Agenda

Monday, April 19

  • 09:30 AM - 09:40 AM
    Welcome & Opening Remarks
  • 09:40 AM - 10:10 AM
    General Session 1: OIG Update Christi Grimm, Principal Deputy Inspector General, OIG, Dept of Health & Human Svcs
  • 10:10 AM - 10:40 AM
    General Session 2: A HIPAA Compliance and Enforcement Update from the HHS Office for Civil Rights Timothy Noonan, Deputy Director, Health Information Privacy Division, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights
    • Describe breach reporting trends
    • Discuss OCR enforcement priorities
    • Identify OCR resources to improve HIPAA compliance
  • 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
    Coffee Break Sponsored by Protiviti
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Breakout Sessions
    #M1A
    M1A HIPAA in the Time of COVID-19: Considerations for Compliance Timothy Noonan, Deputy Director, Health Information Privacy Division, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights
    • Discuss OCR HIPAA Notices of Enforcement Discretion and Guidance for COVID-19
    • Describe recent HIPAA enforcement actions
    • Recommend best practices for HIPAA compliance
    Privacy/Security Basic
    #M1B
    M1B Essentials in Physician Practice Compliance Leslie Boles, Director of Compliance Audit, WCP Healthcare, Waud Capital Partners Melanie Sponholz, Chief Compliance Officer, Waud Capital Partners Lynn Myers, Chief Medical Officer, TX Health Organization for Physicians
    • Anticipating and preparing for common physician practice compliance pitfalls
    • Creating buy-in from frontline providers and identifying compliance champions
    • Building effective and practical compliance workflows
    Physician Basic
    #M1C
    M1C False Claims Act Part 1 Michael Theis, Partner, Hogan Lovells LLP William Jordan, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP Jamie Yavelberg, Director, Fraud Section, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, USDOJ Jacklyn DeMar, Director of Legal Education, Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund
    • Understand the fundamentals of liability, damages and procedure under the FCA
    • Review critical recent court interpretations of the Supreme Court’s Escobar decision
    • Discuss recent decisions on determining “falsity” in medical necessity cases
    • Issues emerging in COVID relief programs
    Law Intermediate
    #M1D
    M1D Navigating Enforcement Actions, Investigations, and Settlements Angela Alton, Vice President, Privacy Officer, Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Anne Daly, Chief Compliance & Integrity Officer, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Ana-Cristina Navarro, Chief Compliance Officer, Shasta Community Health Center