Morning sessions 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

P1 Compliance 101 – Debbie Troklus, Assistant Vice President Compliance, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; Sheryl Vacca, SVP/Chief Compliance and Audit Officer, University of California, Oakland, CA — CHC CHRC

P2 Developing an Organizational Risk Profile for Measuring Compliance Program Effectiveness – Steve Ortquist, Managing Director, Aegis Compliance & Ethics Center, LLP, Chicago, IL; Lynda Hilliard, Deputy Compliance Officer, University of CA, Oakland, CA — CHC CHRC

P3 Beyond Healthcare Reform – Frank Sheeder, Partner, Jones Day, Dallas, TX; Shawn Y. DeGroot, CHC-F,CCEP, CHRC, Vice President of Corporate Responsibility, Regional Health, Rapid City, SD; Jeff Kapp, Partner, Jones Day, Cleveland, OH

P4 Privacy & Security 101 – Marti Arvin, Privacy Officer, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; Bruce Edwards, Chief Information Security Officer, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY— CHC CHRC

P5 EMR: Challenges, Risk, and Solutions – James Taylor, CPMG Director of Coding, Kaiser Permanente, Denver, CO; Robert Freedman, Director of Business Development, MDaudit, Newton Center, MA; Lori Laubach, Partner, Moss Adams LLP, Tacoma, WA

P6 False Claims Act Developments – John T. Boese, Of Counsel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Washington, DC; Michael D. Granston, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC; Janet Goldstein, Partner, Vogel, Slade & Goldstein, LLP, Washington, DC — CHC CHRC

P7 Physician Financial Arrangement Work Plan – Nicole Huff, Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer, Edward Hospital and Health Services, Naperville, IL; April Andrews-Singh, Compliance Director, MEDNAX Services, Inc., Sunrise, FL; Monica Frazer, Vice President, Internal Audit, Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, TX

P8 How to Find and Address the Real Fraud and Abuse in “Quality of Care” – Rick Robinson, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski; David Hoffman, Esq., David Hoffman & Associates; Lew Morris, Chief Counsel to the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Counsel and Office of Inspector General, Washington, DC; Audrey Andrews, Chief Compliance Officer, Tenet Healthcare

P9 CMS Update – Kimberly Brandt, Director Program Integrity Group, CMS, Baltimore, MD; Angela Brice-Smith, Acting Director, Medicaid Program Integrity Group Brenda Tranchida, Director, Plan Compliance and Oversight Group

Afternoon sessions, 1:30 – 4:30 pm

P10 PACE Yourself: Improving Compliance With Better Policies, Awareness, Committees and Education – Jim Passey, Director, Compliance & Internal Audit Services, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, CA; Linda Borges, Director of Compliance/Corporate Compliance Officer, MVP Health Care, Inc., Schenectady, NY; J. Stuart Showalter, Chief Compliance Officer, FMOL Health System, Baton Rouge, LA; D. Michelle Burford, Risk Manager/Compliance Officer/Patient Safety Officer, Fort Madison Community Hospital, Fort Madison, IA

P11 Research/IRB Stark & Clinical Research: 5 Compliance Scenarios & 5 Practical Safeguards – Ryan D. Meade, Meade & Roach, LLP, Adjunct Professor/Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Chicago, IL; Christopher K. Goforth, Director of Compliance Program Integrity, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA — CHRC

P12 Compliance Effectiveness: Are There Really “Best Practices” and How Do We Practically Measure That? – Lisa Murtha, Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, Holland, PA; Steve Ortquist, Managing Director, Aegis Compliance & Ethics Center, LLP, Chicago, IL — CHC CHRC

P13 Information Security and Privacy: A New World and What This Means to Your Organization – Brad M. Rostolsky, Reed Smith LLP, Philadelphia, PA; Hala Y. Helm, JD, MBA, FACHE, FASHRM, CPHRM, Vice President/Chief Compliance Officer, John Muir Health, Pleasanton, CA; Deann Baker, Chief Corporate Compliance Officer, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK — CHC CHRC

P14 RAC Reality Check – John C. Falcetano, Chief Audit /Compliance Officer, University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, Greenville, NC; Marie Moseley, UHS Regulatory Affairs Specialist/Privacy Officer, University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina, Inc., Greenville, NC

