a board member of the abc internal medicine group asks john, the compliance officer, if they should be following the federal osha guidelines or the state guidelines. currently the state guidelines are more stringent. what should john’s reply be? a. we must ask cms for its recommendation and follow what they suggest. b. we must follow the most stringent, therefore the state, guidelines. c. we must follow the federal guidelines since these are federal rules. d. we are allowed to choose as long as we meet the 90 percent rule and follow 90 percent of the rules.
