View Hotline Poster

Vendor Compliance

The Clean Room (photo credit - Tom Brahl)

Vendors that conduct business with the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center are required to complete a certification process with the appropriate Purchasing Department; either UNM Purchasing or UNM Hospitals Purchasing.  As part of the certification process, vendors are required to complete training on the Federal False Claims Act and the NM Medicaid False Claims Act as prescribed by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA).

Both False Claims Act statutes cover fraud involving federally funded contracts or programs (i.e., Medicare and/or Medicaid) and establish liability for any person who knowingly presents or causes to be presented a false or fraudulent claim for payment.

The Qui Tam (“whistleblower”) provisions encourage people, with actual knowledge of allegedly false claims, to come forward and report the misconduct. Whistleblowers are protected from retaliation by both statutes, as well as, by UNM Business Policy 2200, Reporting Misconduct and Retaliation. You may anonymously report internally using the toll-free 24/7 contracted HSC Compliance Hotline at 1-888-899-6092.

Related links:

          The Code of Conduct/Organizational Ethics Policy

          Deficit Reduction Act 2005 - Vendors (PowerPoint Presentation)

          HR 330 - Sexual Harassment Patient Rights and Responsibilities
          Protected Health Information (PHI)
          Business Policy 2200-Reporting Misconduct and Retaliation