P15 Anti-Kickback and Stark Update – Craig Holden, Ober Kaler Grimes & Shriver, Baltimore, MD; Kevin G. McAnaney, Attorney, Law Office of Kevin G McAnaney, Washington, DC — CHC CHRC

P16 How to Do It! Risk Assessment to a Compliance Internal Audit Workplan – Kelly Nueske, Director, Risk Management Services, Sinaiko Healthcare Consulting, Inc., Minneapolis, MN; Debi Weatherford, Director Internal Audit, Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, GA — CHC CHRC

P17 Update on Enforcement Trends Regarding Quality of Care – Jim Sheehan, Medicaid Inspector General, Office of the Medicaid Inspector General

P18 Are You Prepared for that Pending Emergency, Disaster or Pandemic to Ensure Business Continuity? – Mitch Saruwatari, VP Quality and Compliance, LiveProcess, Verona, NJ; Todd Brown, Eclipsys, Atlanta, GA

P19 - The Evolution of HIPAA: A Practical Path to HITECH – Derek Woo, Sinaiko Healthcare Consulting, Inc., Los Angeles, CA; Erika Bol, MS, CHC, CPHRM, Privacy Officer, Legal Division, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing Agency Administration and Operations Office; Donna Gilley, CHC, Lattimore, Black, Morgan & Cain, PC; Shauna Van Dongen, CIPP, System Manager, Privacy Strategy & Operations, Providence Health & Services

 

8:40 – 9:30 am

General Session 1: How Organizations and Individuals Slide Into Crime – Kurt Eichenwald, Author of The Informant, Pulitzer Prize Nominee, Dallas, TX; Denny Swenson, Executive Producer, Light On Productions

9:30 – 10:15 am

General Session 2: OIG Update – Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Breakout Sessions: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

101 Compliance Effectiveness from the Inside Out – Julene Brown, Director of Corporate Compliance, Innovis Health, Fargo, ND; Jenny O’Brien, Medicare Compliance Officer, UnitedHealth Group-Ovations, Minnetonka MN; John E. Steiner, Jr., Esq., CHC, CCEP, Chief Compliance Officer, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Schaumburg, IL— CHC CHRC

102 Analytics for Compliance: A Case Study of Deployment – Barbara J. Piascik, SVP/Chief Compliance Officer, St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, New York, NY

103 HITECH Act…HIPAA 2.0: LTC Provider Implications – Gillian Gray, Vice President of Health Information Privacy, Fundamental Administrative Services, LLC, Baltimore, MD; Donna Maassen, Director of Compliance, Extendicare Health Services, Inc., Milwaukee, WI

104 HIPAA Risk Assessment Tool for Physician Practices – Robin L. Wilcox, Associate Compliance Officer, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; Marian Hughlett, Deputy Privacy Officer, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY CHC CHRC

105 Compliance in a One‑Person Office – Lea Fourkiller, JD, CHC, Chief Compliance Officer, Conifer Health Solutions, Frisco, TX

106 Avoiding Fair Market Value Pitfalls – Robert Wade, Partner, Baker & Daniels, South Bend, IN; Timothy R. Smith, Manager, HealthCare Appraisers, Inc., Dallas Office, Allen, TX

107 Mistakes Happen: The Nuts and Bolts of a Voluntary Medicare Repayment – Jeffrey Fitzgerald, Partner, Faegre & Benson LLP, Denver, CO; Christopher T. Rehm, President, Pinnacle Physician Resource Group, Denver, CO

108 PSOs: New Privacy, Security And Confidentiality Rules – Rory Jaffe, Executive Director, CHPSO, Sacramento, CA

109 Integrating Compliance and Risk Management – Steve Lefar, General Manager, MediRegs, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, Riverwoods, IL— CHC CHRC

110 Overcoming Obstacles: Strategies for Enhancing Your Effectiveness as an Compliance & Ethics Officer – Dan Roach, Vice President Compliance and Audit, Catholic Healthcare West, San Francisco, CA

111 The Nexus of Information Technology, Compliance and Revenue Cycle Performance – Jeff Sinaiko, President, Sinaiko Healthcare Consulting, Inc., Los Angeles, CA; Derek Woo, Sinaiko Healthcare Consulting, Inc., Los Angeles, CA

