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

Allied Management Group – Special Investigation Unit (AMG-SIU) is the premier provider of fraud, waste and abuse detection services in the United States. AMG-SIU’s comprehensive solution examines medical claims for compliance with Federal, State, Medicare, State Medicaid and SCHIP guidelines customized to customer specifications. Combined with the expertise of a full-service SIU that conducts provider and member monitoring and investigations, AMG-SIU is the only total fraud, waste and abuse solution. For more information visit: www.amgsiu.com

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.

Having timely, practical information is the best way to identify and reduce your Medicare, Medicaid and HIPAA compliance risks while minimizing time, expense and disruption to your organization. Atlantic Information Services, Inc. offers easy-to-implement guidance, including: The HCCA-AIS Medicaid Compliance News, Medicare Part D Compliance News, Report on Medicare Compliance, Report on Patient Privacy, and A Guide to Auditing Health Care Billing Practices. Visit http://www.aishealth.com/AISCompliance.html for complete details and to order.

AXENTIS provides on-demand enterprise governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions to more than 775,000+ Global 2000 users to more effectively manage multiple critical GRC requirements—including Regulatory Compliance, Privacy, Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPPA, IT Risk, Risk and Compliance, Code of Conduct, and Corporate Integrity Agreements compliance. AXENTIS’ GRC framework aligns with the seven critical elements of an effective compliance program as determined by the USSC and the OIG. Visit us at www.axentis.com.

At Besler Consulting, our unique multi-disciplinary approach helps to ensure healthcare compliance across your enterprise. We can help you bridge the gap between your clinical documentation, case management and coding/billing procedures.  Our professional consulting staff has experience in high risk compliance areas and will work with your facility to conduct relevant and significant compliance audits.  bridge the gap today with Besler Consulting and achieve optimum results; call 1.877.4BESLER

BlickenWolf LLC, leaders in healthcare compliance and revenue cycle solutions, specializes in helping providers nationwide with reducing risk and improving revenue.  BlickenWolf assists clients in creating, implementing and maintaining “effective” compliance programs to improve an organization’s operational and financial performance. www.blickenwolf.com

Save time and stay up to date on all Medicare-related developments with BNA’s concise, accurate, comprehensive coverage. From payment rates to PRRB decisions, from CMS rules to prescription drugs, count on Medicare Report and Medicare Drug Watch for detailed news, in-depth analysis, and key documents. BNA’s Health Care publications include Health Care Fraud Report, Health Law Reporter, Health Care Policy Report, and Medical Devices and Life Sciences publications. BNA is recognized  as the premier source for authoritative, legal news, and information for health care. Learn more at www.bna.com. Sign up for our free e-newsletter at www.bna.com/HCalert

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.

The largest and most prestigious healthcare systems turn to Carnahan Group for there; Community Need Assessments, Expert Testimony, Feasibility Studies, Compensation Valuations, Medical Practice Valuations, Fairness Opinions, and much more. Our qualified independent professionals are the best choice to substantiate the validity of transactions between physicians and referral sources. We understand the importance of delivering thoroughly documented reports that can withstand the toughest scrutiny.  For more information on our services please visit us at www.carnahangroup.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.

Coding Metrix provides the perfect online solution to meet your specialty coding education needs! Unlike generic online programs, Coding Metrix courses offer skills development using actual dictated reports and interactive learning exercises in order to gain a complete understanding of the coding requirements within each specialty. This unique e-learning system gives directors and managers the power to educate all key employees in a secure, convenient learning environment. To learn more visit www.codingmetrix.com or call 1-877-8-METRIX.

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 Coach is a leading provider of automated regulatory compliance solutions. Seven of the nation’s top 10 banks, the regulators, and 1500+ customers including hospitals and medical service providers rely on Compliance Coach’s solutions and services to mitigate compliance risk. Compliance Coach provides risk assessment software, compliance e-learning and other tools such as CompliancePal, the nation's #1 FACT Act Identity Theft Red Flags Rule compliance solution, to enable compliance with applicable laws and regulations.  www.compliancecoach.com

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.

