High-Risk Areas identified
by the University of Texas System-wide Compliance Program
are as follows:
- Asset Management: safeguarding of
physical and financial assets
- Clinical Billing: medical
billing that is not appropriately documented
and coded
- Endowments: adherence to terms of endowment agreement
- Environmental Health & Safety: proper
use and handling of dangerous materials, lab
safety and fire safety
- Human Resources: adherence to applicable rules,
regulations and laws including equal opportunity/affirmative
action, leave administration and fair hiring
practices
- Information Resources/Security: systems integrity/continuity/availability,
security regulations and external access
- Intercollegiate
Athletics: adherence to the rules and regulations
of the NCAA
- Research: research not conducted
in accordance with approved protocol or federal
regulations
- Contract Administration/Effort Reporting: improper effort
reporting on federal grants, unallowable
costs
- Privacy (HIPAA, FERPA, Graham-Leach-Bliley): improper
disclouse of private/sensitive/protected
information
High-Risk Working Groups are ad hoc committees that share best practices
and develop specific high-risk area monitoring, training, and reporting
plans that can be used by all institutions. These committees are comprised
of, and chaired by, experts in specific high-risk areas system-wide.
The current system-wide high risk groups are:
- Basic Research
- Campus Security
- Clinical Research
- Conflicts of Interest
- Endowments
- EH&S
- Fiscal Management
- HIPAA
- Human Resources
- Information Technology
- Intercollegiate Athletics
- Medical Billing
- Student Financial Aid