112 Gifts and Conflicts of Interest – Greg Radinsky, Vice President & Chief Corporate Compliance Officer, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Great Neck, NY; Bret Bissey, Director, Regulatory Compliance, IMA Consulting, Chadds Ford, PA; José Tabuena, Sr VP, Governance & Compliance, PhyServe Physician Services, Inc., Dallas, TX — CHC CHRC

113 Risk Assessments…Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How! – Dwight Claustre, CHC, CHRC, Director, Huron Consulting Group, Sun City West, AZ; Leah B. Guidry, Managing Director, Huron Consulting Group, Washington, DC — CHC CHRC

Breakout Sessions: 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm

201 Fraud Risk Assessment – Mark P. Ruppert, CPA, CIA, CISA, CHFP, Director, Internal Audit,  Cedars-Sinai Health System, Los Angeles, CA 90048; Paul M. Baran, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Director, Internal Audit, Philadelphia, PA

202 CMS Audits of Health Plans: How to Avoid the Crisis – Steve Lokensgard, Special Counsel, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, MN; David B. Orbuch, Chief Compliance Officer, Public and Senior Markets Group, UnitedHealth Group, Minnetonka, MN

203 Identifying OIG LTC priorities and Making Necessary Changes – Alan E. Schabes, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP, Cleveland, OH; Laura Ellis, JD, OIG Senior Counsel, Department of Health & Human Services, Washington, DC

204 Cyber Threats to Health Care Organizations: Tips for the Compliance Professional– James Donaldson, Privacy and Security Officer, Baptist Health Care Corporation, Pensacola, FL; Fred Touchette, Senior Security Analyst, AppRiver, Gulf Breeze, FL

205 Conflicts of Interest: Addressing the Latest Regulations – Susan Lee Walberg, Corporate Compliance Officer, MedStar Health, Columbia MD; Cheryl Golden, Senior Manager, Deloitte & Touche, Tampa, FL — CHC CHRC

206 HEAT Initiative:  DOJ and OIG Strategies to Combat Health Care Fraud –Charles Reed, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC; Erin Lemire, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Inspector General, Washington, DC; Kirk Ogrosky, JD, Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC

207 Tackling the Challenge of Auditing Delegated Entities – Vickie Patterson, Associate Director, Protiviti, Tampa, FL; Debra Baverman, Vice President, Regulatory Compliance Medicare Advantage Division of Universal American Corp, Houston, Texas

208 Structuring, Implementing and Monitoring Service Contracts: A Team Sport of Compliance, Quality, Legal, and Human Resources – Thomas Jeffrey, Jr., Partner, Arent Fox LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Emilie Rayman, In-House Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, Community Memorial Health System, Ventura, CA

209 So, You Think You Have an Effective Compliance Program: Think Again! – Ken Zeko, Director, KPMG, Dallas, TX; Dieter Lehnortt, Assistant Vice President/Institutional Compliance Officer, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX — CHC CHRC

210 How to Better Engage Your Board in Compliance: The Rising Standard of Care – Keith Halleland, Shareholder, Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, PA, Minneapolis, MN

Industry Immersion Sessions 1:30 – 5:30 pm

II1 Professional Development: Negotiation/Collaboration – Ben Adkins, Adkins & Associates, Tampa, FL

II2 Large Hospitals and Health Systems – Cheryl Wagonhurst, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Chris Bangerter, Corporate Compliance Officer, LifePoint Hospitals, Brentwood, TN; Michelle Cooper, Vice President and Corporate Responsibility Officer, Catholic Health Initiatives, Denver, CO; Glen Mueller, Vice President Audit, Compliance, & Information Security, Scripps Health, San Diego, CA

II3 Payor/Managed Care – Moderator: Anne Doyle, Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Fallon Community Health Plan, Worcester, MA; Panel: Linda Borges, Director of Compliance/Corporate Compliance Officer, MVP Health Care, Schenectady, NY; Regina Gurvich, Director, Health Plus, Brooklyn, NY; Alissa Beattie, Compliance Officer, New West Health Services, Helena, MT

Breakout Sessions: 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm

301 Whistleblowing: What Are We Hearing, Where Should We Be Listening, and How Should We Be Responding? – David Childers, President & CEO/ EthicsPoint, Inc., Lake Oswego, OR — CHC CHRC

