of Justice has changed …

I live in Los Angeles and was fortunate enough to get through the fires unscathed.  Around me, though, were others who were not so fortunate.  A cousin and several friends lost everything. After the fires came a cleanup of epic proportions.  For Glenn Sweatt, Vice President at …

Here’s a little nightmare every compliance officer dreads.  You leave your current job for an exciting new one, only to find out that you just walked into a position where the compliance efforts are token at best because the organization’s leadership doesn’t take compliance…

At the midpoint of 2025, the state of artificial intelligence appears to be defined by two major themes: a rapid acceleration of corporations adopting AI tools or integrating AI into existing systems of work; and a shift toward AI governance rather than AI complia…

There is so much hype and drama when it comes to AI, that it’s good to hear the voice of Mujo Vilasevic, Senior Compliance Officer, Raiffeisen Bank  International.  Contrary to most, he makes the case that the problem with AI is overdramatization.  Despite the fears, it’s n…

After months of anticipation, the widely discussed Artificial intelligence (AI) Action plan was announced recently by the Administration marking a new chapter in the evolving story of AI regulation in the United States. While there is much to discuss, h…

It’s time to think bigger when it comes to helpline data.  Yes, it’s still important to look at traditional metrics such as the number of calls and the substantiation rate.  But, there is so much more that can be done. Justin Ross, Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer at…

, Chief Engagement & Strategy Officer, SCCE & HCCA   The death of Hulk Hogan took me back to the 1980s when, like so many others, I really got into professional wrestling.  I watched way too much of it on TV.  I bought tickets to a pay per view remote broadcast piped into a ho…

I recently learned that at the US Department of Justice’s law library, one of the most common requests the librarians receive is for vintage dictionaries.  Why?  Because the lawyers often need to find out what the definition of a word was at the time a law was passed. Meanings…

  Cybersecurity threats continue to be incredibly dynamic and frequent with each passing year. For businesses, this has created new challenges in continuously adapting security approaches while still maintaining sufficient focus on other critical area…

If you’re looking for compliance direction only from the US Department of Justice, you’re missing the wider picture. There is a lot going on in Europe that companies operating in that geography need to be complying with. Dr. Tobias Kruis, Head of Corporate Compliance, Giesecke…

Privacy compliance is a complex and often costly endeavor for organizations of all sizes. States are actively passing and enacting comprehensive consumer privacy laws in the absence of a federal statute. To date, 19 states have passed privacy …