Legal Compliance and Ethical Conduct - Live Webinar

Legal Compliance and Ethical Conduct – Live Webinar

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Tuesday, September 22, 2026 Webinar
1pm ET/ 12pm CT/11am MT/10am PT

About the Speaker
Joanne Byron, BS, CHA, CHCO, CHBS, CHCM, CIFHA, CMDP, COCAS, CORCM, OHCC, ICDCT-CM/PCS is an executive corporate trainer and educator with the American Institute of Healthcare Compliance, a Licensing/Certification non-profit partner with CMS. She shares her experience of 40 years as a nurse, consultant, auditor, and investigator in the healthcare field.

AIHC Credentialed Members Earn 1 CEU.  This webinar has been approved for (1) continuing education unit by the American Institute of Healthcare Compliance towards the ETHICS category for ALL AIHC Credentialed Professionals or (1) CEU towards the CORE category for OHCC credentialed professionals.

Webinar Topics

  1. Introduction, Welcome
    • Defining healthcare leadership ethics
    • Understanding the difference between legal compliance (doing what is required) and ethical conduct (doing what is right)
    • Interactive session
  1. Core Ethical Principles – Review
    • Autonomy (patient rights)
    • Beneficence (acting in the patient’s best interest)
    • Non-maleficence (doing no harm)
    • Justice (fair access to care)
  1. Compliance and Organizational Dilemmas
    • Interactive Session
    • Discuss patient safety, public trust, legal penalties related to compliance
    • Professional conduct and respectful workplace behavior
      • How leaders should respond to disrespectful behavior, enforcing a code of conduct, and addressing behavior that negatively affects coworkers, patients, or families.
    • What a leader should do when an employee is excellent clinically but routinely treats others poorly
    • Balancing business and compliance goals with patient care and workforce burnout
  1. Leadership and Culture
    • Interactive Session
    • Discuss psychological safety: How to encourage staff to report issues without fear of retaliation. Building a safe space to speak up.
    • Supporting staff through moral injury and burnout.
    • Leading by personal example.
  1. Actionable Frameworks
    • Review a sample guidance related to ethical problem-solving in a healthcare setting.