302 The Investigative Lights Shine Big and Bright: Perspectives on Best Practices for Internally Initiated Compliance Investigations – Karen Murray, Chief Compliance Officer, Yale New Haven Health System, New Haven, CT; Kelly Sauders, Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP, New York, NY; Lawrence Vernaglia, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston, MA — CHC CHRC

303 Smart Document Management in an Evolving World of Information and Legal Exposure – Barbara J. Duffy, Shareholder, Lane Powell, PC, Seattle, WA; Donna Maassen, Director of Compliance, Extendicare Health Services, Inc., Milwaukee, WI

304 Enforcement Efforts – David Holtzman, J.D., Health Information Privacy Specialist, HHS Office for Civil Rights--Health Information Privacy, Washington, DC 20201

305 I Thought I Was Supposed to Practice Medicine – Robert Ossoff, Assistant Vice Chancellor Compliance & Corporate Integrity, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Christopher Thomason, Director Compliance & Corporate Integrity, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

306 Medicaid Fraud Enforcement – Jack Wenik, Chair Healthcare Investigations Group, Sills Cummis Gross, PC, Newark, NJ; Joanne B. Erde, Partner, Duane Morris LLP, Miami, FL — CHC CHRC

307 Help Them, Help Themselves– And You – Susan Welsh, Compliance Manager, Health Management Associates, Naples, FL; Charmin Davis, Compliance Specialist, Health Management Associates, Naples, FL

308 Informed Consent: Form versus Process – Jana Lacera, Director, IRB/Bio-Ethics, Community Hospital, Munster, IN

309 Ethics Expedition: Reaching the Summit of Program Effectiveness with Base Camp Resources – Mary Bennett, Vice President, Ethical Leadership Group; Mary Ann Beil, Corporate Ethics and Compliance Officer, Memorial University Medical Center, Savannah, GA

Sold-out 310 Effective Compliance Program Strategies for Small to Medium-Size Organizations – Patrick H. Connell, Administrator of Behavioral Health/Research/ Compliance/Government Relations, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Omaha, NE

311 Overcoming Obstacles: Strategies for Enhancing Your Effectiveness as an Compliance & Ethics Officer – Dan Roach, Vice President Compliance and Audit, Catholic Healthcare West, San Francisco, CA

Breakout Sessions: 4:30 – 5:30 pm

401 Take a Second Look at Your Physician Relationships: Tips Based on Experience and Changes in the Law – Jana Kolarik Anderson, Attorney, Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.; Matthew D. Vogelien, Director, Huron Consulting Group, Kannapolis, NC

402 OIG-Excluded Parties and Sanctions Screening Compliance – Brad Hunter, Director, AHA Solutions, Inc., Chicago, IL; Stefan Keller, President, Certiphi Screening, Inc., Southampton, PA — CHC CHRC

403 Case Studies in Post-Acute Care Arrangements between SNFs, Hospitals, and other Providers – J. Scott Richardson, Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Nashville, TN; Christopher Puri, Attorney, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Nashville, TN

404 Applying ISO 27000 to Address Federal & State Security Mandates – Ali Pabrai, CEO, ecfirst, Newport Beach, CA

405 Working with Drug and Device Manufacturers – Rachel Nosowsky, Principal Counsel, University of California, Oakland, CA — CHRC

406 Department of Justice Investigations and Compliance – Sean McKenna, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Texas, Dallas, TX; Howard Young, Partner, Morgan Lewis, Washington, DC

407 Auditing Your Copy Forward or Templated EMR Record – Kathleen Enniss, Compliance Analyst, UW Medicine Compliance, Seattle, WA

408 More than Alphabet Soup: BAA, PSAE, RAC, MIC and ZPICs – Andrea McElroy, Chief Compliance Officer, Platinum Health Care, Skokie, IL; Miriam Murray, Director Corporate Compliance & Privacy Officer, Sava Senior Care Administrative Services, LLC, Atlanta, GA

409 Revenue Integrity and Safeguarding: Comprehensive Strategies for Contractor Combat (RACs, MICs, ZPICs and Others) – Sara Kay Wheeler, King& Spalding, Atlanta, GA; Denise Hall, Shareholder, Pershing Yoakley & Associates, Atlanta, GA; Christopher D. Thomason, Director Compliance & Corporate Integrity, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

