Maine Coast Memorial Hospital Business Ethics

It is the policy of Maine Coast Memorial Hospital to provide services in compliance with all state and federal laws governing its operations, and consistent with the highest standards of business and professional ethics. This policy is a solemn commitment to our patients, to our community, to those government agencies that regulate the Hospital, and to ourselves. In order to ensure that the hospital’s compliance policies are consistently applied, the Hospital has established a legal and regulatory Compliance Program. The program is directed by a Corporate Compliance Committee of the Maine Coast Healthcare Corporation and a Corporate Compliance Officer, who are charged with reviewing our compliance policies and specific compliance situations that my arise. The Corporate Compliance Committee meets on a regular basis and when specific compliance matters so warrant.

All Hospital employees, as well as those professionals who enjoy the professional staff membership, must carry out their duties for the Hospital in accordance with the Corporate Compliance Program. Any violation of applicable law, or deviation from appropriate ethical standards, will subject an employee or independent professional to the professional review process.

The Corporate Compliance Program includes statements of the Hospital’s policy in a number of specific areas. All employees and professional staff members must comply with these policies, which define the scope of hospital employment and professional staff membership. Conduct that does not comply with these statements is not authorized by the Hospital, is outside the scope of Hospital employment and processional staff membership, and may subject employees and professional staff members to the Professional Review Process. If a question arises as to whether any action complies with Hospital policies or applicable law, an employee should present that question to that employee’s supervisor, or, if appropriate, directly to the Hospital’s Corporate Compliance Officer, or to a member of the Corporate Compliance Committee.

The Hospital is serious about its commitment to the following Code of Business Ethics and Conduct.