3M Health Information Systems delivers comprehensive software and consulting services to help organizations worldwide improve documentation, quality, and financial performance across the healthcare continuum. 3M offers integrated solutions for transcription, speech recognition, clinical documentation improvement, documentation management, computer-assisted coding, quality, and revenue cycle management, effectively meeting the industry’s changing needs. With 25 years of healthcare experience and expertise, 3M works as a trusted and stable business partner to provide reliable implementation, training, and support services. http://solutions.3m.com/HIS

AHA Solutions, Inc. is a resource to hospitals pursuing operational excellence. As an American Hospital Association (AHA) member service, AHA Solutions collaborates with hospital leaders and market consultants to conduct product due diligence and identify solutions to hospital challenges in the areas of finance, human resources, patient flow and technology. As a subsidiary of the AHA, the organization convenes people with like interests for knowledge sharing centered on timely information and research. www.aha-solutions.org

AHA Solutions is proud to reinvest its profits in the AHA mission: creating healthier communities.

AHIA is the only professional organization for healthcare auditors. We are an international, non-profit organization whose purpose is to fulfill the professional and educational needs of healthcare auditors. AHIA promotes excellence in its members, their institutions and the healthcare internal audit and compliance profession through the sharing of ideas and information, as well as educational opportunities. Be a part of AHIA as we achieve excellence in our profession and for our healthcare institutions. Visit our website at www.AHIA.org.

BESLER Consulting – improving the health of the healthcare community through unmatched solutions.  Our professional team of Compliance and Reimbursement experts will enable your Organization to efficiently ensure compliance in high risk areas without the challenges of internal audits.  BESLER Consulting can provide your Organization with assistance in completing your 2010 compliance plan.  We have identified potential risk areas that have been targeted by the OIG and other Regulatory agencies.  For more information, please visit our website:  www.beslerconsulting.com/audits.

BNA's Health Care Fraud Report is a complete yet concise synthesis of one of today's fastest growing legal specialties. This biweekly report monitors a broad range of health care fraud and abuse issues in the private insurance industry, managed care organizations, and Medicare and Medicaid programs. Reduce your risks with inside information and expert analysis on pertinent legislative, regulatory, legal, and policy developments.  Also, be sure to check out our newest web product:  Health IT Law & Industry Report. Essential Information. Expert Analysis.

B&D Consulting, a division of Baker & Daniels LLP, in addition to its other health care consulting services, provides compliance education, using entertaining monthly picture strips on health law and compliance issues featuring Captain Integrity. Baker & Daniels represents clients throughout the country in all facets of health law and compliance. The firm's legal services incorporate hospitals and health systems, large physician groups, home health agencies, DME manufacturers and providers, academic medical centers and other health care providers. For more information, visit www.bakerdaniels.com or www.bakerdconsulting.com.

Certiphi Screening® provides compliance screening services exclusively to the healthcare community. Our services include state-of-the-art OIG/EPLS and healthcare sanctions screening via our SanctionsBase.com Web tool; employee and applicant background checks; full-service fingerprinting; integrated electronic I-9 and E-Verify services; occupational health screening and Department of Transportation (DOT) compliance services. Certiphi® is the only company whose applicant screening services have been endorsed by the American Hospital Association. To learn more, visit the Certiphi Web site at www.certiphi.com.

The Coding Network provides four primary products: remote coding services (ongoing or temporary), coding compliance reviews, coding helpline services and physician documentation training. Our U.S. based certified coder/auditors provide services in 55 medical specialties in 49 states, 55 academic institutions, 120 billing companies and numerous community-based practices and facilities. Visit our website at www.codingnetwork.com.

Compliance 360 is the leading provider of enterprise governance, risk management and compliance solutions for healthcare providers.  With these solutions, healthcare providers reduce risks, improve efficiencies and protect their brands using a single platform to address their comprehensive GRC requirements.  The Compliance 360 solution for healthcare addresses the need for policy management, centralized regulatory management, Joint Commission Accreditation, corporate integrity agreements, adverse-event management, contract management, Medicare CMS RAC audits, self assessments, and enterprise risk management.

