Corporate Compliance

Liberty ARC’s Corporate Compliance plan and program has been established in order to create a culture which promotes prevention, detection and resolution of instances of conduct that may not conform to:

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  Elizabeth Bridge, Corporate Compliance Officer

  Federal, state and local laws- Linked here are the Liberty ARC Title VI Public Notice and Liberty ARC Title VI Plan

• Click here for the Title VI Complaint Form
• Federal, state and private payor health care program requirements (i.e. Medicaid and Medicare) Click here for recent ACA Requirements
• Policies and procedures
• Ethical Conduct

Important Corporate Compliance Information and Publications (Updated September 2023)

• Liberty ARC’s Code of Conduct Policy
• Corporate Compliance Plan
• Corporate Compliance Employee Handbook
• Code of Conduct for Contractors and Vendors

Liberty ARC is committed to preventing abuse and neglect and reporting any concerns through the appropriate channels. Below you’ll find information & resources concerning Abuse and Neglect:

• OPWDD Part 624 and Part 625 Handbook
• Justice Center Guidance for Individuals and Families
• Justice Center Guidance for Staff and Volunteers
• Justice Center Partnering to Protect – English
• Justice Center Partnering to Protect – Spanish

Benefits of a Corporate Compliance Program:

• Concretely demonstrate to our staff, vendors and the community-at-large a strong commitment to be an honest and responsible organization using appropriate corporate conduct, and to conduct business according to our values
• Provide staff and vendors with a better understanding of behavior relating to fraud and abuse
• Identify and prevent criminal and unethical conduct
• Tailor a compliance program to our specific needs
• Improve the quality of care
• Create a key office for distributing information on statutes, regulations and other program directives related to fraud and abuse and related issues
• Develop a work culture that encourages staff and vendors to report potential problems
• Reduce risk through the development of procedures that allow the prompt, thorough investigation or reports of possible misconduct by staff, initiating immediate and appropriate corrective action
• Minimize the loss to the government from false claim submissions through early detection and reporting, and thereby reduce our exposure to civil damages and penalties, criminal sanctions, and administrative remedies, such as program exclusion
• Improve internal communication
• Support all staff in ethical decision-making skill development

Your Concern is our Concern – Call the Ethics Help Line at (518) 954-3125 or toll-free at 1-800-384-5110 ext. 3125.

Report A Concern:

For more information about Liberty ARC’s Corporate Compliance program contact Elizabeth Bridge, Corporate Compliance Officer. Elizabeth can be reached at (518) 954-3331.

Click here for Liberty ARC’s Notice of Privacy Practices.