Harris Health is committed to conducting business in an ethical manner and in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Therefore, Harris Health has implemented a comprehensive Corporate Compliance Program to help prevent, detect, and report healthcare fraud, waste, and abuse in accordance with the Federal False Claims Act and the State False Claims Act.
The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) requires that Harris Health provide its vendors/contractors with detailed information regarding the Federal False Claims Act and the State False Claims Act. To this end, Harris Health has implemented policies that provide information on the Federal False Claims Act and the State False Claims Act and that set forth guidelines that all vendors and contractors of Harris Health must follow to aid Harris Health in the prevention and detection of healthcare fraud, waste, and abuse.
In addition, current vendors and offerors are expected to review and comply with Harris Health’s Code of Conduct and the following policies:
- Harris Health Purchase Order Terms and Conditions
- 3.02 Employee Solicitation
- 3.08.02 Facilities Parking Guidelines
- 3.11.102 Complaints Regarding Privacy and Security
- 3.11.204 Requests for Restricting Use and Disclosure of Protected Health Information
- 3.11.302 Minimum Necessary Standard for Request, Use, or Disclosure of Protected Health Information
- 3.11.304 Accounting of Disclosures of Protected Health Information
- 3.11.306 Permitted Use and Disclosure of Protected Health Information
- 3.11.310 Making and Disclosing Photographic, Video, Electronic, Digital, or Audio Recordings of Patients
- 3.11.401 Business Associates
- 3.11.501 Privacy and Security Education
- 3.24 Vendor Management and Supervision Policy
- 3.24.01 Perioperative Vendor Policy
- 3.31 Preventing Fraud, Abuse and Wrongdoing
- 3.33 Compliance Education Training
- 3.35 Sanction Screening for Ineligible Persons
- 3.36 Compliance Hotline
- 3.42 Conflict of Interest
- 3.43 Board of Trustees Members Conflict of Interest and Nepotism
- 3.46 Contract Administration, Monitoring and Quality Metric Key Performance
- 3.52 Non-Discrimination in Access to Services, Programs and Facilities
- 3.55.00 Vaccine Preventable Disease Policy
- 3.58 Non-Retaliation for Reporting Fraud, Abuse and Wrongdoing
- 3.61 Gifts
- 3.66 Weapons
- 6.10 Dress and Personal Appearance
- 6.27 Workplace Violence
- 6.36 Sexual Harassment
- 6.50 Identification/Access Control Badge Policy
- 7.11 Patient Identification
- 8.02 Media Relations
- 8.06 Smoke-free Tobacco-free and Vape-free Environment
- 2235 Reporting Suspicious Activity
- 2580 Travel Reimbursement Expenses
- 3000 Standard and Transmission Based Precautions
- 3003 Personal Protective Equipment
- 4150 Patient Rights
- 4385 Interpretation and Translation Services
These policies do not represent an exhaustive list, and vendors may be required to adhere to other Harris Health policies by virtue of their contract. Harris Health encourages vendors to read their contracts carefully and to check this website frequently. All posted policies are subject to change, and it is the vendor’s responsibility to ensure that goods and services are provided in accordance with Harris Health’s published policies.
Pursuant to Harris Health’s Code of Conduct and certain of the above-listed policies, vendors and contractors are responsible for reporting any suspected and known violations of the Federal False Claims Act and the State False Claims Act. Vendors and contractors may report known or suspected violations by:
- Calling the Harris Health confidential compliance hotline at: 1-800-500-0333
- Calling the Harris Health Corporate Compliance Officer, Carolynn Jones, at 346-426-0174
- Submitting a written complaint to P.O. Box 300033, Houston, Texas 77054
Finally, for more detailed information regarding Harris Health Corporate Compliance program, vendors and contractors should review the following
general compliance presentation.