Sold-out 410 HITECH Implementation: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead – Carole Ann Klove, UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, CA

5:30 – 7:00 pm

Networking Reception

8:50 – 9:30 am

General Session 3:CMS – Peter Budetti, MD, Principal Deputy Administrator, CMS

 

9:30 – 10:15 am

General Session 4: Moving Forward: Ethical Leadership for the 21st Century –
Cynthia Cooper, Author, Extraordinary Circumstances, One of TIME Magazine’s Persons of the Year, CEO, The CooperGroup, LLC, Jacksonville, MS

Breakout Sessions: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

501 Data Mining: Compliance and Internal Audit Applications – John Beattie, Partner, Healthcare Consulting Group, ParenteBeard LLC, Mechanicsburg, PA

502 Uncle Sam HIT Me!! Compliance Risks in Implementation of Electronic Health Records – Bobbi Bonnet, Senior Compliance Practice Leader, National Compliance, Ethics and Integrity Office, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA

503 Assessing the Impact of Compliance-Related Legislative and Regulatory Developments on LTC – Jennifer L. Hilliard, Public Policy Attorney, American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, Washington; Barbara Gay, Director of Advocacy Information, American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, Washington, DC

504 Physical Security in the Privacy World – David Nelson, Privacy Officer, County of San Diego, San Diego, CA

505 Dental Compliance: Implementing a Medical Compliance Program in a Dental World – Teresa M. Bivens, Deputy Compliance Officer & Education Manager, University of Louisville HSC, Louisville, KY; Kimberly Johnson, Professional Practice Compliance Officer, Corporate Compliance Office, University of Kentucky Healthcare, Lexington, KY; Glena Jarboe, Compliance Program Coordinator, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

506 Internal Investigations – William T. Mathias, Principal, Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, Baltimore, MD; Gabriel Imperato, CHC, Managing Partner, Broad & Cassel, Fort Lauderdale, FL— CHC CHRC

507 Measurable Metrics for Scope of Practice Monitoring and Auditing – Carol Novak, Compliance Practice Specialist, Kaiser, Simi Valley, CA— CHC CHRC

508 Solving Patient Grievances While Avoiding Compliance Snares – Lisa Venn, Compliance Manager, University Hospitals, Shaker Heights, OH

509 Enterprise Risk Assessment and Mitigation: A Practical Approach Leveraging Internal Resources – Diane Meyer, Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA; Rick Moyer, Associate Vice President for Internal Audit and Institutional Compliance, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA — CHC CHRC

510 “Connecting the Dots”: A Compliance and Quality Partnership – Wilma Acosta, Compliance Officer, Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento, CA; Rob Nolan, Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer, PharMerica Corporation, Louisville, KY

511 Quality, Waste and Abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid Programs – Harry M. Feder, Senior Vice President/COO, IPRO, Lake Success, NY

Industry Immersion Sessions 11:00 am 4:15 pm

II4 Academic Medical Centers – Moderator: Lynda Hilliard, Deputy Compliance Officer, University of CA, Oakland, CA; Panel: Kristen West, Associate Vice President & Director, Emory University, Emory University, Office of Research Compliance, Atlanta, GA; Hala Y. Helm, JD, MBA, FACHE, FASHRM, CPHRM, Vice President/Chief Compliance Officer, John Muir Health, Pleasanton, CA; Luanna K. Putney, Director of Research Compliance, Office of Ethics, Compliance and Audit Services, University of California, Oakland, CA

II5 Compliance Challenges for the Laboratory Industry: 2010 and Beyond – Moderator: Christopher Young, President, Laboratory Management Support Services (LMSS), Phoenix, AZ; Diana Voorhees, Principal/CEO, DV & Associates, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT; Chris Anusbigian, Senior Manager Health Sciences, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Detroit, MI; Paul Keoppel, Laboratory Compliance Officer, Intermountain Healthcare Central Office, Salt Lake City, UT

Breakout Sessions: 1:15 – 2:15 pm

601 CMS – Kimberly Brandt, Director, Program Integrity Group, CMS, Baltimore, MD; Joseph Strazzire, HEAT Liaison to the Medicare Program Integrity Group

