2021 Chicago Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference

  1. Enforcement Trends Update_HCCA 2021 Chicago Regional Conference

    2021 Chicago Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference  | October 22, 2021 

    • Understand why healthcare fraud statistics on criminal and civil cases can help your compliance program

    • Learn about COVID-19 fraud and how to avoid it

    • Review current DOJ priorities and their impact on healthcare fraud investigations

  2. OCR Enforcement Discretion: What to Expect Going Forward

    2021 Chicago Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference  | October 22, 2021 

    • Describe the enforcement discretion exercised by OCR during the COVID-19 pandemic and identify likely change regarding enforcement post-pandemic

    • Ascertain the likely impact of the 5th Circuit decision in MD Anderson v. OCR on enforcement

    • Recognize the key implication of the proposed changes to the HIPAA regulations for a healthcare organization

  3. False Claims Act: Enforcement Priorities, Risk, and Remedies

    2021 Chicago Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference  | October 22, 2021 

    • Understand the current FCA enforcement priorities of the Department of Justice

    • Apply recent case developments and litigation trends to organizational compliance training and guidance

    • Define the hallmarks of effective compliance programs that reduce FCA risk

  4. Providing Telehealth During COVID-19: Key Issues to Consider_HCCA 2021 Chicago Regional Conference

    2021 Chicago Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference  | October 22, 2021 

    • Provide an overview of regulatory issues related to the provision of Telehealth and Telemedicine

    • Identify key issues that impact the provision of Telemedicine during COVID-19

    • Define the next steps that providers should consider to avoid liability and enhance patient care

  5. Compliance Management of Physician Financial Arrangements: Commercial Reasonableness, FMV, Approval Process, and Payment Oversight in light of final Stark Rules

    2021 Chicago Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference  | October 22, 2021 

    • Impact of new Stark Law Final Rule and current government view on common approaches to determining FMV and documenting commercial reasonableness

    • Market vs. benchmark data and how (and why) to transition from case-by-case FMV to an enterprise risk management approach

    • Hypothetical case study illustrating application to different types of relationships

  6. How to Respond to "I Heard That's Illegal!"

    2021 Chicago Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference  | October 22, 2021 

    • Suggestions for improving your hiring process for compliance professionals

    • Tips for explaining complicated rules and the legal hierarchy to both compliance and medical professionals

    • Strategies for analyzing contradictory "expert" opinions and reducing the legal anxiety that can prompt employees to become eternal whistleblowers

    • Review examples of situations where compliance professionals correctly, or incorrectly, concluded something was illegal