Internal audits are among the most underutilized tools available to ABA organizations. Done well, they surface risk before it becomes a billing denial, a compliance violation, or a client harm event.
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Join Free →Balancing the needs of clinical teams and operational teams within organizations can be complicated as the careful and dedicated relationship between these teams is often overlooked or difficult to manage. Despite the interrelated needs, these teams can be at odds if any member of either team is out of compliance with standard operating practices (SOPs). For example, common procedures such as authorizations, conversion of session notes, denials, and utilization all can create organizational risk. To establish processes of high fidelity, it is essential for organizations to identify key performance indicators (KPIs) that are aligned to all needs and responsive to clinical and administrative stakeholder groups. This presentation will address a process of system redesign inclusive of developing an internal auditing method for both clinical and operational staff. Further, the presentation will review methods for using data to inform on overall organizational health with regards to compliance. Lastly, the presentation will highlight learned lessons common to barriers with compliance and strategies for supervisory coaching to support improvement.
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Dr. Mark Palmieri is a licensed psychologist, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, and Co-Executive Director of Center for Children with Special Needs (CCSN). He directs clinical evaluation and treatment services, specialized service clinics, and program development for clinical and school consultation services. He guides capacity development initiatives which establish sustainable educational programs for individuals with complex neurodevelopmental and social-emotional disabilities. He leads project development throughout CCSN to expand clinical services with a mission of increasing access to high quality evidence-based practices throughout the community. Dr. Palmieri is also an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychology at the Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine. He has lectured both nationally and internationally on topics such as clinical leadership, behavioral assessment and treatment planning, consultation and program development, and the treatment of feeding and other complex behavioral disorders. He received his doctoral degree from the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University.
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