2020 Virtual Compliance Institute (CI)

51. Metrics that Matter: Demonstrating Your Program Effectiveness

    2020 Virtual Compliance Institute (CI)  | Presenter(s): Ruth Krueger  | March 30, 2020 

    • Review newest DOJ guidance for evaluating compliance programs

    • Discuss elements that demonstrate program effectiveness

    • Provide tools to highlight the metrics that support DOJ recommendations

52. Practical Guidance and Strategies for Skilled Nursing Facility Compliance & Ethics Programs

    2020 Virtual Compliance Institute (CI)  | Presenter(s): Jacqueline M. Anderson  | March 30, 2020 

    • Identify and evaluate key compliance risk areas for nursing facilities, including billing compliance, HIPAA, contracting, and quality of care

    • Identify strategies for preventative compliance and avoidance relating to significant risk areas and evaluate opportunities to decrease costs associated with compliance risks

    • Understand the government investigation process and learn practical strategies to prepare your organization in advance for response

53. Rethinking the Code of Conduct: Building Effectiveness through Simplification

    2020 Virtual Compliance Institute (CI)  | Presenter(s): Darrell W. Contreras  | March 30, 2020 

    • Review the existing guidance on the Code of Conduct, this session will evaluate what is required for an “effective” code of conduct. This will set the stage for simplifying to a 1-page code of conduct

    • Evaluate the goals and realities of the existing code of conduct to facilitate discussion on designing a new, 1-page version of the code of conduct

    • Discuss and consider roll-out strategies that include selling the concept of a 1-page code of conduct to the Board and leadership, increased use of the code of conduct, and increased ownership and reliance on the code of conduct to drive decision-making

54. Telehealth Views from the Friendly Physician, the Friendly Coder, and (Believe It or Not) the Friendly Attorney

    2020 Virtual Compliance Institute (CI)  | Presenter(s): Christopher A. Morrison, Michael Igel, Maggie M. Mac  | March 30, 2020 

    • Analysis of CMS regulations surrounding Telehealth including remote patient evaluations, inter-professional consultations and the expansion of telehealth within Medicare Advantage plans

    • Discuss clinical services and their respective codes that are currently included in the expansion of Medicare Telehealth Services and private payor relationships. Understand the current E/M components when providing telehealth patient care

    • Structuring a telehealth business: Discuss important considerations for the organization and operation of a national, telemedicine-based services organization

55. The HHS Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats and Protecting Patients

    2020 Virtual Compliance Institute (CI)  | Presenter(s): Ty Greenhalgh, Julie Chua  | March 30, 2020 

    • Learn CMS’s “Top 5 Threats” and “10 Best Practices” targeted to mitigate specific cybersecurity threats in easy to understand terms providing templates and toolkits: PnPs, Self-Assessment, Roadmaps, and Best Practices

    • The Lower Health Care Cost Act recommends basing section 502 “Recognition of Security Practices” on this HHS publication which under HITECH can reduce fines, decrease the length of audits, and limit remedies within agreements like Corrective Action Plans

    • The Congressionally mandated 405(d) Task Group, supported by HHS/OCR, comprised of 150 cybersecurity experts has determined the 10 Best Mitigation Practices for small, medium, and large organizations. 2019 FedHealthIT Award Winner!

56. The Patient Record Scorecard: Get Into Compliance with the HIPAA Individual Right of Access before OCR Comes Knocking

    2020 Virtual Compliance Institute (CI)  | Presenter(s): Deven McGraw  | March 30, 2020 

    • An August 2019 published survey and scorecard of more than 3,400 hospitals show that 60 percent are out of compliance with the HIPAA Right of Individual Access

    • Federal regulators are increasingly focusing on the right of patients to access their data, and complaints about access are now the top category of HIPAA complaints filed with OCR, which recently announced its intent to more robustly enforce access rules

    • Learn the common ways many hospitals fail to comply with the HIPAA Right of Access and how to get your Right of Access processes into compliance before a potential OCR investigation

57. The Relationship between In-House Counsel and the Compliance Officer

    2020 Virtual Compliance Institute (CI)  | Presenter(s): Michelle O'Neill, Gabriel Imperato, Isai Senthil  | March 30, 2020 

    • Discuss the roles and responsibilities of inhouse counsel and the compliance officer

    • Review how each role has expanded and evolved over the recent years, in response to regulatory challenges

    • Learn how to create an ideal partnership that fosters respect, trust, teamwork, and an effective compliance program

58. What Compliance Officers Need to Know about Board Responsibilities

    2020 Virtual Compliance Institute (CI)  | Presenter(s): Laura Ellis, Margaret J. Hambleton, Daniel R. Roach  | March 30, 2020 

    • Provide practical understanding of Board responsibilities

    • Strategic approaches to Board oversight

    • Partnering with legal, audit, and others to provide sufficient information to the Board

59. You Have the Right to Remain Compliant: Considerations for Handling Requests for Information from Law Enforcement

    2020 Virtual Compliance Institute (CI)  | Presenter(s): Catie Heindel, Ashley Huntington  | March 30, 2020 

    • Provide an overview of the HIPAA requirements and unique state law considerations for sharing patient information with law enforcement

    • Explore and examine emerging issues and trends with release of information and the authority of law enforcement oversight agencies

    • Identify the roles and responsibilities of compliance, legal, health information management, and clinic staff in working with law enforcement while protecting patient privacy and provide tips for communication and collaboration