January 24, 2020
2020 Atlanta Regional Conference
Atlanta, GA, United StatesAgenda
Friday, January 24
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07:30 AM - 08:25 AMRegistration and Continental Breakfast
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08:25 AM - 08:30 AMWelcome and Announcements
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08:30 AM - 09:30 AMCMS Update Jean Moody-Williams, Deputy Center Director, CMS, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality - Update on the agency’s 2020 priorities including ongoing burden reduction and regulatory reform efforts - Recent steps to advance interoperability and data sharing - Updates on the agencies priorities to transform health care by moving toward value-based purchasing
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09:30 AM - 09:45 AMBreak
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09:45 AM - 10:45 AMInternal Investigations: Compliance and Legal Partnership Wade Miller, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP Kimyatta Holder, Regulatory Investigations Counsel & Head of Investigations, McKesson Corporation Jacqueline Baratian, Chief Compliance Officer, Ascension
- Role of Legal and Compliance in Developing and Implementing a Comprehensive Investigation Plan
- Privilege and representation issues during an Internal Investigation
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10:45 AM - 10:55 AMBreak
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10:55 AM - 11:55 AMRisk Assessments Margaret Hambleton, President, Hambleton Compliance, LLC
- Best practices for development of risk assessments
- Practical strategies for prioritizing risks
- Developing workplans from risk assessments
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11:55 AM - 12:45 PMLunch (provided)
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12:45 PM - 01:45 PMCompliance Officer Roundtable Dawn Rock, Chief Compliance Officer, Encompass Health Isabella Wood, Associate, King & Spalding D'Andrea Morning, Vice President/CCO, Grady Health System
- Explore current compliance issues, including: opioids, third party vendors, 60 day overpayment rule, and privacy/security
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01:45 PM - 02:00 PMBreak
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02:00 PM - 03:00 PMCompliance Priorities in Telehealth Sean Sullivan, Senior Associate, Alston & Bird LLP Anne Adams, Chief Compliance Officer, Emory Healthcare, Inc
- Identify key regulatory risks for telehealth
- Best practices for billing, coding, and reimbursement
- Recent telemedicine enforcement efforts
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03:00 PM - 03:10 PMBreak
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03:10 PM - 04:10 PMEnforcement Panel Ellen Persons, Counsel, Polsinelli Katie Fink, Senior Counsel, HHS/OIG Charles Hackney, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, HHS-OIG Atlanta Regional Office Austin Hall, Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Georgia
- Government enforcement priorities impacting the healthcare industry
- Recent trends in enforcement, including False Claims Act litigation
- Practical advice to mitigate risk
Agenda subject to change.