Compliance Training & Attestation 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for fraud/waste/abuse (FWA) compliance trainings and attestation are described in the table below. Providers completing these training efforts should submit a training attestation. 

NOTE: Using the previously required, CMS-issued content is no longer mandatory; however, this training is still available as an option. 

What's the difference between Compliance and Training? 

Compliance Programs

Implement or adhere to a compliance program including:

• Adoption of policies and procedures to prevent Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA), promote ethical conduct, and ensure compliance with Federal and State laws, regulations, and other requirements relating to the Medicare program
• A Code of Conduct
• Exclusion screening (via the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General [OIG] List of Excluded Entities and Individuals [LEIE], and the General Services Administration System for Award Management [GSA/SAM]
• A program for maintaining reporting and communication channels
• Auditing and monitoring any contracted vendors that perform Medicare functions
• Ten-year records retention

Training Programs

Train employees and contractors supporting Select Health Medicare plans on compliance policies and FWA, although use of the CMS material is not required.

Note that:

• You should administer training within 90 days of contract/hire and annually thereafter as a best practice.
• The content of the training is at the discretion of your organization. The use of previous, CMS-issued content is no longer mandatary, but is an available option. Access that training.