Compliance Concepts, Inc. (CCI) was established to help organizations create a controlled environment that reinforces the commitment of the organization to compliance. This is accomplished through utilizing CCI’s highly trained healthcare consulting staff, ComplianceLine, a 24-Hour Reporting Hotline service, and SanctionCheck, a cumulative searchable fraud and exclusions database. For more information, visit www.ComplianceConcepts.com.

The CooperGroup provides strategic consulting and advisory services in the areas of ethics and compliance, fraud prevention and detection, and risk management.   We partner with organizations to implement best practice solutions that promote transparency, ethical decisions, and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Our ethics and compliance services include program review; design and implementation; code of conduct development and update; ethics and compliance training and keynote presentations; communication and awareness programs; and best practice benchmarking.  The CooperGroup: Ethical Foundations. Sustainable Success. www.coopergroupllc.com

Craneware partners with healthcare organizations to improve returns, increase productivity and manage risk, driving better financial and operational performance using market-driven revenue management solutions. By enhancing revenue capture processes, Craneware solutions allow clients to optimize reimbursement, improve operational efficiency and support compliance. Craneware provides over 900 hospitals with solutions and outstanding support. Craneware’s Chargemaster Toolkit® ranks No. 1 in the revenue cycle - chargemaster management category in the “Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards.”  www.craneware.com.

HIPAA Security compliance enforcement is here. How would you score your organization's readiness for a CMS audit? CynergisTek is a leading provider of information security management, regulatory compliance and IT audit solutions for the healthcare industry. We will work with you to accomplish your compliance requirements and objectives in a manner that contributes positively to business operations. Visit us at www.cynergistek.com to learn more about our compliance monitoring and management programs, data loss prevention solutions and eDiscovery readiness services. www.cynergistek.com

As Deloitte’s Health Sciences Practice, our mission is to help our clients bring discoveries to life and improve the quality of care while creating and sustaining long-term, bottom-line success.  Drawing on more than 70 years of proven industry experience and the innovation, knowledge, and commitment of more than 2,700 professionals, we provide a complete range of audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services across all segments of the industry.  To learn more, visit www.deloitte.com/us/healthsciences.

eHealthcareIT offers a new generation of customizable, engaging and comprehensive Corporate Compliance & HIPAA Compliance online learning events that encompass over 80 courses covering hundreds of department specific, mission critical topics. The content is written, monitored, and updated by industry leading subject matter experts with operational expertise: PricewaterhouseCoopers. Functional training coupled with healthcares only “Bulletproof” rated eLearning system offers eHealthcareIT clients dependable training solutions.

Additional training available includes: HFMA: Billing, Finance, Avoiding Claims Denial, and Cost Control, Coding, and Disaster Preparedness training. www.ehealthcareit.com ;info@ehealthcareit.com; 1-800-806-0874.

EthicsPoint enables organizations to foster a business culture of integrity and compliance. We help our clients protect their culture and reputation by automating the business processes, from the reporting and identification of issues and events, to the subsequent investigation and resolution of behavior that may be inconsistent with their code of conduct. Over 2000 organizations use our telephone hotline, web-based reporting and case management services as a critical component of their overall governance, risk and compliance efforts. www.ethicspoint.com

Executive Health Resources (EHR), The Physician Advisor Company™, is the leading provider of real-time, point-of-care, expert Physician Advisor solutions. EHR provides more than 500 hospitals across the U.S. with 7-day-a-week teams of specially-trained, technology-supported Physician Advisors focused on improving hospital medical necessity compliance and revenue integrity. To learn more visit www.ehrdocs.com or  call 877-EHR-DOCS.

The George Washington University’s Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Corporate Compliance:  This CCB-accredited program provides a comprehensive corporate compliance education for current or aspiring corporate compliance officers.  The 12 credit program can be completed in seven months with two short in-class residencies in Alexandria, VA and an interactive distance learning segment in-between.  Students have unparalleled access to experts in the field, including former regulators and policymakers, as well as legislators, patient advocates and other compliance professionals. 
1-800-Join GWU or www.nearyou.gwu.edu/hcc.

