We are on part three of a three-part AI series designed specifically for smaller healthcare providers. Last week, we covered AI as it relates to your vendors and contractors.

In this week’s final episode, we shift our focus to patients. In particular, what and how to communicate with your patients regarding the organization’s use of artificial intelligence.

Listen to learn how putting certain processes in place will help your organization be better prepared to manage AI risks and adapt as requirements and best practices inevitably evolve.

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We are on part two of a three-part AI series designed specifically for smaller healthcare providers. Last week, we covered AI risks related to employees.

This week: purchasing software and services that might use AI. Where do you start? A simple question: “Does this product or service involve artificial intelligence?” It should become as routine as asking whether a vendor will handle protected health information for HIPAA purposes.

Listen to learn how to create processes for reviewing AI tools and minimize compliance risks. To access the free checklist referenced during the episode, head over to www.TheHealthcareCompliancePod.com.

Every provider should incorporate basic AI provisions into their employment policies, including the employee handbook and acceptable use policy.

This week on The Healthcare Compliance Pod, Susan Freed kicks off a three-part series on artificial intelligence, specifically designed for smaller health care providers.

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If you have not updated your HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP), now is the time!

Healthcare attorney Susan Freed will walk through what you need to do to bring your Notice of Privacy Practices into compliance before the deadline.

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How effective is your healthcare compliance committee? For busy compliance officers, a well-functioning compliance committee is essential, especially for those juggling multiple roles.

Healthcare attorney Susan Freed discusses the key components to determining a productive compliance committee.

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Most healthcare organizations understand the importance of a compliance officer but overlook a compliance committee. Learn why and how to create a compliance committee.

Healthcare attorney Susan Freed discusses the importance of having a designated compliance officer and the main components of building a proper compliance committee.

For ideas on agenda topics and sample agendas, explore previous podcast episodes and free resources at www.TheHealthcareCompliancePod.com.

Providing parents with access to their child’s healthcare information is not a new legal requirement, but given recent guidance and statements from federal regulators, it is an area of renewed enforcement focus.

Healthcare attorney Susan Freed discusses a parent’s right to access their minor child’s healthcare records, how this right can be limited, and situations that can lead to disputes between providers and parents.

For more tips on how to draft policies regarding minor consent and parent access policies, check out previous podcast episodes 53 and 54 at www.TheHealthcareCompliancePod.com.

CMS recently updated its hospital price transparency requirements, with the new rules effective January 1, 2026, and enforcement starting April 1, 2026.

Healthcare attorney Susan Freed summarizes the new requirements and what hospitals need to do now to comply before the April 1 enforcement deadline.

For more ideas on building and strengthening your compliance program, explore previous podcast episodes and free resources at www.TheHealthcareCompliancePod.com.

As 2026 kicks off, now is the perfect time for compliance officers to step back and think strategically about where to focus their efforts this year. While much of the compliance role is necessarily reactive, an effective compliance program cannot survive on reaction alone.

On this week’s episode, healthcare attorney Susan Freed focuses on how and why compliance officers should set clear priorities for the year ahead – and how doing so can strengthen both the program and the organization’s culture of compliance.

For more ideas on building and strengthening your compliance program, explore previous podcast episodes and free resources at www.TheHealthcareCompliancePod.com.

As 2025 winds down, it’s a great time for compliance teams to get ahead of what’s coming in the new year. On the latest episode, Susan Freed breaks down three simple action steps to help you start 2026 on solid footing.

For more episodes and free resources – policies, checklists, and more – head over to www.TheHealthcareCompliancePod.com