602 Implementing New York State’s Mandatory Compliance Programs a Year Later: OMIG and Provider Perspective – James D. Horwitz, Vice President Corporate Responsibility/General Counsel, Glens Falls, NY; Robert A. Hussar, First Deputy, Medicaid Inspector General, New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, New York, NY

603 LTC: The MICs Are Here – Robb Miller, Director, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Chicago, IL; Paula Sanders, Post & Schell, P.C., Harrisburg, PA

604 Research Data: Identifying Institutional Risks with Privacy, Confidentiality, and Data Security – Marti Arvin, CHC­F, CHRC, CCEP­ F, Privacy Officer, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; Joan Podleski, Director of Institutional Ethics & Compliance, Duke University, Durham, NC— CHRC

605 Working the Numbers – Susan Welsh, Compliance Manager, HMA, Fort Myers, FL

606 The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Anti-Kickback Statute, and Healthcare Fraud Enforcement – Martie Ross, Attorney, Lathrop & Gage LLP, Overland Park, KS; Charles Hacker, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, New York, NY — CHC CHRC

607 Who’s Policing the Hospital CoPs? – Catherine Niland, Organizational Integrity Manager, Trinity Health, Farmington Hills, MI

608 Steps You Can Take to Integrate “Quality Of Care” Into Your Compliance Program – Margaret Hambleton, Ministry Integrity, Chief Compliance Officer, St. Joseph Health System

609 Mission Possible: Meeting Compliance Training Obligations Under a CIA – Al Josephs, Senior Director Policies and Training, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Dallas, TX; D. Ryan Whitehill, Manger, Ethics and Compliance Training, Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Dallas, TX — CHC CHRC

610 Compliance from the Independent Monitor’s Perspective – Vincent L. DiCianni, Affiliated Monitors, Inc., Boston, MA

611 Delivering Powerful Compliance Messages in Print, Web & Video – Karie Rego, Principal, Compliant Films, Davis, CA

Breakout Sessions: 2:45 – 3:45 pm

701 RAC ATTACK: A Successful Guide for Appeals – Day Egusquiza, President, AR Systems, Hansen, ID

702 Hospital Research Compliance: Where’s the Risk and How to Address – Ruth Krueger, Director of Compliance and Privacy, Sanford USD Medical Center, Sioux Falls, SD; Angelique Dorsey, Research Compliance Director, Medstar Health, Columbia, MD — CHRC

703 Hospice and Nursing Home Partnership: How to Get It Right! – Connie A. Raffa, Partner, Arent Fox LLP, New York, NY; Donald Romano, Partner, Arent Fox LLP, Washington, DC — CHC CHRC

704 Turning Awareness Into Action: An Academic Medical Center’s Approach to Educating its Workforce of HIPAA Privacy and Information Security Principles and Practices – Bob Gross, Associate Compliance Officer-Privacy, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL

705 Avoiding the “HEAT”: Compliance Programs for Small Practices – Sheryl Dacso, Partner, Brown McCarroll, LLP, Houston, TX; Diane T. Carter, Partner, Brown McCarroll, Austin, TX

706 Hospital-Patient Status: Overpayment and False Claims Act Liability – Timothy Blanchard, Partner, Blanchard Manning LLP, Orcas, WA; Mitch Mitchelson, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA

707 Compliance Auditing and Monitoring: Demonstrating Effectiveness – Sheryl Vacca, SVP/Chief Compliance and Audit Officer, University of California, Oakland, CA — CHC CHRC

708 Quality of Care and Compliance: How to Engage the Board Of Directors – Larry Vernaglia, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP, Boston, MA; Gilly Hitchcock, Chair, Compliance Committee, Member, Board of Directors, Franklin Community Hospital; William F. Rucci, Jr. CPA, MST, Rucci, Bardaro & Barrett, PC, Malden, Massachusetts 02148

709 Creating and Sustaining a Compliance Program Commensurate with Your Multi-Hospital System’s Size and Complexity – Gene DeLaddy, Senior Vice President/Chief Compliance Officer/Chief Audit Executive/Chief Privacy Officer of Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte, NC; Laura Lyon, Director of Corporate Compliance, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte NC; Kathryn Thibodeau-Dever, Director of Corporate Compliance, Carolinas HealthCare System, Charlotte NC

