Registration and Continental Breakfast

Welcome and Announcements

New/Hot Compliance Topics Andrea Merritt, Partner, Athena Compliance Partners

Break

Cybersecurity

Break

Price Transparency: Making the Most of the 2021 CMS Requirements Jackie Nussbaum, Director, BKD CPAs and Advisors Jennifer Goins, Managing Consultant, BKD CPAs and Advisors

• Identify the specific data elements required to be included in the public charge files and review examples of how the required files could look to achieve compliance
• Develop workplan and timeline for the multitude of tasks that need to be completed before the deadline
• Discuss key considerations for developing a transparent pricing strategy

Lunch (provided)

Opioid Crisis and Compliance Julia Russell, Associate Director, Protiviti

• Compliance requirements and beyond: Evaluating the effectiveness of your compliance program and remedial efforts to implement or improve one in the face of the opioid epidemic
• Digging into the common findings of Opioid Compliance Review and Drug Diversion Reviews
• Using analytics to target key risks related to prescribing, drug diversion, and compliance with system and regulatory policies

Break

New Proposed Changes to Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Peter Domas, Attorney, Dickinson Wright PLLC

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Avoiding Unnecessary Refunds David Glaser, Shareholder, Fredrikson & Byron PA

• Understand when a refund is truly required and why many lawyers mistakenly recommend them and give inaccurate advice on how far back you must go
• Understand why you are not required to refund based on provisions in Manuals/Guidance
• Recognize you can appeal to recover money you refunded