AUDIOCONFERENCE ON TAPE OR CD
Sponsored by The Stark Law: A Users Guide to Achieving Compliance
presented on March 6, 2007
In 2003, Alvarado Hospital of San Diego was indicted for illegally recruiting physicians in violation of the federal anti-kickback statute. This past May, after two criminal jury trials that both ended in hung juries, Alvarado finally resolved these allegations through a $21 million civil settlement. Don’t expose your facility to the same risk.
Strengthen position and avoid prosecution.
Listen to this 90-minute audioconference, Criminal Kickback Trial: Lessons learned from Alvarado Hospital, where the Alvarado defense team will provide practical tips for compliance officers and in-house professionals to bulletproof their organizations against criminal prosecutions.
Hospitals and physicians engaged in financial arrangements need to thoroughly examine their policies, procedures, and activities to alleviate legal risks. David M. Deaton and Katherine A. Lauer, who were counsel for Alvarado and its corporate parent, outline what hospitals and physicians can learn from the Alvarado trials, and offer precautions to help keep your facility out of trouble and in compliance.
Note: This is an intermediate-level program. Participants should have a basic understanding of anti-kickback statute and its basic concepts and provisions.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA
- The Alvarado prosecution
- Government’s prosecution theory
- Ten practical lessons, including the following:
- How and why your facility should effectively document fair market value
- Strategies for documenting legitimate intent
- How to develop effective compliance reviews
- Best practices for articulating community need
- What you can do to ensure an effective advice of counsel defense
- Why it’s important to enforce agreement terms
A question and answer session will follow the presentation.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the program, participants will be able to:
- Apply real-world knowledge of how the government approaches anti-kickback statute prosecutions
- Strengthen their facility's ability to defend itself against kickback allegations
- Take a sober look at the practices of their own facilities from a well-informed prospective
- Develop real-life scenarios to better promote compliance initiatives to executives
MEET THE SPEAKERS
David M. Deaton, J.D, is a Counsel in O'Melveny & Myers LLP's Los Angeles office and a member of the firm's Health Care and Life Sciences Practice. Mr. Deaton's practice principally focuses on complex regulatory and business matters involving various health care organizations. His substantive expertise includes state and federal anti-kickback and self-referral laws, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement laws, state and federal privacy laws, and laws regulating managed care organizations.
Katherine A. Lauer, J.D, is a Partner in the San Diego office of Latham & Watkins, LLP. Ms. Lauer's practice focuses on health care litigation, with emphasis on health care fraud defense. She also advises on health care issues related to corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions. Ms Lauer has extensive expertise in the Federal Anti-kickback Statute, Stark II and the federal False Claims Act. She also has particular expertise in cost reporting and other reimbursement issues, as well as the design and implementation of internal investigations and compliance programs.
MATERIALS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET!
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials. These materials are provided with PDF links.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
- Compliance officers
- CEOs
- CFOs
- COOs
- Director of business
- Director of physician relations
- HR
- Legal counsel
- Physicians.
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