COVID-19 Resources

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  1. Covid-19 Information Issues, Remote Acess, and Workforce Management

    2020 Denver Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference  | Presenter(s): Liberty Bollig, Erika Riethmiller  | October 2020 

    • Dealing with privacy and security issues for health information flowing from rapid transfer to telehealth, public health and media data requests

    • Transition to remote work for non-clinical personnel, including privacy/security and technology adaptation, HER access auditing

    • Lessons from managing workforce, unique HR issues and solutions, screening and testing, sick leave and other benefit policies

  2. Managing Operations in a Pandemic

    2020 Denver Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference  | Presenter(s): Catharine Fortney  | October 2020 

    • Keeping up to date on waivers, flexibility and a return to New Normal

    • Changing or maintaining compliance work plan, efforts and functions

    • Best practices for strong communications, keeping your team on the same page and addressing misinformation

  3. Changes in Behavioral Health

    2020 Denver Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference  | Presenter(s): Camille M. Harding  | October 2020 

    • Recent developments in compliance issues for behavioral health providers

    • Licensure changes and operational implementation issues

    • Balancing increase in demand with decrease in funding

  4. New Regulatory Requirements for EMRs

    2020 Denver Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference  | Presenter(s): Jackie Quam , Trent Hein  | October 2020 

    • Understand the primary goals and requirements of the Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule

    • Learn about the practical impacts of additional access and interoperability for both Payers and Providers

    • Review mandated compliance timelines and steps to achieve compliance with requirements

  5. Shifting the Conversation with the Board post-COVID

    2020 Europe Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference  | Presenter(s): Sally March, Jane Mitchell  | October 2020 

    • Focus on outcomes, including one of the most important outcomes – psychological safety

    • Collaborate to get a broader view of culture and quality and agility of decision-making

    • Shift the conversation to one that puts culture at the heart of business success

  6. The Practical Value and Limits for Compliance of the Three Lines of Defense Model

    2020 Europe Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference  | Presenter(s): Gabe Shawn Varges  | October 2020 

    • Understand how organizational approach can affect compliance impact

    • Learn how to extract value out of and go beyond the Three Lines of Defense model, including by leveraging the relationship with other functions

    • Explore how these issues are playing out during COVID-19

  7. Compliance Effectiveness: What is Our New Scope Having Come Through the Pandemic? Is it Now Data Analytics, Metrics, Business Intelligence, Ethics, or All of the Above?

    2020 Europe Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference  | Presenter(s): Susan Du Becker  | October 2020 

    • How to realign your focus and ensure the Compliance path you take adds real value

    • What is effectiveness? Examples and stories about moving from the old to the new that show growth

    • What does effectiveness mean to me? How to overlay ethical concerns with actual data

    • How does one build on the business? Demonstrating thought leadership with real-time delivery

  8. Business vs. Private Ethics: Does Such a Distinction Exist or Even Make Sense?

    2020 Europe Regional Compliance & Ethics Conference  | Presenter(s): Hugh Penri-Williams  | October 2020 

    • Understand the arguments put forth by some that a distinction can and does exist between an individual’s ethical approach to matters in their business when compared with their private spheres

    • Learn why such arguments are not credible and could even be used to justify certain kinds of organisational (mis)behaviour

    • Identify practical implications resulting from this diagnosis for compliance and ethics professionals

  9. Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Compliance - Maintaining an Effective Program

    2020 European Compliance and Ethics Institute (ECEI)  | Presenter(s): Robert Kim, Patty Tehrani  | April 2020 

    • A recent example of a significant AML enforcement action

    • Guidance on the basics of AML compliance programs, and best practices, challenges to avoid

    • A sample outline of measures that can help improve the development and issuance of AML compliance controls

  10. Workforce Privacy Training and Effective Controls to Prevent Inadvertent Employee Data Breaches

    2020 European Compliance and Ethics Institute (ECEI)  | Presenter(s): Staci Taylor, Laura Docherty, Kate Surala  | April 2020 

    • Policies

    • Procedures

    • Infrastructures

  11. Asymmetric Attacks Mandate Credible Cybersecurity Program

    2020 European Compliance and Ethics Institute (ECEI)  | Presenter(s): Uday Ali Pabrai  | April 2020 

    • Understand the state of cyber-risk to mission critical systems

    • Walk thru five core areas of the NIST cybersecurity framework

    • Review elements of a credible cybersecurity plan

    • Learn about the new U.S. DoD cyber defense standard, CMMC; an invaluable cyber reference

    • Examine seven critical steps for establishing a comprehensive cybersecurity program

  12. OCR Update on HIPAA Policy & Enforcement

    2020 Hawaii Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference  | Presenter(s): Steven Chen  | October 2020 

    • Describe recent OCR policy and guidance materials

    • Discuss recent OCR enforcement actions and priorities

    • Identify best practices for HIPAA compliance

  13. Cultivating a Climate for Paradigm Shift

    2020 Hawaii Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference  | Presenter(s): Joe Perez  | October 2020 

    • How can you avoid stagnation without sacrificing quality and security in the process? Learn the three key words needed to strike this delicate balance in this dynamic challenge to shift your paradigm and be a catalyst for change rather than an antagonist

    • Are you satisfied with the status quo in your organization? It has been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, but expecting different results. Is that how you want your leadership legacy to be remembered?