Global Compliance is the leading provider of outsourced ethics and compliance programs, and the only provider that can deliver the comprehensive products and services that facilitate OIG requirements. We currently serve 440+ health care clients, and are uniquely positioned to deliver solutions that mitigate financial, legal, and reputational harm and increase employee, patient, and stakeholder confidence. www.globalcompliance.com

• Code of Conduct
• Ethics/Compliance Hotlines
• Case Management
• Analytics/Benchmarking
• Awareness Campaigns
• Online Training
• Instructor-led Training
• Ethics/Compliance Risk Assessments
• Ethics/Compliance Program Evaluations

NEW FROM HCCS!!! COI-SMART:
SYSTEM FOR MANAGING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. 
HCCS provides online compliance and competency training courses and learning management systems to healthcare facilities. HCCS has provided over 2.5 million hours of training to hospitals, teaching facilities, medical schools, health plans and other healthcare entities. The HCCS Compliance Learning Library contains expert training content in the areas of Medicare, Medicaid, HIPAA, Research, and Quality Compliance. The HCCS HLPTM is a healthcare specific Learning Management System. www.hccs.com

HealthCare Insight (HCI), a division of Verisk Health, serves private and public health care payors with fraud, abuse, and overpayment prevention services. HCI prepayment software routes suspect claims and billing patterns through a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model for validation by experienced clinicians and seasoned investigators. This high-tech, high-touch process helps payors make the right payment for the right service to the right provider. For a complimentary HCI Cost Reduction Analysis, visit hcinsight.com or call 877.619.5557.

HCPro offers compliance training solutions for healthcare. Our MedicareFind database allows customers to easily and intuitively find Medicare rules and regulations. HCPro offers both on-site and open-enrollment training sessions, including the popular Medicare Boot Camps, Certified Coder Boot Camps, and CDI Boot Camp. The Revenue Cycle Institute provides consulting services and custom education for all of your toughest revenue cycle and compliance challenges. For more information, go to www.hcpro.com.

The Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) is the nation’s leading organization serving the needs of health care compliance professionals by providing education and resources for effective compliance programs. Recognized for its Annual Compliance Institute, HCCA offers a wide array of conferences and training programs at the local and national level.

Resources for compliance professionals are provided through HCCA’s website, www.hcca-info.org and its publication, Compliance Today. Annual dues for individuals are $295 and include: monthly mailings of Compliance Today, access to Member’s only feature on the HCCA website, and discounts on HCCA conferences and products. Visit us at www.hcca-info.org,
or call us at 1-888-580-8373.

HealthCare Appraisers, a nationally recognized valuation and consulting firm, provides services exclusively to the healthcare industry, including: Fair Market Value opinions for compensation and service arrangements (e.g., employment, ED call coverage, medical directorships, collection guarantees, equipment lease/use arrangements, and service/co-management arrangements); Business Valuation (e.g., ASCs, hospitals, dialysis centers, home health, diagnostic/ treatment facilities, physician practices, and intangible assets); Consulting and Advisory Services; and Litigation Support.

Delray Beach • Denver • Dallas • Chicago
Tel: (561) 330-3488
 www.HealthCareAppraisers.com

HealthPort is a leading provider of healthcare information technology serving more than 10,000 healthcare facilities, 44,000 physicians and millions of requestors nationwide.  State of the art technology and a commitment to deliver exemplary service makes HealthPort the largest provider of release of information services and the premiere choice for RAC management and technology. HealthPort’s products and services optimize the flow of information, improve communication and increase the quality of care. Visit www.healthport.com or call 800-737-2585

Huron’s Clinical Research Solutions & Healthcare Compliance (CRSHC) Group assists clients with their compliance and quality programs by conducting effectiveness assessments, infrastructure redesign, billing and coding assessments, providing expert testimony, and assisting legal colleagues in defending their clients during government investigations. We specialize in clinical research operational assessments and redesign, including clinical research billing and human research protections compliance, conflicts of interest, and other responsible conduct of research services. Our professionals are dedicated to helping organizations improve their regulatory compliance, gain efficiencies in their clinical research enterprises, as well as providing assistance with financial, operational, and other compliance objectives.  www.huronconsultinggroup.com

IMA Consulting offers healthcare providers solutions to their compliance related challenges, including RAC. Our Regulatory Compliance and Coding Practice is led and staffed by highly experienced healthcare professionals. IMA Consulting has provided services to over 500 healthcare providers across the United States, including hospitals, health systems, pharmaceutical companies, and physician groups.  Your audit, investigation, education, compliance plan development/assessment plus other compliance needs can be addressed by IMA Consulting.

