Voluntary Disclosure: How to Report Compliance Violations and Limit Their Impact
Product Description:
Audio Conference on CD or Audio On-Demand
Sponsored by Compliance Officer's Handbook, Second Edition
A program for compliance, auditing and legal professionals
presented on September 15, 2009
President Obama has made it very clear that he and his administration consider healthcare fraud and abuse a top priority. Increased funding for fraud and abuse prevention and the uptick in the number of whistleblower cases is testament to that fact. Self-disclosing potential compliance violations to the authorities is critical to your organization in many ways. Self disclosing violations can minimize the impact on your facility while you maintain a good reputation in the community and remain in business.
Whistleblowers are often employees of the organization Before going to authorities they may come to you with concerns ranging from Stark Law and kickback violations to upcoding and upcharging. It is important to make sure your facility has a process in place that can investigate those concerns and determine if the potential violation is a great enough risk to elicit a self-disclosure.
Listen to this 90-minute audio conference featuring Robert A. Wade, Esq., Bret S. Bissey, FACHE, MBA, and Marcella Auerbach, Esq. During this intermediate-level program, they will discuss the advantages of self-disclosure and how failing to do so can impact corporate integrity and your financial bottom line. You'll walk away with a blue print to develop a compliant self-disclosure program.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this audio conference, you will be able to:- Identify trends in the government's enforcement of fraud and abuse cases
- Determine whether a potential violation is appropriate for a self-disclosure
- Plan a course of action once a compliance violation has been discovered
- Audit and conduct an internal investigation into the potential compliance violation
- Gather the appropriate materials needed to self-disclose
- Cite a specific case where self-disclosure could have minimized the impact on an organization
- Voluntarily report a violation to the appropriate authorities
TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA:
- Whistleblowers
- The importance of the whistleblower cases
- Legal ramifications of a case
- Trends surrounding these cases
- The government's increased focus on fraud and abuse
- Case study
- How to conduct an internal investigation
- Sources of reports
- The parties involved in an internal investigation
- Attorney/client privilege
- Conducting interview with sources
- Independence of review
- Identifying whether it is appropriate for self-disclosure
- Risks associated with opting not to self-disclose
- Government reaction to a self-disclosure
- Reporting
- How to report
- To whom to report
A question and answer session follows the presentation.
MATERIALS
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials. These materials are provided with PDF links.MEET THE SPEAKERS
Robert A. Wade, Esq., is a partner at Baker and Daniels, LLP in South Bend, IN. He concentrates his practice in representing healthcare clients and represents clients on the Stark Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, and Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act.Bret S. Bissey, FACHE, MBA, is a director for regulatory compliance practice at IMA in Chades Ford, PA. He has more than 25 years of diversified healthcare management, operations and compliance experience. He is also the author of the Compliance Officer's Handbook, First Edition, from HCPro.
Marcella Auerbach, Esq., is a managing partner at Nolan & Auerbach in Fort Lauderdale, FL. She is a former federal prosecutor with extensive experience prosecuting corporate providers for Healthcare fraud, anti-kickback and Stark Law violations, FDA violations, and Medicare fraud.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Compliance officers, healthcare auditors, hospital legal and regulatory counsel, board members, executive suiteAudio On-Demand
In addition to the regular purchase options for HCPro audio conferences, we are pleased to offer another option, 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.Product Types : Departments :
