Healthcare Compliance Terminology

noun a negative mark or stain on one's reputation or record

• Receiving a black mark on your record can have serious consequences for your future employment prospects.
• Getting caught cheating on the exam will definitely give you a black mark with the professor.
• If you bail on me last minute, that's gonna be a black mark against your name.
• The scandal was a black mark on the company's reputation that took years to recover from.

noun a person or thing that complies with rules or requests

adjective showing a willingness to comply with rules or requests

• The company ensured that all their procedures were compliant with the industry regulations.
• Make sure you fill out the form correctly so it's compliant with the rules.
• Don't worry about it, I'll just wing it and hope it's compliant.
• Her actions were compliant with her values, even in the face of adversity.

adjective contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law

• Engaging in illegal activities can result in severe consequences.
• You shouldn't do anything illegal if you want to stay out of trouble.
• Dude, selling those things is totally illegal!
• Breaking the rules like that is like playing with fire, it's just asking for trouble.

noun a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea

verb a word that expresses an action or a state of being

preposition a word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and other words in a sentence

article a word that is used to limit a noun, either definite (the) or indefinite (a, an)

• Before we begin the exam, I will give you a few minutes to refresh your memory on the material covered in the previous lectures.
• Just to refresh your memory, we are meeting at the new cafe downtown for lunch today.
• Hey, can you refresh my memory on where we parked the car last night?
• Reading that book again really helped refresh my memory on the author's writing style.