Friday, November 5

  • 08:25 AM - 08:30 AM
    Welcome and Announcements
  • 08:30 AM - 09:30 AM
    Medicare’s 60-Day Repayment Rule: Intersection of Audits and Investigations Andrew Brenton, Attorney, Husch Blackwell LLP Erin Burns, Attorney, Husch Blackwell LLP
    • Identify provider obligations under the 60-Day Repayment Rule
    • Understand the intersection of repayment investigations and Medicare audits
    • Recognize importance of audits and appeal outcomes on compliance and repayment investigations
  • 09:30 AM - 09:45 AM
    Break
  • 09:45 AM - 10:45 AM
    Communicating with Regulators and Enforcement: Try an Open Dialogue James Rough, President, SunHawk Consulting LLC James Schwegel, Special Projects Coordinator, Arizona Attorney General's Office Vanessa Templeman, Deputy Inspector General, AHCCCS-OIG
    • Management knows all too well the consequences of receiving regulatory inquiries, or worse, the consequences a subpoena can have on their reputation, bottom line, and their time
    • Learn the importance of building a good working relationship with government representatives
    • Learn the importance of accurate, timely, and complete disclosure when reporting or self-disclosing to government representatives
  • 10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
    Break
  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    How to Integrate Your Compliance Culture in Newly Acquired Facilities Paul Peoples, USPI Chief Compliance Officer, Tenet Healthcare Camille Fagan, USPI Compliance Manager, Tenet Health Adam Fielding, USPI Regional Compliance Officer, Tenet Health
    • Due Diligence Phase; Outline key drivers of the due diligence phase
    • Project Planning Phase; Highlight crucial steps and deliverables in the active acquisition phase
    • Assessment Phase; Assess facilities’ integration into the Compliance Program through audits and site visits
  • 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
    Lunch (provided)
  • 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
    Enforcement and Defense: Point and Counterpoint Frank Sheeder, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP Gerald Roy, VP, Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer, Phoenix Children's Hospital
    • Perceptions of law enforcement action and techniques that may or may not be correct
    • Common ground in the healthcare fraud arena
    • Best practices when law enforcement engages you and your organization
  • 02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
    Break
  • 02:15 PM - 03:15 PM
    Board Engagement Panel Capri DeModica, Vice Chairman of the Board, Abrazo Arrowhead and Arizona Heart Hospitals Paul Watson, Board Chair, Summit Healthcare Association Karen Mills, Chairman of the Governing Board, Abrazo Arrowhead, Abrazo Surprise Hospital and AZ Heart Hospital
  • 03:15 PM - 03:30 PM
    Break
  • 03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
    COVAX: What Is It, and Why is it Important? Will Humble, MPH Executive Director, Arizona Public Health Association
    • Be able to describe the mission of COVAX and the basics of its organizational structure
    • Understand the progress made to date by COVAX at providing vaccines to developing nations
    • Identify two important interventions that would improve COVAX’s performance
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