Ridgeline Health Partners. Multi-specialty physician group, 6 sites, 14 providers. This demo covers 5 departments and 26 workforce members.
Dana Whitfield, Compliance and Privacy Officer. Runs the policy library. Sees every policy, draft and signature, and is the only role that approves versions or changes who must sign.
POL-BIL-003 · Billing compliance · owner Dana Whitfield
Checking that no employee, physician or vendor is excluded from federal health programs.
Purpose. The practice may not bill federal health programs for services involving an excluded individual or entity.
Who is screened. Every new hire, physician and vendor before they start, and everyone again each month.
Lists. The federal exclusion list and the state Medicaid exclusion list.
A match. Stop, do not assume it is the same person, and send the match to the Compliance Officer the same day.
Signed version 1.
Signed Jul 18, 2025 as “Dana Whitfield” (version 1).
Saved Oct 2, 2026. Only you and the practice administrator can see it. Approving it asks everyone assigned to sign again.
Everyone this policy applies to. 7 of 10 current.
| Person | Status | Signed | Due or renews |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grace Lindqvist Billing Office · Revenue Cycle Analyst | Due | Oct 27, 2026 (in 20 days) | |
| Luis Ferrante Billing Office · Coding Specialist | Due | Oct 27, 2026 (in 20 days) | |
| Theresa Okafor Billing Office · Billing Office Manager | Due | Oct 27, 2026 (in 20 days) | |
| Dana Whitfield Administration · Compliance and Privacy Officer | Current | v1, Jul 18, 2025 | |
| Marcus Bell Administration · Practice Administrator | Current | v1, Sep 24, 2025 | |
| Owen Castillo Administration · IT Systems Analyst | Current | v1, Aug 1, 2025 | |
| Priya Raman Administration · HR Generalist | Current | v1, Aug 3, 2025 | |
| Renee Alvarez Administration · East Region Manager | Current | v1, Jul 18, 2025 | |
| Hannah Kowalski Billing Office · Billing Specialist | Current | v1, Oct 2, 2026 | |
| Jamal Price Billing Office · Billing Specialist | Current | v1, Oct 4, 2026 |