710 Promising Tools for Overcoming Compliance Challenges in an Era of Health Care Reform – Thomas E. Herrmann, Vice President, Strategic Management Services, LLC, Alexandria, VA; Larry J. Goldberg, Principal Deputy Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, U. S. Department of Health and Human Services

711 Dealing with the Medicare Consultation Code Deletion – Bess Ann Bredemeyer, Director of Compliance, McKesson Practice Consulting Solutions, San Francisco, CA

Post Conference Sessions, 8:00 am to 12:00

W1 The Road Ahead – Frank Sheeder, Partner, Jones Day, Dallas, TX; Diane Meyer, Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA; Kevin D. Lyles, Partner, Health Care Practice Leader, Jones Day, Columbus, OH

W2 Riding Herd on Fraud, Waste & Abuse – Judi McCabe, SURS Director, TMF Health Quality Institute, Austin, TX; Dan McCullough, Nurse Analyst, TMF Health Quality Institute, Austin, TX; Juanita Henry, Deputy Inspector General for Compliance, Texas Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Austin, TX; Kimberly M. Hrehor, Project Director, TMF Health Quality Institute, Austin, TX — CHC CHRC

W3 Understanding the Interactions Between Federal and State Integrity Recovery Programs in the Post-Acute Healthcare Setting – Joan Ferraro, Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Complete HealthCare Resources, Inc.; Paula Sanders, Post & Schell, P.C., Harrisburg, PA; Barbara Duffy, Lane Powell, PC, Seattle, WA

W4 Privacy Officer’s Roundtable – Marti Arvin, Privacy Officer, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY; Joan Podleski, Director of Institutional Ethics & Compliance, Duke University, Durham, NC — CHC CHRC

W5 Clinical Documentation Improvement & Federal Integrity Activity (RACs, MACs, MICs…): Your Acute and Post‑Acute Hospital’s Compliance in Preventing Inappropriate/Unnecessary Admissions – Betty Bibbins, President & Chief Medical Officer, DocuComp LLC, Cape Charles, VA; Glenn A. Krauss, BBA, RHIA, CCS, CCS-P, CPUR, FCS, PCS, C-CDIS, CCDS, Senior Coding, Case Management and Reimbursement Consultant, Janesville, WI

W6 Part 1: Recent Developments in Voluntary Disclosure/Part 2: False Claims Act Developments and Management of Risk/Part 3: The Role of the Compliance Officer, General Counsel, Management, and the Board – (Part 1) David M. Glaser, Attorney, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., Minneapolis, MN; Jeffrey Fitzgerald, Partner, Faegre & Benson LLP, Denver, CO; (Part 2) Hope Foster, Member, Mitz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., Washington, DC; Jesse A. Witten, Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Washington, DC; (Part 3) Gabriel Imperato, Managing Partner, Broad & Cassel, Fort Lauderdale, FL; Jenny O’Brien, Medicare Compliance Officer, UnitedHealth Group-Ovations, Minnetonka MN ; Michael Hemsley, CHC, Gen Counsel & Vice President Legal Services, Catholic Health East, Newtown Square, PA; Gary W. Eiland, Partner, King & Spalding LLP, Houston, TX — CHC CHRC

W7 RAC Preparation & Success Appeals – Andrew Wachler, Owner/Principal, Wachler & Associates, P.C., Royal Oak, MI; Susan Emanuel, System RAC Coordinator, Catholic Healthcare West, Phoenix, AZ

W8 Quality Incentives - practical next steps for legal, compliance and operational improvements” – Jacob Kupiezky, President, HCT Consulting, Chicago, IL; Mary Brady, Senior Nursing Consultant, HCT Consulting, Bluffton, SC; Susan Tedrick, Chief Compliance Officer, Franklin Hospital; Judith A. Waltz, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLP

W9 The World According to the (Should-Be) All-Knowing and Omnipresent Compliance Gurus – Robert Tietjen, President/CEO, Policy Technologies International, Inc., Rexburg, ID; Steve Bearak, President/CEO, IdentityForce, Framingham, MA; Steven Greenspan, J.D., LL.M., Director, Government Appeals and Regulatory Affairs, Executive Health Resources, Newton Square, PA