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

Daylight Forensic & Advisory is an international regulatory consulting and investigative firm specializing in financial investigations and forensic accounting, anti-money laundering consulting, regulatory compliance, forensic technology services, healthcare compliance, and fraud risk management. Daylight Forensic’s professionals have unparalleled legal, law enforcement and "Big Four" accounting experience, letting the firm address almost any corporate or government investigation. Daylight has three U.S. offices and an EU-compliant electronic discovery lab and office in London from which it serves private and public clients around the world.

DecisionHealth® is the country’s leading provider of news & solutions for healthcare organizations. Our resources solve challenges in Medicare, JCAHO accreditation, fee benchmarks, compliance with healthcare fraud and abuse, HIPAA laws and home health agencies and hospices.

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.

EpsteinBeckerGreen has been at the forefront of health care law for more than 35 years, taking the lead in understanding, interpreting and shaping laws and regulations that affect the health care and life sciences industry. EpsteinBeckerGreen attorneys have experience providing complete corporate compliance program legal services that are tailored to the size of the organization and the nature of the business. For more information on the firm's practice and experiences assisting client's with their corporate compliance programs, please visit www.ebglaw.com.

EthicsPoint is the market leader in business process optimization for Issue, Event, and Loss Management. We provide a robust, on-demand, single-platform workflow solution that leverages our industry-leading global hotline and report management system. Our comprehensive solution can cost-efficiently integrate detached, localized activities or provide immediate point solution benefits. The EthicsPoint solution is used by over 1,700 clients worldwide to incorporate compliance initiatives and business process management via a "pay as you grow," Software-as-a-Service delivery model.www.info.ethicspoint.com/markets/

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.

A developer of customized, industry-specific technology platforms utilized for the electronic transcription of records, Fortriss serves healthcare providers, law and accounting practices, engineering firms, government and law enforcement agencies and educational institutions. Fortriss’ first software package is ClearScript MDTM.  The company’s proprietary software can be interfaced with almost any electronic health record (EHR) system and enables significantly clearer transmission, more accurate and faster report turnaround, expedited distribution options and reduced storage space. For more information please visit www.fortriss.net.

FTI Consulting, Inc. is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations protect and enhance enterprise value in an increasingly complex legal, regulatory and economic environment. With more than 3,000 professionals located in most major business centers in the world, we work closely with clients every day to anticipate, illuminate, and overcome complex business challenges in areas such as investigations, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory issues, reputation management and restructuring. More information can be found at www.fticonsulting.com.

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

HCPro offers compliance training solutions for the healthcare staff. Our new 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 the Health Law Boot Camp. Our 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.

HCCS provides online training courses and learning management systems to healthcare facilities. HCCS has provided over 2.5 million hours of compliance and competency training courseware to hospitals, teaching facilities, medical schools, health plans and other health care entities. The HCCS Compliance Learning Library contains expert training content in the areas of Medicare, Medicaid, HIPAA, Harassment, Research, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Compliance. The HCCS Healthcare Learning Platform (HLP) is a healthcare specific Learning and Competency Management System.

Healthcare Cost Solutions, Inc., (HCS) is an HIM consulting firm providing services to U.S. hospitals since 1994. Specialties include:

Healthcare Cost Solutions, Inc.
120 Newport Center Drive, Suite 290, Newport Beach, California  92660
Phone: 866-427-7828 ● 949-721-2795 ● Fax: 949-759-1253
Email: bgallagher@hcsstat.com  Website:http://www.hcsstat.com

Health Information Partners ® (HIP), a division of U.S. Healthcare Partners, Inc. is a national HIM audit & staffing firm.  Our services include:  Interim HIM Management, Coding Compliance Auditing, Backlog Coding Support (On-site & Remote), RAC Defense Services, Interventional Radiology Auditing Services, EHR Project Management, Claim Denial Management, Physician Education and more.  Please visit us at www.HIP-inc.com or call (866) 622-8300.

