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Standards of Conduct

Standards of Conduct Guide

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This is the third edition as of 2005.

Index

Letter from the President (Book page: 7)
Our Values (Book page: 9)

UTMB's Compliance Program

Purpose of Standards of Conduct (Book page: 8)
Commitment to Compliance(Book page: 10)
Institutional Compliance Agreement(Book page: 11)
Compliance Plan(Book page: 11)

Employee's Responsibilities and the Guiding Principle (Book page: 12)

Requirement to Report Wrongdoing (Book page: 12)
Supervisor's and Manager's Responsibilities (Book page: 13)

Compliance Program Structure (Book page: 15)

Disciplinary Action for Violation of UTMB Policies (Book page: 16)

Fraud, Abuse and Privacy Hotline (Book page: 16)

Code of Conduct for Financial Officers and Employees (Book page: 18)

General Compliance Guidelines (Book page: 20)

Hospital and Clinical Practices (Book page: 20)

Advanced Directive Information (Book page: 20)

Patient Condition Reports (Book page: 20)
Reporting Sentinel Events (Book page: 20)
 

Legal and Regulatory Compliance (Book page: 21)

Billing and Reimbursement Compliance (Book page: 48)

Clinical compliance (Book page: 48)

Cost Reports (Book page: 21)

Emergency Treatment (Book page: 21)

Federal Grants and Contracts Criminal Offense reporting (Book page:23)
Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) (Book page: 23)

Research Integrity (Book page: 46)

 
Business Information and Information Systems

Computer information security (Book page: 16)

Computer software (Book page: 38)

Confidential information (Book page: 15)

Conflicts of interest (Book page: 25)

Contacts with the government and outside investigators (Book page: 16)

Contracts and agreements (Book page: 31)

Dual employment at UTMB (Book page: 29)

Environmental hazards (Book page: 43)

Equal employment opportunities (Book page: 20)

Exempt and non-exempt time keeping (Book page: 22)

Fair Labor Standards Act (Book page: 22)

Family and Medical Leave Act (Book page: 22)

Fraud, waste, and abuse (Book page: 36)

Gifts and gratuities (Book page: 33)

HUB Program at UTMB (Book page: 30)

Intellectual property (Book page: 47)

Kickbacks (Book page: 33)

Long distance phone calls (Book page: 35)

Outside employment (Book page: 27)

 

Payments to employees and/or employees' family members (Book page: 29)

Photocopying of copyrighted material (Book page: 38)

Political activities (Book page: 39)

Purchases for items, goods, or services (Book page: 30)

Purchases of items, goods, or services from employees or employees' family members (Book page: 30)

Reporting Specific Events (Book page: 48)

Retention and disposal of records (Book page: 18)

Sexual harassment and sexual misconduct (Book page: 21)

Use of the Internet (Book page: 35)

Use of state-owned property (Book page: 35)

Use of UTMB computers (Book page: 35)

Vendor paid travel (Book page: 31)

Workplace health and safety (Book page: 41)

Workplace violence (Book page: 21)

Work-related injuries (Book page: 41)

The University of Texas System Ethics Policy (Book page: 49)

Acknowledgement Form (PDF) (Book page: 53)

 
Accuracy of records (Book page: 18)
Audit notification (Book page: 16)
 
 

 

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