Agenda

Thursday, February 27

  • 07:30 AM - 08:25 AM
    Registration and Continental Breakfast (provided)
  • 08:25 AM - 08:30 AM
    Welcome and Opening Remarks
  • 08:30 AM - 09:30 AM
    Breakout Sessions
    #HAK01
    Handling Self-Reports with The Alphabet Soup of Regulators Brian Flood, Partner - Attorney, Husch Blackwell LLP
    • The basics of a Self-Report under federal and state rules,
    • The requirements to make a due diligence inquiry, analyze for a repayment, make self-referral or all the above under the 60 Day Rule,
    • How to make tactical and strategic decisions to meet the legal requirements and
    • How to handle frequent business challenges that come with a review that may lead to a Self-Report
    HCCA
    #SAK01
    Training Programs - One size does not fit all! Ute Kragl, Former Compliance Officer, Department of Defense
    • Building an interactive and repeatable training program for the workforce.
    • Interpret laws, regulations, and policies in layman’s terms, telling them the risks and consequences, and instilling an incident reporting culture.
    • Conduct trend analysis and add to awareness updates.
    SCCE
  • 09:30 AM - 09:45 AM
    Networking Break
  • 09:45 AM - 10:45 AM
    Breakout Sessions
    #HAK02
    Key Challenges in Cybersecurity Mark Boutwell, Technical Director, DoD
    • Investment in cybersecurity by an organization’s leadership is crucial to acquiring the necessary resources to implement and sustain a robust program.
    • Communication between the applicable organizational programs like cybersecurity, compliance, and training is critical to deliberate planning, implementation, and sustainment.
    • A training program that arms the workforce with the required knowledge and experience for today’s cyber threats.
    HCCA
    #SAK02
    Compliance Session TBD Sheryl Vacca, SVP/Chief Risk Officer, Providence St. Joseph Health
    SCCE
  • 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
    Networking Break
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Breakout Sessions
    #HAK03
    Cybersecurity Audit to Protect Healthcare Records Andrea Baker, IT Manager, Risk Advisory Services, BDO USA LLP
    HCCA
    #SAK03
    Tips for Conducting Interviews During Internal Investigations
    SCCE
  • 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
    Lunch (provided)
  • 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
    Breakout Sessions
    #HAK04
    A Practical Approach to Risk Assessment and How it Ties to Compliance Effectiveness Elizabeth Wade, Corporate Compliance Officer, Signature HealthCARE
    • Understand how Risk Assessment, Monitoring and Auditing, Compliance Work Plans and Reporting drive Compliance Effectiveness
    • Learn how to quantify and track results to demonstrate Compliance Effectiveness to your Compliance Committee and Board
    • Tools and Resources to help you assess your organization’s Compliance Effectiveness and measure results
    HCCA
    #SAK04
    The Value a Compliance Committee Brings to Your Compliance Program Lea Fourkiller, Managing Director, Ankura Consulting
    • What is the value proposition for a Compliance Committee?
    • Who should be a member of the Compliance Committee?
    • What would a Compliance Committee agenda look like?
    SCCE
  • 02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
    Networking Break
  • 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM
    Breakout Sessions
    #HAK05
    Compliance Session TBD Debbie Troklus, Senior Managing Director, Ankura Consulting Group
    HCCA
    #SAK05
    Fraud, Bribery, Anti-Corruption Robert Mroz, Managing Director, Forensic Investigation & Litigation Svcs, BDO USA LLP Glenn Pomerantz, Partner, Forensic Investigation & Litigation Svcs, BDO USA LLP
    • GDPR and its impact on anti-corruption investigations
    • Risk assessment for corruption/DOJ’s re-evaluation of corporate compliance programs
    • Case Studies: Corruption at the highest levels: Brazil, Israel, Canada
    SCCE
  • 03:15 PM - 03:30 PM
    Networking Break
  • 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
    Breakout Sessions
    #HAK06
    Updates from OCR in HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Enforcement Danielle Archuleta, SEOS, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
    • HHS/OCR Updates and Highlights
    • Recent Enforcement Activity
    • Focus areas for HIPAA compliance
    HCCA
    #SAK06
    Future Risk: Why Compliance Won’t be Good Enough and What to Do About It Howard Mannella, Managing Principal, Alternative Resiliency Services Corp
    • Understand the changing nature of Risk, from blockchain to machine learning/AI to innovative political terror
    • Understand WHY Compliance will not be enough to protect your organizations
    • Take away practical tips and practices to immediately start moving from Compliance to Risk Reduction
    SCCE