Health Revenue Assurance Associates (HRAA) is the leading provider of Revenue IntegrityTM Products and Services for health information management and the entire revenue cycle. Through customized hands-on strategic analysis of a hospital’s Revenue Cycle and compliance focused, in-depth; APC and DRG coding and documentation audits; Customized education/certification programs; Chargemaster data integrity reviews; and our newly introduced APC AuditorProTM, the leading internal auditing technology for Outpatient claims; HRAA provides solutions that yield measurable results…Increased productivity, reduced DNFB, improved APC accuracy and optimized Revenue IntegrityTM.  For more information please contact us at: 10097 Cleary Blvd., Suite 513, Plantation, FL, 33324 or Phone: (954) 472-2340, Fax: (954) 370-0157, e-mail: info@healthrevenue.com

Monitor your billings with HSC’s MEDIBILL ANALYST – LAB MODULE, the first auditing software that identifies Medicare billing errors and demonstrates compliance with OIG guidelines and Medicare regulations. The MEDIBILL ANALYST software will validate your Medicare laboratory claims from physician order to payment and provides documentation of compliance for CERT or RAC audits.   Learn how easy and inexpensive it is to monitor your billing, identify lost revenue and document compliance with the Medibill software application. www.hsc-clc.com.

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

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.

IMEDECS (www.IMEDECS.com) is a URAC accredited national Independent Review Organization specializing in providing timely, unbiased, expert, independent reviews for provider, payers, employers and government-mandated programs. It has built a reputation for the integrity and quality of its services which includes specialty matched External Peer Review. With its panel of more than 700 expert physicians and allied practitioners, and its effective quality assurance program, IMEDECS is at the forefront of Independent Review.

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

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

MC Strategies provides online courses to help all staff levels – executive, managerial, front line, back end and clinical – meet their clinical and professional education needs. All content is delivered by our sophisticated learning management system which records, tracks and reports e-learning activity throughout your organization, providing a digital paper trail suitable for regulatory compliance.

McKesson Practice Consulting Solutions is an industry leading consulting and management company that helps 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 revenues, control cost and chart a plan for strategic growth for your group.

Visit us at www.per-senowmckesson.com/consulting/ or call 1-800-789-6409 for more information.

For more than 20 years healthcare professionals around the globe rely on MCN everyday for automated policy management processes, compliant-ready policy templates, continuing education and classroom tracking software.  MCN Healthcare is a leading provider of regulatory compliance solutions and online learning resources for hospitals and healthcare organizations.

MDaudit™ is a comprehensive physician-based compliance management system that automates the administration of your compliance auditing program. The software integrates with your source of billing data (billing system, data warehouse, code scrubber or EMR) to provide both prospective and retrospective audit capabilities. Integration combined with advanced audit functionality automates the time consuming aspects of your auditing program which enables your staff to spend more of their time on the compliance activities that add the most value: auditing cases and educating providers.

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, and currently serves hundreds of hospitals and healthcare systems at thousands of locations 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.

Medworxx makes a strategic software platform that hospitals use to communicate, aggregate, and analyze knowledge. Products include content management, learning management, document and policy/procedure management, utilization management, bed optimization, and emergency readiness solutions. Medworxx has been capturing the power of hospital knowledge since 2004, with solutions used by more than 500,000 users in over 280 hospitals across North America. Medworxx: our market is healthcare, our vertical is knowledge. For more information, visit www.medworxx.com.

Navigant Consulting's Healthcare practice offers a full spectrum of services including strategy, disputes and investigations, technology advisory, real estate, and operations improvement. Our clients include healthcare providers, law firms, and payors. Of most interest to HCCA attendees, NCI offers a full range of customized Compliance Consulting services, Disputes and Investigation services, Expert Testimony, Reimbursement and Regulatory services, RAC Readiness and Response services, and comprehensive Clinical Documentation Improvement services.  www.navigantconsulting.com

NEMEA Security Services provides on-demand software solutions for enterprise-wide compliance, risk, and governance (CRG). Intuitive tools built to suit your unique business needs allow you to: Conduct compliance surveys. Stay on top of evolving regulations across all departments. Set up a rigorous CRG program without IT involvement. Measure efforts across more than thirty five updated industry regulations… all with new version and content upgrade costs included in your subscription. Now you can make better decisions, lower costs and do business your way with nothing but a browser.

NSC’s Common Compliance Framework™ (CCF) is a software solution for effectively and efficiently addressing an enterprise’s wide range of compliance needs. By encompassing all factors that affect compliance- including regulations and best practices as well as internal strategic business needs and mitigations against threats- the CCF ensures that organizations approach compliance in a holistic manner, addressing every facet of compliance including security, privacy, financial oversight, and both technical and operational controls.

