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2002 Compliance Institute Presentations 

Sunday
April 21, 2002
Monday
April 22, 2002
Tuesday
April 23, 2002
Wednesday
April 24, 2002
12 – 5:00 PM 8:30 – 9:15 AM
9:30 – 10:30 AM

11:00 – 12:15 PM

12:30 – 2:15 PM

2:15 – 3:30 PM

3:45 – 5:00 PM
7:00 – 8:00 AM
8:30 - 9:15 AM

9:15 - 10:15 AM

10:45 - 12:00 PM

12:30 - 1:30 PM

1:45 - 3:00 PM

3:15 - 4:30 PM
9:00 - 12:00 PM

Sunday, April 21, 2002

12:00 – 5:00 PM Concurrent Sessions

I. Long Term Care Compliance
Chairs: Bill Altman and Eileen Coggins, Vice President of Compliance, Genesis Health Ventures
James Pfeiffer and Brian Zoeller, Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
HIPAA Case Study: Long Term Care (LTC) Industry
Andrew Penn, Office of Inspector General
M.T. Connoly, Department of Justice
Irene Fleishner, Vice President of Clinical Operations, Genesis Health Ventures, Philadelphia, PA
Ronald Orth, RN, Director of Utilization Compliance, Kindred Healthcare, Inc.
Patricia J. Boyer NHA, RN, BDO / Heritage Healthcare Group
Compliance Issues under Medicare Prospective Payment for Nursing Facilities
 

II. Academic & Research Compliance
Judy Argon, Vice President of Research Administration, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
John Allen, Asst. VP for Scientific Affairs, State Univ. of NY, Brooklyn, NY
F. Lisa Murtha, JD, Chief Audit & Compliance Officer, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia,PA
HIPAA Privacy and the Academic Medical Center
Chris Jedrey, Attorney, McDermott, Will & Emery, Boston, MA
Academic & Research Compliance
HIPAA: Open Research Issues
 

III. Payors/Managed Care Compliance
Chair: Vickie McCormick

• HIPAA for Payor Organizations
Michelle Huntley, UnitedHealth Group, Minnetonka, MN
Wendy Krasner, Attorney, McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, DC
Key Issues For Health Plans Under HIPAA Privacy Regulations
Elizabeth Moran, Attorney, Halleland, Lewis, Nilan, Sipkins & Johnson
Vickie McCormick, Halleland & Lewis, Minnetonka, MN
Payor Relationships with the Pharmaceutical Industry
Sharon Hayman, Newark, NJ
Mike Treash, Ernst & Young
War Stories and Deep Thoughts
Robert Freeman, BCBS of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
Emil Moschella, BCBS of New Jersey
Compliance Programs for Payor Organizations
 

IV. Health Care Privacy Officer Compliance – Panel Discussion on Privacy
• The Health Care Industry’s New Trademark
Anthony Boswell Esq., Ethics, Privacy, Compliance Officer and Corporate Counsel, Laidlaw, Inc. 
Peter Adler, Attorney, Foley & Lardner, Washington, DC
Alyse Hutchinson, Esq., Assistant Privacy Officer, American Medical Response, Inc.
Chuck Steen, Privacy & Data Security Officer, Catholic Healthcare West
Mark Meaney, PhD, Executive Director, Institute for Clinical & Corporate Ethics
Chuck Steen: The Role of the Privacy Officer
Mark Meaney: Integrating Privacy into Organizational Culture
 

V. Integrated Health Care Systems Compliance

Moderator: Michael Hemsley, CHC, VP/Corporate Compliance & Legal Services, Catholic Health East, Newtown Square, PA
Alan Yuspeh, Senior Vice President for Ethics, Compliance and Corporate Responsibility
Kathi Whalen, Assistant Vice President, Ethics and Compliance Program Development
Bill Middleton, Case Manager
Jim Finnegan, Manager, Ethics and Compliance Program Assessment
Sara Martin-Michels, CHC, Senior Compliance Analyst
Holly Winn, Training Analyst
Exec Summary
Chicago 2002 Case Study
CPR-Corrective Action Plan 
CPR-Report of Findings 
EC Workplan2002
Facility Ethics and Compliance Program Review
Integrated Health Care Systems Compliance
Revised Licensure and Certification (Divider)
Memo: Compliance Policies and Procedures
Professional Courtesy Discount Checklist

