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Staff Compliance Training & Certifications

Training built for
your team not a checkbox

Structured certification courses on the compliance topics that matter most in nursing facility and healthcare administration. Designed for staff who need to understand not just what the rules are, but why they exist and what violations look like.

Available courses

Five core certifications

Each course is built around the regulatory source, practical application, and real-world risk scenarios not generic slides recycled from other industries.

  • HIPAA and State Privacy LawsRequired annually

    Covers the HIPAA Privacy Rule, Security Rule, and Breach Notification Rule plus state-level privacy laws that may impose stricter requirements. Nursing-facility content includes PHI in medical records, resident photographs, disclosure to family members, and electronic health record access controls.

    Privacy RuleSecurity RuleBreach notificationState variations
  • Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)At onboarding & annually

    The AKS prohibits offering, paying, soliciting, or receiving anything of value to induce referrals of federal healthcare program business. For nursing facilities, this covers therapy vendor relationships, hospice arrangements, physician relationships, and discharge planning. Includes OIG safe harbors and how to evaluate arrangements.

    Referral arrangementsSafe harborsVendor relationshipsDischarge planning
  • False Claims Act (FCA)Required annually

    The FCA imposes civil liability up to three times damages plus penalties for knowingly submitting false claims to federal healthcare programs. For nursing facilities: MDS coding accuracy, therapy minutes documentation, skilled nursing necessity, and what constitutes a “knowing” violation. Covers qui tam provisions and whistleblower protections.

    Billing accuracyMDS codingQui tamWhistleblower protections
  • Medicare Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA)CMS required

    CMS requires FWA training for providers participating in Medicare. Covers the distinction between fraud (intentional), waste (overutilization), and abuse (inconsistent with accepted practices), plus how to detect and report each. Nursing-facility content covers therapy billing trends, duplicate billing, and upcoding of PDPM categories.

    CMS requirementDetectionPDPM/RUGReporting obligations
  • Ethics Training and Harassment PreventionAt onboarding & annually

    Builds a foundation of ethical decision-making, reporting culture, and workplace conduct. Covers code of conduct expectations, how to use anonymous reporting channels, non-retaliation protections, and what harassment and discrimination look like in a care setting. Includes specific content on resident abuse, neglect, and exploitation reporting obligations.

    Code of conductNon-retaliationAbuse reportingReporting culture
How training is delivered

Designed to actually work

Training that isn’t role-specific and scenario-grounded doesn’t change behavior. Here’s what makes Ethoshield training different.

Role-specific content
Nursing assistants, billing staff, administrators, and leadership have different risk exposures. We target content to the decisions each role actually makes not one presentation for everyone.
Documented and defensible
Every session is documented who attended, when, and what was covered. This documentation is part of your compliance program record and matters during surveys and investigations.
Scenario-based learning
We use real-world scenarios drawn from OIG enforcement actions and CMS survey findings. Staff learn to recognize compliance problems in the situations they actually encounter.
Ongoing, not just annual
Annual training satisfies a checkbox but doesn’t build a compliance culture. We design training calendars with reinforcement throughout the year including when regulatory changes require immediate re-training.

Build a training program your staff will actually remember

We’ll design a training calendar that fits your schedule and meets your regulatory requirements.

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