Parente Randolph, LLC – 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.  The Firm conducts Independent Reviews as part of Corporate Integrity Agreements, Internal Audits and Revenue Cycle Management engagements. The Firm consist of Certified Public Accountants, Certified Internal Auditors, Certified Fraud Examiners, Certified Information Systems Auditors, Registered Nurses, Certified Coders and staff possessing various advanced degrees such as Masters in Business Administration, Masters in Public Administration, Masters in Health Administration The firm has been in business for 37 years and is one of the 35 largest Certified Public Accounting and Consulting firms in the United States. The Healthcare Consulting Group serves clients throughout the United States. www.parentenet.com

PCG Software, Inc. is a premier developer of software applications for the health care industry. PCG ‘s Virtual Examiner®, takes a three-pronged approach to reduce, recover, retain premium dollars: fraud and abuse detection, retro-recovery and cost containment. VE audits current and historical claims while targeting providers that may be committing fraud. Virtual Examiner’s 30 million edits are AMA and CMS based. We offer a free, no-obligation claims data analysis.

www.pcgsoftware.com                                                                                        (877) 789-1291

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.

PreCheck, Inc. is the nation's leading provider of background verification and credentialing services for the healthcare industry. PreCheck’s services for healthcare organizations have expanded beyond background verifications and credentialing to include outsourcing solutions to handle employee sanction screening, professional license management, employment verification, and vendor credentialing and screening. VendorCheck is a comprehensive vendor credentialing system available at no cost to healthcare facilities.
Call 800-999-9861 or visit the web site at www.PreCheck.com for more information.

Press Ganey’s Safety Culture Solution guides hospitals in identifying the root causes and cultural breakdowns resulting in safety errors. This comprehensive solution provides resources to improve the culture of safety and help create an environment of transparency and communication among staff—enhancing clinical and financial outcomes, decreasing preventable errors, and ultimately saving patient lives.  www.pressganey.com

Prospective Payment Specialists has assisted more than 1,600 hospitals achieve compliant revenue cycles effectively and efficiently for 17 years. Our three practice areas of Chargemaster Services, Coding & Billing Validation and RAC Proactive Reviews & Appeals Support are staffed with experienced and credentialed professionals focused only on their area of specialization. This includes staff physicians, some with JD degrees, who are compliance experts and particularly adept at educating fellow physicians. We are a Preferred Vendor for some of the country’s most respected hospital systems, and PPS is utilized regularly by leading law firms. 800-477-5017 www.ppscompliance.com

About Protiviti Inc.
Protiviti (www.protiviti.com), a global business consulting and internal audit firm, has experts specializing in risk, advisory and transaction services. It helps solve problems in finance and transactions, operations, technology, litigation, governance, risk, and compliance. Protiviti’s highly trained, results-oriented professionals provide a unique perspective on a wide range of critical business issues for clients around the world. Protiviti has more than 60 locations and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half International Inc.

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

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

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.

Vendormate protects the health of supply chains with a unique vendor credentialing and compliance monitoring solution. The program stores acknowledgements and documents essential to both internal policy and government mandate compliance. Vendors, both entities and individuals, are registered, screened, rated and catalogued by custom criteria and continuously monitored for non-compliance. An integrated badge feature controls facility access based on compliance status and provides access audit reports. Call 1-877-483-6368 or visit www.vendormate.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 delivers a powerful competitive advantage to its customers by providing the highest-quality legal, regulatory and business information and the most innovative technology tools to manage it. Our newest offering, Westlaw Compliance Advisor™, is the next generation of reliable solutions for Healthcare Compliance Professionals. A new easy-to-use interface allows you to access key statutes, regulations, news, analysis, agency materials, latest updates, plain-English summaries of the law, and more, all in a single source. Visit: www.west.thomson.com/compliance

For 20 years the Health Law Institute at Widener University School of Law has been a national leader in educating lawyers and other healthcare professionals. Consistently ranked among the top ten programs of its kind by U.S. News & World Report, the Health Law Institute offers masters and doctoral level degrees in healthcare law and policy, and now offers training in regulatory compliance in highly-focused, short-term formats. Details are available at law.widener.edu.

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