Stark Law Update (Audio Conference)

AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ON-DEMAND

Sponsored by The 2008 Health Law Primer

presented on September 10, 2008

Although the Stark II, Phase III regulations came out last year, CMS continues to release regulatory clarifications and updates. Physician recruitment is one of the trickiest compliance areas under Stark—and it can also be one of the most costly if a hospital does not meet a Stark Law exception. Because of this, you need to ensure that your facility has a solid plan to maintain compliant physician recruitment arrangements.

Develop a compliant physician recruitment plan

Listen to HCPro's 90-minute audio conference Stark Law Update: Physician Recruitment in the Post-Stark II Phase III World. Healthcare compliance attorneys Marci Rose Levine, Esq., and Gadi Weinreich, Esq., (Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP) help you evaluate the effectiveness of your physician recruitment policies and practices. You will also get strategies to ensure that your recruitment methods and income guarantees are compliant, as well as tips to handle common challenges, such as physician relocation and the recruitment of a physician into a group practice.

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

• Understand how the Stark II Phase III regulations and recent government updates changed the physician recruitment exception
• Analyze risks of non-compliance for your physician recruitment arrangement
• Structure compliant income guarantees
• Develop physician recruitment policies and template agreements
• Audit existing physician recruitment arrangements

AGENDA

• Overview of Phase III Changes
• Defining your geographic service area
• Defining relocation
• Practice restrictions
• Continuing Challenges in a Post-Phase III World
• Special considerations when a physician is joining a group practice
• Types of recruitment assistance
• Income guarantees
• Establishing the guarantee amount
• Incremental expenses
• Reconciliation
• Forgiveness
• Breach and repayment
• How to develop a physician recruitment policy
• Stark, Anti-Kickback Statute and tax-exemption considerations
• Educate, train, review and audit
• Q&A

BONUS TOOLS

In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and:

• Sample income guarantee reconciliation
• Sample incremental expense worksheet

These materials are provided with PDF links.

MEET THE SPEAKERS

Marci Rose Levine, Esq., Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP. Ms. Levine is a National Practice Group Leader of Sonnenschein's Health Care Group. She has extensive corporate and contracting experience and advises clients with respect to the full range of healthcare 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.

Gadi Weinreich, Esq., Partner, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP. Mr. Weinreich is the National Chair of Sonnenschein's Health Care Group, and was recently recognized by Chambers USA and ExpertGuides as one of the leading health care lawyers in the United States. His practice focuses on health care fraud and abuse, strategic and regulatory counseling and compliance matters. Mr. Weinreich represents a broad array of health care and life sciences manufacturers, providers, suppliers and other organizations.

WHO SHOULD LISTEN?

Professionals from large hospitals who have the following titles:

• Compliance officers
• Contracts administrators
• General counsels
• CFO
• COO
• CEO

PROGRAM MATERIALS:

Program materials are provided with PDF links.

AUDIO ON-DEMAND

In addition to the regular purchase options for HCPro audio conferences, we are pleased to offer another option, an audio on-demand. Audio on-demand allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player. Purchase a CD or audio on-demand 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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