• Elements of a compliance program, including setting standards, creating awareness, measuring effectiveness, allowing for exceptions to be reported and establishing an organizational structure to support the other elements
• How we have implemented a program across an organization comprised of hundreds of hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and physician practices
 

VI. The Compliance Officer Forum – Compliance Document Workshop
Shawn DeGroot, CHC, Compliance Director, VA Medical Center and Regional Office Center, Sioux Falls, SD
Christine Boras, CFE, CHX, MBA, CCO, United Health Services, Inc., Binghamton, NY 
Kathy Merlo, St. Louis University, St. Louis, M
Greg Warner, Director of Compliance, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Agenda
Power Point "RISK2002" 
Compliance Audit Review Plan
Audit Review Schedule
Risk Matrix 
Laboratory Audit and Compliance Plans 
Reporting and Responding to Allegations of Non-Compliance
Compliance Acknowledgment Receipt Form 
Compliance Communications Log 
Compliance Communications Report 
Compliance Risk Assessment Management Interviews 
Compliance & Business Integrity
Risk Assessment Tracking
 
 

Monday, April 22, 2002
 

8:30 – 9:15 AM General Session –  Bioterrorism and Health Care Readiness
Alice Gosfield, Attorney, Alice Gosfield and Associates, PC, Philadelphia, PA
The Quality/ Compliance Nexus: Doing Well by Doing Right 

9:30 – 10:30 AM General Session – Health Care Fraud & Abuse Issues: The Media’s Perspective
Peter Klein, Producer/60 Minutes, New York, NY
Bruce Japsen, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL
Mark Taylor, Modern Healthcare, Chicago, IL
Lisa Rockelli, BNA Healthcare, Washington, DC
Craig Webb, Editor, AHA News, American Hospital Association, Washington, DC
Moderator: Lisa Murtha, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA

11:00 – 12:15 PM Concurrent Sessions I

101 Practical Tools for Auditing & Monitoring
Sheryl Vacca, CHC, Director, National Health Care Compliance Practice, Deloitte & Touche, Los Angeles, CA
Vickie McCormick, Halleland & Lewis, Minnetonka, MN
Complaint & Appeal Auditing
Credentialing File Review
Credentialing SAMPLE
Employer Group Files Audit
Formal Complaint Audit Tool
Generic Audit Tool
Complaint & Appeal Audit
Member Handbook Annual Review
Payor Controls Review & Testing Matrix
Practical Tools for Auditing & Monitoring
Provider Directory Annual Review

• Practical application of Hands on Tools
• Methodology and Sampling Techniques
• Disclosure Strategies

102 Compliance Effectiveness for 2002 and Beyond:  Taking Compliance Effectiveness to the Next Level
David Orbuch, Corporate Compliance Officer, Allina Health System, Minnetonka, MN
William Altman, Vice President of Compliance and Government Affairs, Kindred Healthcare, Louisville, KY
Taking Compliance Effectiveness to the Next Level
Michael Hemsley, CHC, VP/Corporate Compliance & Legal Services, Catholic Health East, Newtown Square, PA

• Update on latest compliance effectiveness initiatives
• Innovative approaches to evaluating effectiveness
• Using effectiveness measures to demonstrate value
• Charting an effective approach for the future

103 Coding for Attorneys and Compliance Professionals
Georgette Gustin, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Indianapolis, IN
Susan Postal, VP of Health Information Management Services – Government Programs, HCA, Nashville, TN
Coding for Attorneys and Compliance Professionals
• Provide an overview of common coding classifications currently used in the inpatient, ambulatory and physician settings
• Describe commonly used nomenclature and terminology
• Components of successful coding/health information
• Management compliance program; e.g., organizational structure, creating awareness, setting standards, monitoring performance, identifying exceptions

104 What CCOs are Doing with Their On-line Training
Dan Roach, VP/Corporate Compliance Officer, Catholic Healthcare West, San Francisco, CA
Suzie Draper, Compliance Administrator, Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, UT

• Use of on-line training programs
• Developing on-line education
• Beware the unanticipated cost
• On-line training resources

12:30 – 2:15 PM Lunch Presentation – Quality and Compliance 
Mindy Hatton, VP & Chief Washington Counsel, Washington, DC
The New Proposed Changes to the Privacy Regulations

