As health plans attempt to measure the acuity of new patients through the Affordable Care Act’s healthcare marketplace exchange, hospital audit teams will see a huge influx of commercial risk ...

Here’s a quick breakdown of formal and informal audits: Audit (formal) – the annual ritual of providing objective evidence that a quality system is established, followed and effective. A good quality ...

A product audit -- often referred to as a quality audit -- is an inspection of a final product before delivering it to a supplier or a customer. Any company, including small businesses, should conduct ...

When performed correctly, audits of employee benefit plan financial statements can be extremely rewarding for a firm and its auditors. It takes specialized expertise to excel in employee benefit plan ...

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A power quality audit is an organized, straightforward process that allows you to assess and monitor the electrical health of your facility. While it might seem complex at first, the audit process can ...

Testing payroll during an audit can be a tedious manual process, the kind of grunt work that has long been viewed as the “dues” paid by young auditors before they advance in their careers. Recently, ...

Quality auditing is the examination of an organization's quality control systems. The independent auditor examines how well a company ensures the quality of its products and services, and makes a ...