Registration and Continental Breakfast Sliced Seasonal Fresh Fruits
Fresh Baked Breakfast Pastries
Assorted Individual Fruit Yogurts
House Made Spiced Granola
Assorted Chilled Fruit Juices
Regular and Decaf Starbucks Coffee and Hot Tazo Tea

Welcome and Announcements Welcome to our New Orleans Regional Conference.

All session will take place in the same room. You will have a few short breaks to visit with exhibitors and a networking lunch.

Continuing Education can be obtained by filling out the CEU application form after you have attended the event.

Please take some time to fill out the evaluation survey for each session, located at the bottom of the session descriptions in the mobile app.

If you are choosing to take notes in the mobile app on the presentations you can email those notes to yourself after the conference by click on the "My Notes" Button at the bottom of the app and then click on the "Email Notes" Button at the top right.

The Opioid Epidemic: Strategies and Tools for Compliance Eugenia Thomas - For the good of the patient: the role of compliance in an opioid strategic initiative
- Increasing provider engagement
- Special opportunities with midlevel providers
- Measuring progress and improving compliance while avoiding pitfalls

Break Please take a moment to visit with our exhibitors:

- Protenus
- ProviderTrust, Inc
- Wolters Kluwer


For each exhibitor you connect with during conference, you will be given a ticket. Print your name on your tickets collected and drop them off at HCCAs Registration Desk during the last break of the day. The more tickets you collect and enter, the better your chances of winning! Winners will be announced at the beginning of the last session. You must be present to win. No purchase necessary

Changing from Reactive to Proactive Monitoring (Exclusions, Sanctions and Licenses) Donna Thiel, Chief Compliance Officer, ProviderTrust Dylan Thriffiley, AVP - Compliance, Ochsner Health System - Change your current reactive monitoring into a proactive/preventative monitoring program.
- Explore examples of how providers could have known an exclusion was imminent.
- Learn how to leverage your new best friend in Human Resources to build your preventative monitoring program.

Break Please take some time to visit with our exhibitors:

- Protenus
- ProviderTrust, Inc
- Wolters Kluwer

Ethics Challenges for Attorneys and Compliance Professionals Clay Countryman, Partner, Breazeale Sachse & Wilson LLP Mark Dupuis, VP Chf of Syst Security & Emergency Preparedness, Ochsner Health System - Overview of the Louisiana Attorney Disciplinary Process.
- Discussion of "Who is my client and what are my ethical obligations as an in-house, operational or outside attorney?"
- Hypotheticals involving discovery of compliance issues, internal investigations, and maintaining attorney-client privilege.

Networking Lunch (provided) Pontchartrain Lunch Buffet
Chicken and Sausage Gumbo served with White Rice
Mixed Green Salad, Candied Pecans, Gorgonzola Cheese, Cane Syrup Vinaigrette
Blackened Gulf Fish, Citrus Cream
Grilled Lemon-Thyme Chicken Breast with Sauce Au Jus
Country Style Mashed Potatoes
Sweet Corn Saccotash
Chefs Seasonal Selection of Desserts
Iced Tea
Regular and Decaf Starbucks Coffee and Hot Tazo Tea

Update on Administration and Enforcement of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules Valerie Montoya, Equal Opportunity Specialist - Investigator, OCR - DHHS/OS - Breach Notification
- Enforcement
- Audit

Break Please take some time to visit with our exhibitors:

- Protenus
- ProviderTrust, Inc
- Wolters Kluwer
Mid Afternoon Break
Freshly Baked Cookies or Brownies
Assorted Soft Drinks
Bottled Water Regular and Decaf Starbucks Coffee and Hot Tazo Tea

Navigating Compliance Challenges in Rural Health Stuart McMahen, Compliance Officer, Springhill Medical Center - The necessity and difficulty of maintaining a robust compliance program for independent Rural Health Hospitals and Clinics
- Case Study: Building a Culture of Compliance in Rural Health Organizations

Break Please take some time to visit with our exhibitors:

- Protenus
- ProviderTrust, Inc
- Wolters Kluwer

Comparing Everyday Compliance Functions across Healthcare Entities Corey Chapman, Compliance Officer, Acadian Ambulance Stephen Long, Director of Regulatory Adherence, Peoples Health Aimee Bertrand, VP, Compliance, SCP Health -- Discuss compliance role and function across different healthcare entities
- Similarities and differences in key metrics used to track to determine the effectiveness
- Different approaches to ensuring ongoing compliance program effectiveness