COVID 19 Essentials for Healthcare Compliance Programs

  1. HIPAA, Data Security, and the Remote Workforce

    COVID-19 Essentials for Healthcare Compliance Programs  | Presenter(s): Catie Heindel, Ashley Huntington, Mark Lanterman  | July 21, 2020 

    • Assess HIPAA considerations in the new environment

    • Discover how to ensure remote workers are maintaining adequate security

    • Explore strategies for defending your organization from cyber breaches and attacks

  2. Managing the New Day-to-Day

    COVID-19 Essentials for Healthcare Compliance Programs  | Presenter(s): Margaret Hambleton, David Lane  | July 21, 2020 

    • How to adjust your program in light of the explosion of telehealth and new methods of serving patients

    • Effectively audit/monitor your programs

    • Revisiting your policies and procedures to meet the new reality

    • Learn 5 tactics for maintaining lines of communication with remote workers

  3. The Enforcement Environment: The Constants and Latest Priorities

    COVID-19 Essentials for Healthcare Compliance Programs  | Presenter(s): Robert DeConti  | July 21, 2020 

    • Learn OIG’s current enforcement priorities

    • Understand ongoing government actions and their implications on your compliance program

    • Apply the government’s expectations for behavior to your healthcare providers

  4. The New World of Billing and Coding

    COVID-19 Essentials for Healthcare Compliance Programs  | Presenter(s): Kimberly Huey, Sandra Giangreco Brown  | July 21, 2020 

    • Understand how to navigate the emergence of state-by-state rules that limit collections

    • Implement changes to Diagnostic Coding (pre-4/1/20 and post-4/1/20); Coding for new services; Cost sharing modifier CS

    • Recognize when Provider-Based Department billing (including patient home) could be claimed under a Medicare program

  5. Waivers, Telehealth, and The Latest Regulatory Changes from CMS

    COVID-19 Essentials for Healthcare Compliance Programs  | Presenter(s): Kimberly Brandt  | July 21, 2020 

    • Understand the full range of COVID flexibilities

    • Differentiate between Blanket Waivers and Requested Wavers

    • Recognize and understand how new Telehealth law changes impact your compliance program

  6. CMS Update (2021 COVID-19 Essentials for Healthcare Compliance Programs)

    2021 COVID-19 Essentials for Healthcare Compliance Programs  | Presenter(s): Jean Moody-Williams  | January 07, 2021 

    • Patients Over Paperwork Initiative

    • COVID-related changes and news

    • What to expect next from CMS

  7. Remote Workforce: Conducting Compliance Investigations (2021 COVID-19 Essentials for Healthcare Compliance Programs)

    2021 COVID-19 Essentials for Healthcare Compliance Programs  | Presenter(s): Gerry Zack  | January 07, 2021 

    • Identify and overcome obstacles in conducting investigations remotely

    • Understand methods useful for remote analysis of records

    • Develop effective methods for conducting remote interviews

  8. The Road Ahead: Effectively Managing Compliance Through the Next Stage of the Pandemic

    2021 COVID-19 Essentials for Healthcare Compliance Programs  | Presenter(s): Jenny O’Brien, Brett Short, Samantha Kelen, Kelly Willenberg  | January 07, 2021 

    • Planning your trip: Developing workplans in an unfamiliar, remote, and quickly changing regulatory and work environment

    • Changing landscapes: Strategies to do more with less as your teams adjust to the next phase of the journey, including potentially returning to the office

    • Warning signs: Methods to identify compliance risk areas that may have been impacted the pandemic

  9. Update on Recent OIG Activities

    2021 COVID-19 Essentials for Healthcare Compliance Programs  | Presenter(s): Christian J. Schrank, Amy Kearbey  | January 07, 2021 

    • COVID-related work

    • Notable other actions

    • What compliance teams need to know for the coming months