2:15- 3:30 PM Concurrent Sessions II

201 Security and Transactions and Code Sets, the Technical Side of HIPAA Compliance
Victor Blanchard, Arthur Andersen, Baltimore, MD
Ed Shay, Attorney, Post & Schell, Philadelphia, PA
HIPAA Update: Everything But Privacy
HHS Proposes Changes That Protect Privacy, Access to Care
Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information – Proposed Rule Modification 

Most health care enterprises have moved beyond initial awareness of compliance with the transaction/code set and security requirements of HIPAA. This session will build from that knowledge base and describe current developments in transactions, code sets and security. It will cover current implementation challenges such as testing/certification requirements for extensions under the recently enacted compliance date extension legislation strategies for submitting a credible application.  The session will examine new challenges posed by soon-to-be issued final security rules for those who have already done their gap assessments based on the proposed rules.

202 Business Associates – What Should You be Doing Now?
Jody Ann Noon, Partner, Deloitte & Touche, Portland, OR
Linda Malek, Attorney, Moses & Singer, New York, NY
Business Associates: What Should You Be Doing? 

• Overview of the HIPAA Business Associate Requirements
• Practical approaches to identify business associates
• A Step-by-Step Guide to implement the HIPAA Business Associate Requirements
• Identifying who your business associates are
• Required elements of a business associate agreement
• Considerations for drafting a business associate agreement

203 Compliance Officer Personal Liability and Insurance Coverage Issues
Elizabeth Carder, Attorney, Reed Smith, Washington, DC
Compliance Officer Personal Liability Issues 

• Does D&O coverage really protect the compliance professional?
• Does the compliance professional have personal exposure?
• What should the compliance professional do to mitigate potential exposures?
• Review of HCCA Compliance Professional Ethical Obligations Statement for guidance.

204 Updates on the False Claims Act
Margaret Hutchinson, Assistant US Attorney, US Attorney’s Office, Philadelphia, PA

• 2002 focus areas of the Department of Justice
• Understand what to do to avoid False Claims Act exposure
• Proactive compliance measures every healthcare organization should consider

Handouts provided in Hard Copy only

3:45 – 5:00 PM Concurrent Sessions III

301 Advanced Investigations, Privileges and Disclosure
Doug Lankler, Pfizer, New York, NY
Mike Kendall, Attorney, McDermott Will & Emery, Boston, MA
Advanced Investigations, Privileges and Disclosures 
Responding to Enforcement Initiatives
Audit Results

• How to conduct an Effective and Ethical Internal Investigation in Defense of the Government Investigation
• How to conduct a vigorous defense without running a follow-up of ethical rules (of the government)
• How to understand/anticipate government strategies
• Strategic and Tactical concerns where defending a provider undergoing Government Scrutiny

302 Stark 2002: A Detailed Overview of the Law
Gadi Weinreich, Attorney, Shaw Pittman, Washington, DC

Application and scope of the Stark law and its exceptions: reality vs myth
• Principal regulatory developments
• Current government enforcement initiatives and compliance solutions

303 Research Compliance and Human Subject Research
Lisa Murtha, CHOP, Philadelphia, PA
Kendra Dimond, Attorney, Epstein Becker & Green, Washington, DC
Conflicts of Interest - Individual and Organizational
Conflict Of Interest Issues Resource Material For Additional Information

• Overview of Federal Enforcement Initiatives in Research
• Overview of Key Laws and Regulations affecting research
• Overview of Administrative and Human Subject Protection Requirements
• Compliance Recommendations for Clinical Research and Trends

304 Governance: The Balance of Power
Marti Arvin, CHC, Compliance Officer, University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Pittsburgh, PA
Dr. Thomas Clay, Compliance Officer, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC

• How does your organizational chart effect decision making and access to resources
• Your leverage for management and physician buy-in
 
 

Tuesday, April 23, 2002

7:00 Enron and Andersen: Heed the Questions and Warnings They Raise for Your Own Company
Joseph Murphy,President, Compliance Systems Legal Group, Haddonfield, NJ
Howard Young, Arent Fox, Washington, DC 
Greg Warner, Dir. of Complaicne, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 
Sheryl Vacca, CHC, Dir., National Health Care Complaicne Practice, Deliotte & Touche, Los Angeles, CA 
Moderator: Brent Saunders, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Washington, DC
Heed the Questions and Warnings
Report 1
Report 2
Report 3
Report 4
 

