#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 View Description

• 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, Co-Owner and President, Revu Healthcare Melanie Sponholz, Chief Compliance Officer, Waud Capital Partners Lynn Myers, Chief Medical Officer, TX Health Organization for Physicians View Description

• 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 Jamie Yavelberg, Director, Fraud Section, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, USDOJ Jacklyn DeMar, Director of Legal Education, Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund View Description

• 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 H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Anne Daly, VP of Compliance, Samaritan Health System Ana-Cristina Navarro, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, HealthRIGHT360 View Description

• Understand how adverse events can lead to government surveys to formal enforcement actions
• Understand how a compliance team can lead an organization through an enforcement action
• Share lessons learned, tools, and methods for addressing enforcement actions and become proactive

HSCP Intermediate

#M1E

M1E Real-Time Audit and Monitoring: Compliance Favors Only the Prepared Plan Gabriel Viola, SVP Customer Relationship, Inovaare Corporation Julie Mason, President, Integritas Medicare Brenda Wade, Chief Compliance Officer, Inovaare View Description

• Demonstrate your commitment to Compliance Program Effectiveness by updating CMS universe tables monthly, weekly or even daily
• Use universes like the CMS and continuously monitor tables to uncover errors hidden in your data
• Apply universes as your FDR scorecard and proactively manage delegated entity compliance

Audit/Monitoring Intermediate

#M1F

M1F Compliance and Ethics Programs during and Post-Pandemic Janine Valdez, VP Compliance, USMM View Description

• Discuss the changes to the compliance and ethics program comparing pre- and post-pandemic
• Discuss usage of photography, video-conferencing, telemedicine, and social media
• Discuss employee engagement in compliance, new training approaches, and culture initiatives

Post Acute Care Intermediate

#M1G

M1G Coronavirus 19: Where was ERM? Darrell Sandeen, Healthcare Lead, Twin Cities Region, Protiviti Rebecca Nilson, Director, Healthcare Lead for Enterprise Risk Management, Protiviti View Description

• Assessing if enterprise risk management did or could have identified Coronavirus 19 as a risk
• Gaining an understanding of the ERM framework and how to uncover its value
• Implementing an effective ERM program going forward

Risk Intermediate

#M1H

M1H New to Compliance? Learn the Essential Components to Address in Your Program Ally Yanoschik, Sr. Compliance Specialist, Athena Compliance Partners Andrea Merritt, Principal, Athena Compliance Partners View Description

• Discuss the elements of a compliance program and learn how to implement based on best practices
• Review real-world examples of the elements and how to develop and implement each one
• Discuss methods to grow your program over time using effective, proven methods

General Compliance Basic

#M1I

M1I 25 Years of CI and HCCA: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going Odell Guyton, Managing Director, Klink & Co. Inc Debbie Troklus, President, Troklus Compliance Consulting Roy Snell, ESG Officer, Author of IntegrityWorks, Co-founder of SCCE/HCCA, Osprey ESG Software Gerry Zack, CEO, SCCE & HCCA View Description

• Challenges and gaining traction with CI and HCCA
• How the compliance profession has evolved in the past 25 years
• Where are we heading?

General Compliance Basic

#M1J

M1J Internal Investigations: What’s In Your Organization’s Toolkit? Jacki Waltman, Mgr Health Information/Corporate Privacy Officer, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Jackie Stemwedel, Director, Compliance, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Melissa Edson, Manager, Compliance Operations, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation View Description

• Adapting your toolkit to include remote investigations
• Developing and triaging the internal ethics hotline and direct calls to HR, legal, privacy, and compliance teams
• Developing and training your internal investigation team toolkit

Investigations Basic

#M2A

M2A Building a Cybersecurity Auditing and Monitoring Plan Michael Gray, Vice President of IT and Compliance Officer, Eliza Jennings Jennifer Griveas, Chief Human Resources Officer & General Counsel, Eliza Jennings Senior Care Network View Description

• Understand the biggest security threats and highlight the most vulnerable systems and users
• Focus on developing an auditing and monitoring plan for meeting mandates of the HIPAA Security Rule
• Learn to take results of security auditing and monitoring activity to build a strong work plan

Privacy/Security Intermediate

#M2B

M2B Get Your Docs in a Row with a Physician Contracting Compliance Policy Allison Pullins, VP, Chief Strategy and Operating Officer, MD Ranger Inc Robert Abraham, Contract Administrator, Valley Presbyterian Hospital View Description

• Understand the basics of non-employed physician agreements, which contain subtle compliance risks that may not be obvious
• Learn to thoughtfully design simple and straightforward compliance policies to evaluate commercial reasonableness, determine FMV, mitigate risks from overpayments, and engage key stakeholders
• Translate best practices into effective policies

Physician Basic

#M2C

M2C False Claims Act: Part 2 Michael Theis, Partner, Hogan Lovells LLP William Jordan, Partner, Alston & Bird Jamie Yavelberg, Director, Fraud Section, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, USDOJ Jacklyn DeMar, Director of Legal Education, Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Fund View Description

• 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

#M2D

M2D Retooling Your Compliance Program: Operationalizing the New Expectations Janine Fadul, Director of Compliance & Privacy, GW Medical Faculty Associates Scott Intner, Chief Compliance Officer, GW Medical Faculty Associates View Description

