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cur in the organization. Each CARE colleague has an Individual responsibility for reporting any activityby any colleague, physician, subcontractor, or ven- dor that appears to violate applicable laws, rules; regulations, accreditation standards, standards of medical.practice, Federal healthcare conditions of participation, or this Code. If a matter that poses serious compliance risk to the organization or that Involves a serious Issue of medical necessity, clinical outcomes or patient safety is reported locally, and 'if the reporting individual doubts that the issue, has been given sufficient or appropriate attention, the .individual should report the matter to. higher levels of management or the Ethics Lane until satisfied that the. full importance of the matter has been reo- ognized. There will be no retaliatory disciplinary action taken against an em- ployee who reports any of these concerns to.CARE. Internal Investigations of Reports CARE is committed tolnvestigating all reported concerns promptly and confi- dentially to the extent_ possible. CARE's Compliance Officer coordinates any findings from CARE -led Investigatlons and Immediately recommends correc- tive action or changes that need to be made. We expect all colleagues to co-. operate with Investigation efforts. For additional information, please see CARE's Ethics and Compliance Policies and Procedures regarding the Inter- nal handling of ethics complaints. Corrective Action Hones si,the. Where an internal CARE investigation substantiates a f. . t cba:pOr-"ga reported violation, it Is CARE's policy to initiate correc- ,the, book of tive action, including, as appropriate, making prompt W1SC�t)M restitution of any overpayment amounts, notifying the appropriate governmental agency, instituting whatev- er disciplinary action is necessary, and implementing Thoma& systemic changes to prevent a similar. violation from recurring in the future. For additional information, Jefferson. see CARE's Ethics•and Compliance Policie_ s and Pro- cedures. Disclpline All violators of the Code will be subject to disciplinary action. The precise dis= cipline utilized will depend on the nature, severity; and frequency of the viola- tion and may result in any or all of the following disciplinary actions,in-any '31 250-256