8:30 – 9:15 AM General Session – Bioterrorism’s Impact on Health Care Operations
Bob Arnot, MD, NBC News, New York, NY

9:15 – 10:15 AM Regulatory Panel – Hot Topics and Current Events
Moderator: Brent Saunders, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Washington, DC
Lewis Morris, Asst. Inspector General for Legal Affairs, Office of the Inspector General in the US Dept. of HHS, Washington, DC
James Sheehan, Asst. US Attorney and Chief, Civil Division, United States Attorneys Office, Philadelphia, PA
Phil Dunne, Chief Executive Officer, Texas Medical Foundation, Austin, Texas
Payment Error Prevention Program
Comparison of Sixth Scope of Work to Seventh Scope of Work
 

10:45 – 12:00 PM Concurrent Sessions IV

401 Privacy Assessments: Beginning the Process
Chuck Self, Baptist Health Systems, Birmingham, AL
Debbie Troklus, CHC, Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Louisville, KY
Privacy Assessment: Beginning the Process 
Common Privacy Projects
Amendment of PHI 164.526 Checklist for compliance with regulation 

• Seven steps to beginning the process
• Gap analysis vs. project approach
• Common privacy projects
• Structuring project teams

402 Sampling Techniques for Auditing and Monitoring
Sandy Piersol, Senior Manager, Deloitte & Touche, Philadelphia, PA
Sampling Techniques for Auditing and Monitoring 
Darrell Contreras, Manager, Ernst & Young, Phoenix, AZ
Sampling Techniques for Auditing and Monitoring 
• Understand how to sample for baseline assessments, annual auditing and CIA auditing as well
• Learn about probe samples-the value, the risk
• What is extrapolation-how does it hurt and how does it help
• Random sampling and degrees of precision
• Do you need to test every provider?
• What is the 80/20 rule and how does it work? 

403 Ethics and the Compliance Professional
Jeffrey Oak, Compliance & Business Integrity, Veterans Administration, Washington, DC
Mark Meaney, Executive Director, Bioethicist, Institute for Clinical and Corporate Ethics, Liberty, MO
Thinking Like a Compliance Professional
Case Study: A Duty to Resist?

• Conflicts of Interest for Compliance Professionals
• Responsibilities to Diverse Stockholders
• Political Capital: Spending It, Saving It and Sharing It

404 Current Events and Hot Topics in HIPAA
Moderator: Ryan Meade, Attorney, Katten Muchin Zavis, Chicago, IL
Leslie Berkeyheiser, The Clayton Group, Glen Mills, PA
Ted Sanford, MD, University of MI Health Systems, Ann Arbor, MI
Sue Prophet, CHC, RHIA, CCS, Director of Coding, Policy & Compliance, AHIMA, Chicago, IL

• Recent legislation
• State law preemption & state privacy initiatives
• Trends in implementation in light of regulatory ambiguities

12:00 – 1:30 PM Lunch Presentation - Update on HCCA Coalition to Study Compliance Program Effectiveness
L. Stephan Vincze, CHC, Ethics & Compliance Officer, TAP Pharmaceutical Products, Inc., Lake Forrest, IL
 

1:45 – 3:00 PM Concurrent Sessions V

501 Physician Compliance Training
Phoebe Moore, BA, CPC, CPC-H, Relationship Manager, HP3 Healthcare Concepts, Bethlehem, PA
Physician Compliance Training
Joette Derricks, CHC, CEO, Healthcare Management Solution Inc., Camp Hill, PA
Physician Compliance Training

• What should a physician practice compliance program look like?
• Styles of training including web-based options, videos, live training, using sample records to train
• How often should training take place and what areas should be covered?
• Use of external experts for training

502 Managed Care Compliance Risks
V. Jones, Attorney, Foley & Lardner, San Francisco, CA
Vickie McCormick, Halleland & Lewis, Minnetonka, MN
Managed Care Compliance Risks

• Managed care regulatory compliance issues
• Monitoring and auditing in managed care
• Coordinating compliance with providers

503 Privacy Primer – The Overview You Have Been Waiting For!
Amanda Yoh, Compliance Manager, Laidlaw, Inc., Arlington, TX
HIPAA: The Overview You Have Been Waiting For!
Lisa Clark, Attorney, Duane Morris & Hecksher, Philadelphia, PA
HIPAA Privacy Primer:Covered Entities, Business Associates and other HIPAA Designations

• A brief overview of the HIPAA privacy regulations
• Most recent HHS guidance on how to interpret complex and confusing areas under the regulations
• Focus on "hot" issues, including how to draft business associates agreements, consents and notices, how to identify business associates, hospital/medical staff disclosure issues, and implementation best practices

504 Conflicts of Interest – Individual and Organizational
Monte Dube, Attorney, McDermott Will & Emery, Chicago, IL
Implementing a Clinical Research Compliance Program.

