Washington DC Regional Conference
March 10, 2017
Washington DC
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The Importance of Understanding Cybersecurity in a Complex Threat Environment
Mac McMillan, CEO, Cynergistek, Inc.
- Explain the current cybersecurity landscape in healthcare, including recent and emerging trends, and how these threats impact compliance programs
- Identify the risks posed to provider organizations by cyber attacks, and offer proven strategies for mitigating that risk
- Examine real-world examples of breaches caused by cybersecurity threats, such as phishing attacks, malware, ransomware and more
- Distinguish best practices for creating cybersecurity awareness at an organization-wide level
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Lessons Learned from FCPA Cases in Healthcare
Sulaksh Shah, Partner, PWC
Gerardo Salazar, Director, PWC
- Provide an overview of FCPA enforcement trends in health care
- Discuss relevant FCPA cases and lessons learned
- Discuss leading compliance practices to mitigate corruption risks
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A Breach Is Just the Beginning: Privacy and Security Enforcement Trends
Adam H. Greene, Co-Chair, Health Information Practice, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- The status of the HIPAA audit program
- OCR investigations and settlements
- Data breach class action lawsuits
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Words Matter: How to Change Your Results by Changing your Language
Scott Intner, Chief Compliance Officer, George Washington Medical Faculty Associates
- Connect with your audience. Know who they are and what does – and doesn’t – drive action. Saying “it is required” isn’t enough.
- The #1 reason for most HIPAA issues is staff carelessness. To get staff to buy in and pay more attention, don’t talk about HIPAA as the law; talk about patient privacy, respecting patients, and how it impacts actual health care.
- Need to get physicians to document better? Make sure they understand how medical records have changed and what they are now used for.
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Analysis of the Annual Work Plan
Valda Clark Christian, VP and Chief Compliance Officer, Office of Corporate Business Integrity, MedStar Health, Inc.
Cecil McCarthy, Entity Compliance Officer, MedStar Health, Inc.
- Review key elements of the 2017 OIG Work Plan
- Highlight new reviews and activities planned by the OIG
- Discuss how compliance officers can integrate the OIG Work Plan into annual risk management and entity work plan development
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Compliance Program Effectiveness – Use of Surveys
Ahmed Salim, JD, CHC, Regional Compliance Officer, Presence Health
- The importance of conducting a comprehensive and effective internal compliance survey to measure the effectiveness of your compliance program
- Properly implementing a survey to ensure the maximum level of participation and to determine the best type of survey to help reduce your department’s cost and time
- Conducting a survey that fits your organization’s culture
- Utilizing your compliance survey findings to effectively analyze survey results and trends to drive process and outcome improvements within your organization
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