IDtracks-docs policy manager makes it easy to maintain your policies and procedures. We offer a complete solution including implementation, training and support. We load your existing policies into the system as part of the implementaion. Additional features include joint commission standard references, fast and efficient search engine, ability to link policies and procedures, role based security and on-line multilevel review. For more information, please visit www.indidge.com or e-mail contact@indidge.com

Integrity First Consulting (i1C) is an innovative, women-owned healthcare consulting company. We are unique because our consultants have operational experience in leading and managing compliance programs. We serve as a resource to the healthcare industry in compliance program development, implementation and management. Whether you're developing a compliance program, need a risk assessment, or you have a program but need assistance with audits, education, or a program effectiveness review, i1C should be your #1 resource. www.i1consulting.com.

KPMG’s (www.us.kpmg.com) Healthcare Advisory Services professionals are committed to helping clients balance risk and controls with improved business performance, thus enabling the organization to maintain compliance and achieve sustainable value over time. KPMG serves hundreds of the leading healthcare organizations in the U.S. on a daily basis. Members of our Healthcare practice have substantial experience with every type of healthcare provider from primary and urgent care to post-acute care, research, and education.

LarsonAllen LLP is a nationally recognized professional service firm that provides business advisory, consulting, assurance, accounting, and tax services, with extensive expertise in health care.  Internal audit and information technology audit and consulting services are two service specializations, among many.  Our consultants and specialists offer a wealth of customized services, including:  risk assessments, network penetration testing, outsourced or co-sourced internal audits, information technology audits, and security awareness training, just to name a few.  www.larsonallen.com

Loyola University Chicago School of Law offers two online degrees in health law:  A Master of Jurisprudence (MJ) for health care professionals who work in compliance and need to know more about the laws, regulations and policies governing health care and a Master of Laws (LLM) for attorneys who want to expand their practice to service health care clients.  Learn more about Loyola’s Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy at www.LUC.edu/healthlaw or 1-800-424-3986.

With unparalleled commitment to the financial success of our clients, McBee Associates, Inc. is a national consulting firm delivering financial solutions to over 3,500 clients in all 50 states. McBee Associates provides a full array of services to Hospitals, Home Health Agencies, Long-Term Care Providers, Community Providers, and Physician groups. The firm also established, and is the first to offer, the Three-Day Payment Window Rule Service to our clients. www.mcbeeassociates.com

McKesson Practice Consulting Solutions provides industry leading consulting and management services that help physicians and healthcare organizations meet the challenges of today’s healthcare environment.  With 20+ years of experience, our team of specialty-specific experts will partner with you to mitigate risks, ensure compliance, increase revenue, control cost and chart a plan for strategic growth for your group.  Visit us at www.mckesson.com/practiceconsulting  or call 1-800-234-4550 for more information.

MCN Healthcare is a leading provider of regulatory compliance, policy management and web-based learning solutions built to fit the needs of the healthcare industry. In the past 23 years, more than 25,000 healthcare organizations worldwide have benefited from our practical, cost-effective services for policy management, staff education and training. Visit our website at www.mcnhealthcare.com.

MDaudit™ automates the administrative duties of compliance auditing using strategic, risk-based audit methodology. It is in use at more than half of the top fifteen healthcare organizations in the country, as identified by US News & World Report. MDaudit doubles audit productivity, maximizes revenue and helps streamline compliance auditing processes. www.hayesmanagement.com

Meade & Roach, LLP distinguishes itself as a law firm focused on delivering practical solutions for healthcare regulatory compliance needs. Each of our partners have more than a decade of focused, industry-leading experience in this area. The results we have achieved for clients speak for themselves. We not only understand the law, we understand our clients—who range from the nation’s largest academic medical centers and hospital systems to stand-alone specialty facilities and physician practice groups.

