Las Vegas, NV
April 26 - 29, 2009
Caesars Palace

Monday, April 14, 2008 - General Sessions, Morning Sessions & Industry Immersions

8:15–8:30 am General Session Opening Remarks
Steve Ortquist, HCCA President; Partner, Meade & Roach Membership Meeting/Presidential Transfer

8:30–9:00 am General Session
R. Alexander Acosta, U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida

9:00–10:30 am General Session
Federal Enforcement’s Role in Quality Issues | Lewis Morris, Chief Counsel, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General • Rory Jaffe, Executive Director–Medical Services, University of California • M. T. Connolly, Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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11:00 am–12:00 pm Sessions
101 Health Care Compliance Challenges in America: A Chief Compliance Officer’s View | Daniel Garcia, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc., Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

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102 Vendor Issues: Hospital Credentialing & Access Requirements | Bayo Oyewole, Director, Global Compliance, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics

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103 Defending Whistleblower Cases: An Advanced View from the Trenches | Greg Luce, Partner, Health Care Practice Chair, Jones Day, Washington, DC

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104 From Nightmare to Compliance: Translating Difficult HIPAA Issues Into Successful Organization-Wide Initiatives | Darrel Contreras, Chief Compliance Officer, Lakeland Regional Medical Center

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105 Compliance Risks for Small Physician Practices in Mayberry USA | Terry Bivens, Deputy Compliance Officer, University of Louisville • Teri Price, Medical Compliance Officer, Eastern Band of Cherokee Nation

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106 Handling a HealthCare Fraud Investigation/External and Internal Investigations | Robert Nicholson, Of Counsel, Broad & Cassel • Amy Berne, Chief of the Civil Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Georgia • Matt Tormey, VP of Compliance, Internal Audit and Security, Health Management Associates

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107 Using ACL to Augment Audit Procedures | Lorrie Ghose, Internal Audit Director, Fairview Health Services • Cliff Therrien, Audit Senior, Fairview Health Services

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108 What Your Board Should Know about Quality and Compliance | Elizabeth Callahan-Morris, Attorney, Hall, Render

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109 IRB Annual Checkup: Checking Your IRB’s Regulatory Vital Signs | Doris Kirby, Assoc. Director, Office of Research Compliance, Emory University • Kristin West, Assoc. V.P. & Director, Office of Research Compliance, Emory University

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110 Aligning Incentives: Practical Solutions for Promoting Compliance | Dan Roach, VP Compliance and Audit, Catholic Healthcare West

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111 Mission Impossible: HR/Compliance/Legal/Audit Interaction | Eric Klavetter, Compliance and Privacy Officer, Mayo Clinic • Odell Guyton, Senior Corporate Attorney, Director of Compliance, Microsoft Corporation, U.S. Legal-Finance & Operations, Microsoft • Urton Anderson, Professor, McCombs School of Business, Univ. of Texas at Austin • Gary Schokmiller, Managing Director, Trio Executive Search

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112 Effective Interviewing Techniques for Compliance Officers | John Beattie, Managing Director & Principal, Parente Randolph, LLC • Lawrence Schoen, Chief Compliance Officer, The Wedge Medical Center

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113 Looking at Your Organization’s Compliance Culture to Determine Compliance Program Effectiveness | Jeff Nagel, Chief Compliance Officer, County of Orange Health Care Agency

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114 Informal Roundtable Discussion on Program Integrity from CMS | Kimberly Brandt, Director of Program Integrity, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services • David Frank, Program Integrity Director, Medicaid CMS

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12:45–1:15 pm Lunch Session
Lessons Learned: How Can You Be Accused of Breaking the Law When You Believe that What You Were Doing was Legal? | Barry Weinbaum, Consultant, Former CEO, BSA Healthcare Consulting

1:30–5:30 pm Industry Immersions

II1 DRA and Government Pricing/Reporting | Marcy Imada, Senior Manager, Deloitte and Touche LLP • Rick Ruiz, Deloitte, Senior Manager, Deloitte and Touche LLP • Ruchin Kansal, Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP • John Valenta, Senior Manager, Deloitte & Touche LLP

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II2 Large Hospital & Health Systems | Moderator: Cheryl Wagonhurst, Foley & Lardner | Panelists: Paul Belton, Vice President, Corporate Compliance, Sharp Healthcare • Michelle Cooper, Corporate Responsibility Officer, Catholic Health Initiatives • John Steiner, Chief Compliance Officer, University of Kentucky

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II3 Pediatricize Your Experience at HCCA: Children’s Hospital Compliance Discussion | Nancy Vasto, VP, Compliance and Board Relations, CHCA • Frank Sheeder, Partner, Jones Day • Cindy Nuesslein, Vice President - Hospital Operations, Children’s Hospital

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