8:25 – 8:30 am

Welcome and Announcements

Program Chair
Brian G. Beard, JD, MPA, CHC, Director Compliance & Ethics, McKesson Specialty Health, The U.S. Oncology Network

8:30 – 9:30 am

OCR/Audits

Michael Ebert, Partner, Advisory Services, KPMG

presentation 2 slide, presentation 3 slide, evaluation

• Structure and reporting by OCR for the ongoing Performance Audits mandated by HITECH
• Common Issues and Readiness
• Why we struggle with compliance of the HIPAA/Hitech rules

9:30 – 10:30 am

Health Care Reform: Compliance Enforcement Ahead

Joe Watt, Partner, BKD

presentation 2 slide, presentation 3 slide, evaluation

• Discussion of new compliance challenges under health care reform
• Compliance land mines associated with the new initiatives
• Auditing and monitoring tips to address these new challenges and initiatives

10:45 – 11:45 am

Building Relationships that Last — Effective Communication with Board and Senior Management

Shawn Y. DeGroot, CHC-F, CCEP, CHRC, VP Corporate Responsibility, Regional Health, Rapid City, SD

presentation 2 slide, presentation 3 slide, evaluation

• Overview of senior management compliance obligations
• Insight on verbal and nonverbal value
• Identifying owners vs. renters

11:45 am – 12:45 pm Lunch (provided)

12:45 – 2:15 pm

Healthcare Enforcement Trends

Scott McBride, Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP
Andrew Bobb, Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of Texas

presentation 1 - 2 slide, presentation 1 - 3 slide, presentation 2 - 2 slide, presentation 2 - 3 slide, evaluation

• Overview of the False Claims Act and its use in healthcare fraud enforcement
• Recent trends in enforcement and individual liability
• Role of compliance programs and activities to mitigate FCA exposure

2:30 – 3:30 pm

ICD-10 Implementation

David McCann, Director, Berkeley Research Group, LLC

presentation 2 slide, presentation 3 slide, evaluation

• Understand the impact physician documentation will have on ICD-10 code assignment
• Learn how to engage physicians in order to meet ICD-10 documentation requirements
• Use Best Practices to transition their coding departments to be proficient with ICD-10

3:30 – 4:30 pm

Social Media

handout, evaluation

Jason Boulette, Partner, Boulette & Golden, LLC

• Explore the next generation of legal issues created by modern technology in the workplace, ranging from privacy concerns created by enhanced monitoring capabilities to FLSA issues created by mobile workers
• In-depth discussion of the application of the Stored Communications Act to employee email, social media, and online activity
• Suggested policy positions

4:30 pm

Conference Adjourns