• Getting down to basics: Focusing on a culture of compliance
• Building sustainable structures: Measuring and managing risk
• Making it work: Operationalizing your compliance program

HSCP Advanced

#M2E

M2E Addressing the Operational Challenges of Auditing Investigator Initiated Trials (IITs) Gabriella Neff, Research Compliance Officer, Moffitt Cancer Center Wendy Portier, Independent Consultant, Portier and Associates LLC View Description

• Identify the unique regulatory and operational challenges of IITs and associated risks
• Learn how to gain leadership/investigator buy-in and discuss strategies for IIT audits
• Share lessons learned from conducting IIT audits at a designated cancer center

Audit/Monitoring Intermediate

#M2F

M2F A Federal Regulatory Visit is on the Horizon: Are You Prepared for a Survey? Jane Van Ness, Compliance Officer & Senior Legal Counsel, Kaiser Permanente View Description

• Overview of Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, including COVID-19 EMTALA implications
• Learn how to prepare for a CMS visit, what to expect, and how to address findings/avoid penalties
• Understand how to develop and implement a rigorous monitoring plan to sustain compliance

General Compliance Intermediate

#M2G

M2G CARES Act: Risks and Mitigating Responses Shawn Stevison Tracy Young, Partner, BKD LLP View Description

• Understand the reporting requirements associated with the CARES Act funding, including quarterly and annual, state-specific, and single audit reporting requirements
• Understand allowability of expenses and key calculation methodologies for both expenditures and lost revenues, including unallowable expenses which may be non-compliant with the regulatory terms and conditions
• Discuss the impact of non-compliance with the various requirements

Risk Intermediate

#M2H

M2H Why Diversity and Inclusion for the Ethics and Compliance Professionals? Daniel Lopez, Ethics Advisor, Northrop Grumman Inc. J. Veronica Xu, Chief Compliance Officer, Saber Healthcare Group View Description

• Understanding Diversity and Inclusion and how the Ethics and Compliance Professionals can support the endeavor
• Analyzing the pros and cons of Diversity and Inclusion
• Enhancing Diversity and Inclusion training to benefit your workforce

General Compliance Basic

#M2I

M2I Avoiding Unnecessary Refunds David Glaser, Shareholder, Fredrikson & Byron PA View Description

• Understand when a refund is truly required and why many lawyers mistakenly recommend them
• Understand why manuals/guidance including LCDs are not binding
• Recognize how the rules for private payors differ from Medicare and Medicaid

General Compliance Basic

#M2J

M2J Utilizing 4 Leafed Clover of Compliance: Privacy & Security Debra Muscio, President, REDefine-Compliance LLC Debi Weatherford, Executive Director Internal Audit, Piedmont Healthcare View Description

• The four-leafed clover of compliance - 4 P's: Prods, probes, projects, programs
• The four-leafed clover of privacy - Contracts: BAA, DUA, monitoring
• The four-leafed clover of security - Contracts: Risk assessments, trending, tools

Internal Audit Intermediate

#M3A

M3A How to Assess and Address the Unique Cybersecurity and Data Risks with Clinical Trials Tracy Popp, Advisor, A Clover Group Cynthia Dunn, Clinical Research Consultant, Crescent City Research Consulting, LLC Wendy Portier, Independent Consultant, Portier and Associates LLC View Description

• Describe the unique privacy and security risks clinical trials pose to healthcare organizations
• Illustrate key components to consider when assessing technology and data used in clinical research
• Discuss how to implement a technology feasibility process considering data and cybersecurity risks

Privacy/Security Intermediate

#M3B

M3B What is the Maximum Permissible Dose of Morphine or Fentanyl? A Question of Physician Compliance and Quality of Care Bradford Winters, Ph.D., M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine David Hoffman, Chief Compliance Officer/General Counsel, Carthage Area Hospital View Description

• Evaluate the compliance risk from the indictment of an Ohio physician on 25 homicide counts
• Monitor excess doses of pain medications that can lead to respiratory depression
• Learn to establish proper hospital audits to protect the lives of medicated patients

Physician Advanced

#M3C

M3C What Compliance Professionals Should Know About Peer Review Protections Allison Anderson, Associate General Counsel, Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. Myranda Pike, Healthcare Consulting Senior Manager, Baker Tilly View Description

• The origins and scope of the peer review privilege
• Best practices for preserving the peer review privilege in internal investigations
• The intersection of peer review privilege and physician employment issues

Law Basic

#M3D

M3D Investing in Yourself: Strategies for Individual Development as a Compliance Professional Danielle Fagan, Clinical Partner, Lifespan Donna Schneider, Vice President, Corporate Compliance and Internal Audit, Lifespan View Description

• Share strategies for successful professional development with focus on investment in personal talent
• Explore the importance of self-growth management and staying current on the compliance career journey
• Teach how to have critical conversations to enhance personal talent development

HSCP Advanced

#M3E

M3E Electronic Management of Medicare Short-Stay Admissions to Ensure Compliance with the Two-Midnight Rule Patricia Resnik, VP Center for Virtual Health, ChristianaCare Health System Anuja Mohla, Senior Physician Advisor, Christiana Care Health System