Medelearn is the industry-leading compliance training system developed specifically for healthcare organizations. It is easy to use, effective for all types of training needs and affordable for any size organization. Choose from our full HIPAA, JCAHO, OSHA courses or author your own curriculum with our easy-to-use course-building interface. Manage all your classroom and web-based training with our student management center. Improve your training effectiveness while saving 80% in training costs.

www.medelearn.org
Contact: Clif Gaus
cgaus@medelearn.org

Medical Learning, Incorporated, is the nation’s most respected authority on medical coding, compliance and reimbursement. Founded in 1991, MedLearn delivers actionable answers that equip healthcare organizations to confidently meet their revenue and compliance obligations. MedLearn clients can access this information through a variety of products and services, including publications, consulting services, seminars, and customized learning and assessments. Each one is rooted in MedLearn’s extensive experience on the frontlines of healthcare.

MediTract is the leading contract management service provider exclusively serving the healthcare industry. MediTract currently works with thousands of hospitals and hundreds of healthcare systems nationwide. The company’s solutions help healthcare professionals regain control of their contracts and reduce the cost of doing business by providing the tools necessary to improve management's visibility of contractual obligations, enhance compliance and streamline workflow.  For more information please call toll free 1-877-492-8490 or email at info@meditract.com. Please visit us at http://www.meditract.com.

ParenteBeard LLC, the Mid Atlantic Region’s leader for Audit, Accounting, Tax and Business Advisory services, was created when Parente Randolph and Beard Miller Company joined forces to become the accounting firm of choice for thousands of businesses and individuals throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Delaware and Texas. ParenteBeard’s Healthcare Consulting Division specializes in compliance, claims reviews, charge description master reviews, RAC preparedness, Data Mining and Benchmarking for claims analysis, financial performance, compliance and operational assessments. www.ParenteBeard.com

Policy Medical, known as “The Patient Safety People” is  the healthcare pioneer devoted to helping hospitals achieve the highest levels of patient safety by cost effectively automating policy and procedure management.  Our industry experts have created the FIRST hospital specific, out-of-the-box policy management solution to prepare for a successful Joint Commission audit.  Our only focus - hospital policy management systems.  Our clients -  the LARGEST critical mass of hospitals worldwide using the official PolicyManager ä system. The result – the deepest best practice knowledge of any firm globally on healthcare policy management that connects you to literally 100,000’s of your hospital compliance and quality peers. www.policymedical.com

The web-based Policy & Procedure Manager™ provides your staff with instant access to your organization's policies and procedures. It notifies those who are required to read specific documents and tracks who has read them. You can use the software to create, review, approve, and archive all of your documents, not just policies and procedures. Email reminders and reports ensure that everything stays up to date. You can also organize documents according to any regulatory compliance standards - such as Sarbanes Oxley, ISO 9000, JCAHO, HIPAA, state guidelines, etc.  Please visit www.policytech.com to learn more about this time- saving, compliance centric solution.

PricewaterhouseCoopers is one of the leading healthcare professional services organizations providing assurance, advisory and tax services to Health Industries leaders.   PricewaterhouseCoopers works with organizations that represent the healthcare delivery spectrum: integrated delivery systems, hospitals, payer and managed care organizations, pharmaceutical and health science companies, government, policymakers, and professional associations. 800-211-5131 www.pwc.com/healthcare

Protiviti’s team of experts understands the challenges faced by the industry.  Protiviti’s professionals assist healthcare providers with strengthening compliance programs and improving technology, finance and revenue cycle efficiency and effectiveness, resulting in improved operational performance and lower costs.  We partner with payers to manage risk and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their operations and compliance activities.  As healthcare continues to face intense regulatory demands, Protiviti’s industry experts will be there to provide powerful insights. www.protiviti.com

QHR is the 7th largest healthcare consulting firm in the country. QHR has helped more than 1,000 hospitals in the United States. QHR also manages more not-for-profit hospitals than any other company, with clients in 38 states, representing $7 billion in hospital net revenue. Our consulting clients include freestanding community acute care hospitals, multi-hospital systems, university-affiliated facilities, teaching institutions, large Catholic healthcare organizations, integrated delivery systems and hospital networks in both urban and rural markets. Our market presence and broad level of resources give us the agility and flexibility to serve almost any hospital’s specific challenge. The QHR Learning Institute provides education to more than 8,000 healthcare professionals each year. For more information, go to www.qhr.com or call toll free 866-371-4669.

