2012 Session Tracks
HCCA’s 16th Annual Compliance Institute offers learning sessions
covering the spectrum of issues faced by compliance professionals.
Advanced Discussion Group
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Purpose:
The purpose of Advanced Discussion Groups (ADG) is to bring compliance professionals from across the nation together for a professional exchange of ideas and increase communication among the group participants.
ADG Rules
- No presentations unless you are using Turning Point to solicit feedback from the participants using hand-held devices. Note: If you choose to use Turning Point during your ADG, additional education will be provided on use and format.
- ADG will be 2 hours long with a limit of 50 participants.
- Maintain control of the discussion:
- Respond to questions and let others respond to questions but do not allow multiple participants to talk at the same time or try to talk over the each other.
- Participants do not know each other so you may need to break the ice to get them to talk. The following techniques can be used for introductions to get them to talk:
- Individuals introduce themselves to the whole group;
- People pair off and talk to each other for a minute and introduce each other to the group.
- Make sure you set ground rules and everyone understands this is an advanced discussion group. Some may be expecting a lecture and will ding you on the evaluation if they do not understand.
- Let them know there is not a presentation for this session.
- Be sure to allow time to recap the session and bring the group session to an adequate conclusion.
- Answer any residual questions concerning the session
- Remind participants to complete their evaluations for the session.
ADG Submissions
ADG submissions should include the following information:
- Topic
- Reason why the topic is important to the compliance profession
- At least three to four bullets describing the ADG session
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Auditing & Monitoring
- Emerging high risk areas
- Describing how to establish, execute and monitor a high risk area
- Demonstrate how to conduct an audit of a high risk area with specific examples of audit criteria, how to execute the audit and common findings
- Practical approaches, tips and tools to administer a pro-active monitoring program
- Integration of monitoring into day to day operations
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General Compliance and Hot Topics
How to Succeed as a Compliance Professional
- 10 things a beginning compliance officer should know
- 10 things a more experienced compliance officer should know
- Dealing with your board
- Reporting and metrics
- Getting Physician buyin
- Prioritizing
- Stake holder buy in
- Establishing culture
- Being more than a “sheriff”
- How to be a Effective Professional
- Living under a government investigation
- Managing the message
- How to become a compliance officer
- Culture
- Information overload--speed networking
- Proactive role for new services
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Legal & Regulatory
- False Claims Act Developments
- Handling a Health Care Fraud Investigation and Internal Investigations
- Voluntary Disclosure and False Claims Act Liability
- Recent Developments in Administrative Sanctions; Suspension, Exclusion and Civil Money Penalties
- Anti_Kickback and Stark Developments
- Individual Liability for Health Care Fraud
- Recent Developments in Negotiating False Claims Act Settlements
- Responding to Government Investigations; Department of Justice, Congress and Private Contractors.
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Long-Term Care
Physician Compliance
- Coding
- Billing
- Physician Arrangements
- Stark
- Sessions should have physician practice in the title or summary
- Sessions should focus just on physician practice issues
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Privacy & Security
- Updating attendees on the latest issues in privacy and information security for health care providers
- Providing information from regulatory agencies on enforcement trends, guidance and other information
- Practical approaches, tips and tools to overseeing privacy and information in different types and sizes of organizations with differing resources to cover the seven elements of an effective compliance program
- Integration of privacy and information security compliance into the rest of the organization’s compliance activities
- Practical tips for responding to and working with regulatory agencies as they pursue their enforcement activities
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Quality of Care
- Health care reform's impact on quality of care and compliance;
- Integrating quality of care into a compliance program;
- RACS/HACS impact on quality of care and payment;
- Peer review and compliance;
- Use of data mining in improving quality of care and ensuring compliance;
- Practical approaches for addressing quality of care and compliance; and
- Government enforcement focus on quality of care, medical necessity and appropriate payments.
In addition to the above, presentations that address current topics and issues in the area of quality of care are encouraged. |
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