Case Study: Southern Illinois Healthcare achieves expanded audit and compliance coverage with ACL scheduled analytics

Expanded Audit And Compliance Coverage With Scheduled Analytics

Southern Illinois Healthcare, a nonprofit system operating three hospitals with over 260 beds and 2,000 employees, faced mounting compliance and audit challenges: the Corporate Compliance team needed independent access to disparate system data, faster and repeatable analytics for high‑risk areas (like OIG excluded‑provider matching, RAC exposure and HIPAA access controls), and a way to reduce months of manual effort without relying on IT.

By upgrading to the ACL Analytics Exchange platform and implementing scheduled, server‑based analytics, the team automated standardization and full‑population testing—turning a months‑long OIG match into a 30‑minute process, running 20 scheduled tests weekly or monthly, and producing weighted exception reports. The solution reduced hundreds of hours of manual labor, minimized IT dependence, improved detection of excluded providers, improper P‑card use and access issues, and delivered broader, risk‑prioritized audit coverage.

Southern Illinois Healthcare

Lisa R. Cavitt

IT Compliance Auditor, Corporate Compliance