RMC is a Northwest-based consulting firm providing exceptional services nationwide since 1994.  Specializing in Coding Compliance Reviews, we work with Compliance Professionals to ensure their hospitals and physician practices are in compliance with coding, billing and documentation guidelines.  Our staff are highly qualified individuals with myriad experience conducting reviews for healthcare institutions, governmental agencies and attorneys.   Our success is directly attributed to quality people doing quality work.  Your satisfaction is guaranteed. www.rmcinc.org

Rippe & Kingston, founded in 1976, is an International Information Technology Solutions and Services firm with clients in 42 States and 8 Countries. We provide solutions and managed services to the legal and healthcare industries. Our affordable contract management service is flexible and easy to use. Built into Contract Guardian is a powerful search engine, reporting, and journaling capabilities to manage contracts. Hosted and purchased solutions available. For more information call 1-800-650-1999, email sales@rippe.com or visit us at www.ContractGuardian.com

Sinaiko Healthcare Consulting, Inc., founded in 1990 by Richard Sinaiko, has served many of the nation’s most prominent healthcare organizations and health law practices. Today, Sinaiko is among the sector’s most experienced healthcare consulting firms, encompassing a range of service areas, including: revenue cycle consulting and litigation support to compliance, valuation and transactions, reimbursement and strategic analytics. These areas of expertise are integrated to address the most critical issues facing the healthcare delivery system today. Please visit www.sinaikohc.com

Streamline Health is a leading supplier of document workflow and management tools, applications and services that assist strategic business partners and healthcare organizations to improve operational efficiencies. The company provides integrated technologies for automating document-intensive environments, including e-forms, connectivity, optical character recognition (OCR) and business process optimization. Streamline Health also offers a suite of flexible workflows that ensures compliance and minimizes audit recovery risks across the enterprise. www.streamlinehealth.net.

Strategic Management provides compliance services to healthcare companies that are under scrutiny by government agencies such as DOJ, OIG, or CMS.  Specialty areas include Medicare, Medicaid, Anti-kickback and Stark laws, HIPAA, and others.  Our consultants quickly assess the government’s scope, prepare a remediation strategy, and navigate the process. Ongoing services include risk assessment, policy development, compliance program evaluation, and issue resolution. For more information, please visit our website at www.strategicm.com or contact Mary Lundregan at (703) 535-1421 or mlundregan@strategicm.com.

VCS offers a no cost web-based vendor credentialing and compliance management program.  VCS not only credentials your representatives, but also your suppliers.  The VCS program, being web based, can be deployed in a few hours.  The VCS program is used by leading healthcare institutions nationwide.  VCS partners include GPO's, IDN’s, 1000+ bed hospitals, Surgery Centers, Physician Offices and offsite medical offices.  To find out more:  VCSdatabase.com (281) 863-9500 VCSdatabase.com

Verisys offers its flagship product, FACIS, Fraud and Abuse Control Information System, to the health care industry.  FACIS is a historical and current aggregation of sanctions and disciplinary information on medical providers.  Verisys is a “primary source” provider centralizing content from thousands of federal and state sources.  Verisys is a CVO and is NCQA Certified and URAC Accredited.  VERISYS also sources and links its data to other data like: licensing, NPI, SSN-DMF, DEA and OFAC-SDN.  www.facis.com

West is the leading provider of integrated information solutions, law practice and firm management software and services to the legal profession. Its products and services, including Westlaw, are used by the world’s most successful law firms. West is a business of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals west.thomson.com

Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (CCH, MediRegs and Aspen Publishers) provide industry leading solutions for Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC), compliance and reimbursement regulatory information and coding.  The ComplyTrack Suite is a web-based solution for total compliance program management. Already used daily in hundreds of hospitals throughout the United States, ComplyTrack is the most comprehensive, cost-effective and practical set of compliance management and enterprise risk management (ERM) solutions for the health care industry. health.cch.com  MediRegs.com