Friday, February 28

  • 08:30 AM - 09:30 AM
    Continental Breakfast (provided)
  • 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
    Breakout Sessions
    #HAK07
    Clinical Trial Billing - A Tour through the Rules (and how to get your systems to do it for you) Wendy Portier, Independent Consultant, Kelly Willenberg and Associates Cynthie Lawson, Consultant, Self-Employed
    • Understand how to apply the CMS clinical trial billing rules
    • Conduct a mock review of hospital and professional claims using a coverage analysis
    • Using systems to help streamline processes
    HCCA
    #SAK07
    Is Your Compliance Program Effective? Lea Fourkiller, Managing Director, Ankura Consulting Debbie Troklus, Senior Managing Director, Ankura Consulting Group Sheryl Vacca, SVP/Chief Risk Officer, Providence St. Joseph Health
    • Discussion of measurements to be used to monitor effectiveness
    • Discussion of the DOJ/HCCA/OIG effectiveness documents
    • Interactive discussion conduct compliance effectiveness assessments
    SCCE
  • 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM
    Networking Break
  • 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
    Breakout Sessions
    #HAK08
    Federal Regulations for Research with Alaska Native People Terry Powell, IRB Administrator, Alaska Native Medical Center
    • 2018 Final Rule
    • What Changed and What Stayed the Same
    • Overview of Research Review with Alaska Tribal Health Organizations
    HCCA
    #SAK08
    Compliance Session TBD
    SCCE
  • 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
    Lunch (provided)
  • 12:45 PM - 01:45 PM
    Breakout Sessions
    #HAK09
    The Art of Benchmarking for Risk: How to Target your Outliers without needing a Math Degree Jared Krawczyk, Director of Analytics, Nektar Analytics
    • Explore benchmarking techniques needed to assess the risk of a physician’s coding patterns (E/Ms, Modifiers, Productivity, Procedural Billing)
    • Demonstrate how to organize the analysis results into one comprehensive physician compliance scorecard
    • Discuss how to apply the benchmarking results for the entire medical group into a singular prioritized audit plan. (Providing actual example audit plans)
    HCCA
    #SAK09
    Compliance Session TBD Miranda Strong, Associate General Counsel, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, Bering Straits Native Corporation
    SCCE
  • 01:45 PM - 02:00 PM
    Networking Break
  • 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
    Breakout Sessions
    #HAK10
    Building an Effective Investigative Team Mike Sandulak, Director of Investigations, Providence St. Joseph Health Traci McCall, Compliance Specialist, Providence Health & Services Stephanie Tasker, Regional Compliance Director, Providence St. Joseph Health
    • Evaluation: Identifying goals, assessing the current program, leveraging internal resources, and defining roles/responsibilities and scope of work. Ensuring investigations are valuable (consistent, high quality), variable (adaptable), and visible
    • Investigation program elements: Building the team (identifying the right investigators and partners, and developing the right knowledge and skills), assembling the critical tools for your investigation’s program, and developing metrics to monitor progress including real life application scenarios.
    • Communicating for success and sustainability: Delivering well-written and complete reports, demonstrating an effective investigations process to reporters and stakeholders, and obtaining buy-in from senior leaders, stakeholders, and your team
    HCCA
    #SAK10
    Cloud Computing and Mobility Mark Boutwell, Technical Director, DoD
    SCCE
  • 03:00 PM - 03:10 PM
    Overall Evaluation

Agenda subject to change.

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