COMPLIANCE AND ETHICS COMMITMENT
A Message from our Chief Compliance Officer
Human First embraces Compliance and the laws and regulations which govern our Compliance program. Human First strives to be the honest and fair organization that follows our agency policies as well as government regulations and laws. When it comes to Compliance, everyone at Human First plays an important part in contributing to the agency’s culture, making this a place that we can all be proud of.
Human First is an affiliate of ADAPT Community Network. As an affiliate, Human First follows all of ADAPT’s policies as it relates to Compliance and privacy. Human First plays a critical role in the lives of the people we support and their families. We provide people with disabilities all over New York City with a fun, safe, and educational environment where they can grow and fulfill their dreams. Human First’s Compliance Department works to support our service recipients, staff, families and other partners by being a resource and a good source of information.
I encourage you to reach out with any Compliance related problems, questions or suggestions. Contact information for me, Compliance staff, and our Compliance Hotline is listed below to provide an easy means of reaching out to us. With everyone’s help and support, we can continue to make Human First the provider of choice, the employer of choice, and the partner of choice!
The links below will provide you with Human First’s Compliance Program and Compliance Policies in addition to our Employee Code of Conduct. Please feel free to reach out with any questions you may have regarding the contents of these documents.
Sincerely,
Michael Matrone
Chief Compliance Officer
Human First
Human First’s Employee Code of Conduct
The following members of the Compliance Department are available to support you:
Michael Matrone
Chief Compliance Officer
mmatrone@adaptcommunitynetwork.org
(212) 683-6700, ext. 1137
Tricia Farengo
Director of Quality Assurance
(516) 427-6836
Human First is committed to fostering open communications at all levels within the organization. If you are an employee, vendor or contractor who thinks there may be an issue with abuse, fraud or waste, or ethical misconduct, you are urged to report the situation to a member of Human First’s Management Staff, or to:
- Michael Matrone, Chief Compliance Officer, (212) 683-6700, ext. 1137, mmatrone@adaptcommunitynetwork.org
- Human First’s Ethics Hotline – (866) 927-9976
- Sr. VP of Human Resources (212) 683-6700 x 1257
HIPAA
Protecting confidential health information is essential to an agency like ours and the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is the Federal law that secures protected health information (PHI).
We have developed policies and procedures that ensure our compliance with HIPAA regulations. These policies can be found on the agency’s Intranet site.
Please click here to access the Agency’s Notice of Privacy Practices.
If you have any questions or concerns you may contact:
- Privacy Officer – Roberta Koenigsberg, (212) 683-6700, ext. 1262, rkoenigsberg@adaptcommunitynetwork.org
- Security Officer – Jim Brown, (212) 683-6700, ext. 1293, jbrown@adaptcommunitynetwork.org
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How to Contact Us for Assistance:
- Call our office to speak with us directly: (212) 683-6700
- Send us an email: info@adaptcommunitynetwork.org
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