A1. Necessary components of the plan:1. Make sure policies and procedures are written: Expectations should be established and communicated to staff and associates so that everyone knows and understands what is expected of them. Must clearly communicate policies and prevent activities contrary to the law.2. Establish a Compliance Officer and Compliance Committee: The Compliance Officer should be a senior manager within the organization. This individual must be capable and in a position of authority to implement and enforce compliance program policies and procedures.3. Do not knowingly delegate authority to individuals who may have a lease to participate in illegal activities: ensure that criminal background checks are performed on all personnel.4. Communicate standards and procedures to each staff member: Policies and procedures should be distributed and made available to staff; ensure it is clearly stated that all staff have a duty and responsibility to integrate your compliance standards into their daily work.5. Monitor and audit your plan to ensure compliance: Honest behaviors and actions should be reinforced by ensuring checks and balances are in place. Internal and external audits must be carried out at regular intervals. Staff should also have easy access to report concerns or violations.6. Ensure disciplinary action is taken for violations of your policies and procedures: Adherence to compliance policies and procedures is of the utmost importance to your institution. Ensuring that policy violations are addressed through appropriate disciplinary action will ensure standards are met.7. If necessary, modify the program to continue detecting and preventing violations of the law: this is particularly important...... middle of paper ......the best coders around and we want to keep it that way ! An early introduction to ICD-10 coding will ensure we are all ready to go live in October 2014.C3. Updating the Training ProgramThe training program should be reviewed and evaluated as organizational and industry policies, procedures, and practices change. Training materials should always be up to date and relevant to current events within the industry. At a minimum, training program materials should be reviewed annually by the Coding Compliance Officer and the Coding Compliance Committee. Additionally, asking training session participants to complete brief surveys about training program materials can help provide insight and direction on how current and future materials might be developed to maintain relevance and flexibility. staff interest.D. SourcesNo in-text citations used in this article. It's all in my own words.