• How to manage and implement a conflicts program
• Designing a conflicts policy
• Understanding research and clinical conflicts of interest
• Monitoring conflicts of interest

3:15 – 4:30 PM Concurrent Sessions VI

601 Quality Issues and Compliance
Sheryl Vacca, CHC, Director, National Health Care Compliance Practice, Deloitte & Touche, Los Angeles, CA
Kristin Jenkins, Compliance & Quality Officer, JPS Health Network, Fort Worth, TX

• The Government’s Interest in Quality from a Compliance Perspective
The Ethical Framework for the Compliance Effort in VHA
• Overlaps in Compliance and Quality Reviews and Functions — The OIG, JCAHO and Beyond
• Selling the Idea of Combining the Compliance and Quality Functions to your CEO

602 To De-Identify or Not to De-Identify. That is the Question?
Kent Giles, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Atlanta, GA
“To Identify or Not to Identify, that is the Question”

• What are identifiers and what does HIPAA require you to do about them?
• Understanding what institutions should be doing about Identifiers today
• Policies and procedures necessary for HIPAA compliance

603 Integrating HIPAA Into Your Compliance Program
Carole Klove, Partner, Deloitte & Touche, Los Angeles, CA
Implementing HIPAA into a Compliance Program
Ken Fody, Esq., Independence Blue Cross, Philadelphia, PA

• Combining HIPAA Readiness Into Compliance Audits
• Integrating HIPAA Issues into Compliance Training

604 HIPAA Readiness Survey/Tools for Self Assessment
John Steiner, Director of Corporate Compliance, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Kristin Johnson, KPMG, New York, NY

• State of HIPAA Compliance
• Findings of the HCCA HIPAA Benchmarking Study
• HCCA HIPAA Readiness Survey
• Survey Results
• Implementation, Process: Where is Your Program?
 
 

Wednesday, April 24, 2002

9:00 – 12:00 AM

I. Compliance 101
Debbie Troklus, CHC, Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Louisville, KY
John Knapp, Partner, Cozen & O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA
Compliance 101 Handout

New or aspiring health care compliance professionals face many challenges as they make their way into a new position or career. This popular session has been offered a round the country and has provided instruction on the basics of health care compliance to compliance professionals from all healthcare settings. Topics include: Defining compliance, compliance necessity, the seven essential elements of a compliance program and compliance program start-up. 

II. Compliance 202 - Graduate Level
Sheryl Vacca, CHC, Director, National Health Care Compliance Practice, Deloitte & Touche, Los Angeles, CA
Allison Maney, CHC, CPA, Compliance Officer, Lovelace Health System, Albuquerque, NM
Compliance Program Management: Operations and Effectiveness 

The duties of a compliance professional do not end when the compliance program is up and running. Auditing, monitoring and constant follow-up are a must and how do you know if your program is actually effective? How does a program adjust to shifting trends in enforcement and new regulations?  This session answers these questions and provides the opportunity for experienced compliance professionals to learn from each others’ shared challenges and concerns.

III. HIPAA Document Workshop
Kristin Jenkins, District Compliance Officer, JPS Health Network, Fort Worth, TX
Lisa L. Dahm, Attorney, MedSafe, Houston, TX
Robert Lower, Partner, Alston & Bird, Atlanta, GA
Brian Gradle, Partner, Epstein Becker & Green, Washington, DC 
Notice of Privacy Practices Template
Security Assessment Template

Review and discuss project and workgroup documentation, board and executive reporting formats and model consents, authorizations and other documents and changes necessary to your system’s policies and procedures for adherence to HIPAA regulations. 
NOTE: Review will not be comprehensive (due to time constraints), but information can be used to develop comprehensive plans for your organization.