26th Annual Compliance Institute

  1. Surprise! What Compliance Professionals Need to Know About Surprise Billing Legislation - CI 26

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 30, 2022 

    • Understand the No Surprises Act and its impact on healthcare providers

    • Maintain compliance with EMTALA under the No Surprises Act

    • Operationalize the No Surprises Act so medical centers are not caught by surprise

  2. Telemedicine: The Only Thing the Same Is Everything Changes - What Happened during and What to Expect after the Public Health Emergency

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 30, 2022 

    • Articulate PHE telehealth changes in billing, privacy, security, licensure, scope of practice, etc.

    • Identify likely PHE changes to telehealth that will stay and what will change post-PHE

    • Prepare providers and patients for post-PHE telehealth to ensure ongoing compliance and satisfaction

  3. Find More Time in Your Day! Establish Data Analytics and Automate Various Aspects of Your Workload to Increase Efficiencies

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 30, 2022 

    • Collaborate with data owners in your organization to establish connectivity to the data elements

    • Design a monitoring plan that makes sense for your organization and target those data points

    • Increase compliance program touchpoints by freeing time to focus on other program elements

  4. Better Outcomes Start with Authentic Leadership

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 30, 2022 

    • Demonstrate understanding of the impacts of authentic leadership styles on employee engagement and its impacts on compliance

    • Identify ways to support sustained employee engagement and productivity for improved healthcare outcomes

    • Understand practical applications of authentic leadership

  5. Physician Coding and Billing Cases Gone Badly

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 30, 2022 

    • Coding and billing modifiers often bypass payor edits; discuss cases where this led to problems

    • Tainted claims from violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute: Where do physicians make missteps?

    • Upcoding still occurs in physician practices; explore cases where upcoding resulted in enforcement

  6. Building an Effective Risk-Based Audit Plan

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 30, 2022 

    • Get a firm understanding of the difference between risk-based and benchmarking methods

    • Learn what tools and techniques payers use to identify high-risk events

    • Utilize existing public data, such as CERT, the OIG workplan, PEPPER, and others to mitigate your risk

  7. OIG and the Health IT Community: Supporting the Information Blocking Journey to Compliance

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 30, 2022 

    • Describe the concept of information blocking and the 21st Century Cures Act

    • Provide an overview of the OIG's information blocking regulation

    • List information sharing things to consider and penalties/enforcement

  8. Appeals and Audit Update: Compliance Considerations

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 30, 2022 

    • Review of current focus of government audits

    • Tracking responses and preparing concise explanations to avoid adverse findings

    • Updated appeal strategies and practical suggestions for management/potential refunds

  9. Implementing LEAN Concepts to Improve Your Compliance Program

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 30, 2022 

    • Understand LEAN concepts and tools and how they impact effectiveness and efficiency

    • Apply LEAN concepts and tools to your compliance program to improve effectiveness and efficiency

    • Measure the effectiveness and efficiency of your program both before and after LEAN

  10. Behavioral Health Care: Before, During and After the COVID-19 National Public Health Emergency

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 30, 2022 

    • Review 42 CFR Part 2 emergency waivers and HIPAA discretionary enforcement

    • Determine which waivers and exceptions should be implemented long-term and in good faith

    • Look ahead to 42 CFR Part 2 changes and assess the impact on the provision of care in a new normal

  11. Using Data to Identify Risk That Merit Attention Amid A Crisis

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 30, 2022 

    • How to use data available to swiftly identify, track and mitigate emerging risks

    • How using monitoring and self-reporting tools can better drive internal controls and mitigate risk

    • Learn how to manage and monitor risk responses using your data

  12. Reducing Healthcare Risk with Strong Reg Change Management

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 30, 2022 

    • Identify best practices for navigating regulatory change management in your organization

    • Elevate your skills in leading through influence

    • Connect compliance mandates to patient care, business objectives and reduced risk

