Healthcare providers that are registered with the DEA to use scheduled drugs cannot afford to overlook even a minor legal requirement. Professional assistance is on hand to ensure that you stay within the law!
The drug law enforcement agency of the United States, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is dedicated to enforcing the laws and regulations for controlled substances to ensure that they are used as they should be. Accordingly, they maintain an oversight over everything from DEA new registration to ordering, storage, transfers and disposal of the scheduled drugs to ensure that there is no kind of abuse or misuse.
DEA registrants have to keep in mind that complying with the varied regulations is quite an uphill task. A constant and careful vigil is required at all times as any kind of slip or error can lead to heavy penalties. Not only can the fines prove to be devastating, but the harm to the reputation and business can be irreparable at times!
Help is at hand
The Titan Group offers a suite of services which includes:
Review workflow and procedures – It includes everything from registration, ordering and recordkeeping to inventory management, security, dispensing and more. This thorough review will bring any gaps in the compliance protocols to light to ensure that the facility does not fall foul with state and federal regulations.
Check employees – This involves reviewing employee hiring and screening practices along with backgroundcheck processes to ensure that individuals who can be a threat to the business are not hired inadvertently.
Assess potential risks – They will conduct announced and unannounced mock-DEA investigations along with regulatory compliance audits before submitting a complete report (delineated by CSA code section/Title 21 of the CFR) on the potential risks in the practices of handling controlled substances.
Recommendimprovements– The report will also include detailed suggestions and options for process improvement that will ensure complete compliance on an ongoing basis.
Training employees- They are ready to educate the staff about proactive measures on how to handle the controlled substances apart from tips for detecting and preventing potential diversions.Post-remediation training courses are also available to ensure that the entire staff are updated on procedural changes, current trends and issues.
Implementimprovements– That’s not all. They are also willing to provide an implementation plan for changing the policies and operations for the better, to the extent of working with the facility’s team to make the required improvements.
Develop remediation plan – They will also develop a remediation plan for maintaining proper controls over the operations at all times. This includes changing, updating or even creating a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) manual for employee guidance and reference which covers DEA registration renewal (when needed), proper handling and record keeping, security, inventory control and all other record-keeping requirements.
Knowing that this kind of assistance is always at hand will deliver peace of mind that the DEA registrant is protected, patients are safe and that the staff are working in a secure environment!