    • Do you innovate? Do you project an image of being part of the problem or part of the solution? Find out how to break out of your comfort zone and blow away the status quo. Discover three types of flexibility in leadership needed to make that happen today

  14. Cyber Immune Defense

    2020 Hawaii Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference  | Presenter(s): Uday Ali Pabrai  | October 2020 

    • Assess enterprise readiness for attacks such as IoT + DDoS, botnets, ransomware and more and review options for and how to implement a cybersecurity framework

    • Step through the impact of global standards such as GDPR and ISO 27001 on an enterprise cybersecurity program

    • Examine a self-assessment cybersecurity checklist to determine the state of an active defense

  15. Fraud, Waste and Abuse: Using an Integrated AI Model for Detection and Prevention

    2020 HCCA Web Conference  | Presenter(s): Karen Weintraub  | October 2020 

    • Learn about Artificial Intelligence (AI) through several Case Studies

    • The webinar will walk through the steps of identification and how all of the integrative components of Healthcare Fraud Shield intertwine to provide maximize effectiveness, ROI and results

    • Learn how AI in combination with SMEs and a Rules-Based system provide the most comprehensive approach

  16. Crafting Physician Compensation and Contracting Policies in an Evolving Landscape

    2020 HCCA Web Conference  | Presenter(s): Allison Pullins  | October 2020 

    • Plan your policy; compliance considerations

    • Craft effective guidelines

    • Engage key stakeholders and execute the plan

    • Translate best practice into policy

  17. Understanding the Malpractice Claims Landscape Post-COVID-19

    2020 HCCA Web Conference  | Presenter(s): Jason Newton  | October 2020 

    • Learn where immunity has been bestowed and how it will affect claims

    • Understand risks of continuing telehealth for medically-complicated patients

    • Examine what claims we can expect to see as a result of care given during the pandemic

    • Consider how the current political and social climate may affect attitudes towards physicians, post-pandemic

    • Discuss the inner workings of a virtual trial

  18. Physician Compensation in the Time of COVID: Compliance and Alignment Challenges

    2020 HCCA Web Conference  | Presenter(s): Gary Herschman, Victoria Sheridan, Daniel Stech  | October 2020 

    • Discuss implications for fair market value compliance

    • Explore application of Stark Waivers

    • Discover methods and tactics for addressing constraints on physician compensation

    • Identify key documentation and transaction strategies

    • Evaluate and assess influence of pandemic on current and future physician alignment relationships and transactions

  19. Understanding and Navigating CMS's COVID Enforcement Efforts in Long-Term Care Facilities

    2020 HCCA Web Conference  | Presenter(s): Alissa Fleming  | September 2020 

    • Initiative based on Focused Control survey inspections conducted by CMS

    • Reporting requirements

    • Additional COVID-19 state survey requirements

    • Enhanced enforcement for infection control deficiencies

    • How to comply and prepare for survey inspections and address deficiencies

  20. Decoding the Alphabet Soup of BAAs and CEs and ERM: A Lesson on Privacy Practices and Work Flows

    2020 HCCA Web Conference  | Presenter(s): Peggy Beat  | September 2020 

    • Define a covered entity

    • Define a business associate

    • Describe a 3rd party vendor

    • Explain the process for risk management and 3rd party vendors relating to privacy and security

  21. The COVID-19 Pandemic has been with us for Many Months - So, What's Next?

    2020 HCCA Web Conference  | Presenter(s): Sarah Swank, Charles Whipple  | September 2020 

    • What’s next? Preparing and responding to COVID-19

    • CARES Act update, funding and compliance

    • Update and tips for navigating executive order, regulatory and legislative changes

    • Telehealth expansion and compliance

    • Precautionary measures for hospital employees

    • Preparing for a vaccine

    • HIPAA and managing communications

  22. COVID-19 Workplace Safety Training Required in Numerous States

    2020 HCCA Web Conference  | Presenter(s): Michael Johnson  | August 2020 

    • Which states require Covid-19 safety training?

    • Which states strongly recommend employers provide such training?

    • What topics must be addressed in the training in each of the required training states?

    • How does the training content differ in some states depending on your industry?

  23. How to Prescribe Opioids to Treat Pain and Avoid Legal Sanction

    2020 HCCA Web Conference  | Presenter(s): Alicia Davis  | August 2020 

    • Learn what triggers a prescriber audit, define “best practice” and discuss state opioid prescribing requirements

    • Discuss how to effectively respond to a government inquiry/investigation: Embracing the vulnerability assessment and corrective action plan

    • Where did they go wrong? Learn practical strategies to mitigate risk and demonstrate compliance through review of case studies involving government inquiry into provider opioid prescribing behaviors

  24. Telehealth - Perils and Pitfalls

    2020 HCCA Web Conference  | Presenter(s): James Dunnick  | August 2020 

    • Discuss the origination of telehealth to understand our current and future needs

    • Recognizing the rules of payers and the laws of states

    • Discuss compliance rules with telehealth to protect your economics

    • Define the skill sets needed for the members of the telehealth team

  25. HIPAA Hot Topics and Current Trends

    2020 HCCA Web Conference  | Presenter(s): Kelly McLendon  | July 2020 

    • Recap of the recent OCR guidance and their important topics and areas of focus

    • ONC 21st Century Cures Act Interoperability and Data Blocking rules

    • Other regulator's rules and guidance, SAMSHA, FTC, and Cures Act

    • Hot security topics such as ransomware, social media and engineering, hacking, mobile devices

    • Privacy and Security Risk Analysis and other assessments of privacy and security compliance