  13. MD Anderson Cancer Center v. Office for Civil Rights: A Case Analysis

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 30, 2022 

    • Hear the factual background to the MD Anderson case and how facts were portrayed in litigation

    • Understand legal arguments raised in this first impression HIPAA regulatory enforcement action

    • Consider how the case will impact HIPAA enforcement and apply lessons learned to compliance

  14. Healthcare Compliance Issues During Sale and Acquisition: Practical Approaches to Due Diligence and Beyond

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 30, 2022 

    • Healthcare mergers, acquisitions, and sales dominate today's headlines

    • This seminar dives into enforcement, risk, and compliance issues during sale and acquisition

    • We will also cover the unique regulatory features of the healthcare mergers and acquisition world

  15. Cybersecurity Threats and Response

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 30, 2022 

    • Learn the current developments in the digital underground

    • Gain realistic advice for cyber protection, especially from the most dangerous types of threats

    • Take away lessons from recent high-profile cybercrime events

  16. Incorporating Compliance Ambassadors in Your Compliance Program

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 31, 2022 

    • Is your compliance program ready for Ambassadors?

    • What is the scope of the Ambassador role?

    • Who should be an Ambassador?

  17. Establishing an Enterprise ERM/GRC Strategy with Compliance in Mind

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 31, 2022 

    • Understand the concepts and alignment of enterprise risk management and governance, risk, and compliance

    • Learn how to facilitate engagement across governance groups

    • Identify the key benefits of an aligned ERM/GRC strategy

  18. Top Five Hacks for Compliance Professionals Using Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 31, 2022 

    • Save time and effort by learning some of the most useful functions in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

    • Use the interconnectivity between these programs to create more accurate and useful work product

    • Take advantage of built-in functions designed to create more professional looking output

  19. Avoiding Government Data Mining for Fraud

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 31, 2022 

    • Learn how the government is data mining for fraud

    • Learn how the government uses elements of compliance to hunt fraud with data

    • Learn how to remain compliant and avoid being a target for fraud investigations

  20. HIPAA Compliance Monitoring: How to Develop a Successful Walkthrough Tool to Gauge Compliance and Improve Processes

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 31, 2022 

    • How to develop a useful HIPAA walkthrough tool

    • Compile and extract meaningful data from your results

    • Take action to improve compliance efforts

  21. How to Assure that Your Next Compliance Program Review Confirms Performance and Helps Improve Your Compliance Program

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 31, 2022 

    • What to ask and look for in effectiveness evaluation proposals

    • Things to consider as your effectiveness review is being conducted

    • Using review results to improve your compliance program's performance

  22. Be Innovative! A Vital and Visual Risk Assessment Process for Provider Compensation Arrangements

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 31, 2022 

    • Overview of Provider Compensation Laws and Regulations

    • Discover how to visualize a risk assessment using a heat map approach

    • How to use an innovative approach to perform a visual risk assessment of provider compensation

  23. Emerging Trends in Physician Employment/Independent Contractor Contracting and Compensation Arrangements with Hospitals

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 31, 2022 

    • Emerging compensation arrangements including value-based/bundled Arrangements, quality, and access

    • How are emerging contracting compensation arrangements complying with legal/regulatory requirements?

    • How do emerging contracting compensation arrangements further integration for hospitals/physicians?

  24. Not Necessarily a Shootout at the O.K. Corral: A Compliance Risk Assessment Case Study

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 31, 2022 

    • Share how to approach a risk assessment in a collaborative, non-adversarial, and successful manner

    • Reveal how we structured, analyzed, and followed up while engaging and collaborating with leaders

    • Provide attendees with concrete ideas, helpful approaches, and examples of tools to facilitate them

  25. Oversight Considerations for Ethical AI: Possible, Practical, and Essential

    26th Annual Compliance Institute  | March 31, 2022 

    • Examine current trends, controversies, and commonly published ethical principles in the field of AI

    • Discuss why organizations should consider implementing an AI ethics oversight process

    • Provide a practical guide to developing an AI ethics committee and other oversight mechanisms