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AUDIOCONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ARCHIVE

Sponsored by Compliance Officer’s Handbook
presented on December 6, 2007

The Stark II, Phase III Final Rule implements significant changes to the Stark Law
The Phase III Final Rule takes effect December 4. Is your facility prepared to handle the changes?

As of December 4 you need to comply with Phase III, including the following components:

• How the new “stand in the shoes” concept affects your relationships with physician groups
• The many modifications to the Stark Law’s recruitment and relocation exceptions
• How to document the consistency of your personal service arrangements with fair market value
• Whether and how hospital-physician arrangements may be amended

Understanding these and various other issues is paramount to complying with the Stark Law. Noncompliance could expose your organization to significant legal liability.

Experts provide clarity
Listen to HCPro's Stark II Phase III Unveiled: Practical strategies for compliance,” a 90-minute audioconference. Leading healthcare compliance attorneys Robert Wade, Esq., and Marci Rose Levine, Esq., discuss various aspects of the Phase III Final Rule and offer tips and tools for compliance.

At the end of this audioconference, you will be able to:

• Identify the impact of the Phase III Final Rule
• Learn how to document the consistency of your personal service arrangements with fair market value
• Implement changes in your organization to maintain Stark Law compliance

AGENDA

• Stark Law Synopsis
• Phase III Final Rule
  • Indirect Compensation Arrangements and “Stand in the Shoes”
  • Physician Recruitment and Retention
  • Elimination of the fair market value safe harbor and modifications to the fair market exception
  • Changes to the non-monetary compensation exception
  • Other Phase III Final Rule changes
• Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2008
  • Overview of Proposed Stark Law Changes
  • Interplay with the Phase III Final Rule
• Q&A

BONUS TOOLS
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audioconference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and these valuable tools:

• Reconciliation document for use in physician recruitment arrangements
• Sample gifts and benefits tracking form

These materials are provided with PDF links.

MEET THE SPEAKERS
Robert A. Wade, Esq., Partner, Baker and Daniels, LLP. Mr. Wade concentrates his practice in representing a variety of healthcare clients. His specialization includes representing clients with respect to the Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, and Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act. Mr. Wade is a nationally-recognized expert in all aspects of healthcare compliance and he has experience in representing clients with respect to issues being investigated by the Department of Justice and the Office of Inspector General.

Marci Rose Levine, Esq., Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP.  Ms. Levine is vice chair of Sonnenschein’s national Health Care Group.  She has extensive corporate and contracting experience and advises clients with respect to the full range of health-care fraud and abuse laws. Ms. Levine has worked with the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute, in connection with a wide range of corporate transactions and contracting practices, including physician recruitment, medical directorships, and professional services arrangements.

WHO SHOULD LISTEN?

• Compliance officers
• In-house counsel
• Contract managers
• CEOs, CFOs and COOs
• Other employees charged with monitoring hospital-physician financial arrangements

NEW PURCHASE OPTION: Audio Archive
In addition to the regular purchase option for HCPro audioconferences&mdash, audio CD, we are pleased to offer a new option, an audio archive. An audio archive allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience on your computer or MP3 player. Purchase a CD or audio archive of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.

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