2023 HCCA Chicago & Kansas City Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference

  1. The Public Health Emergency Has Ended: Implications for Your Privacy Program

    2023 HCCA Chicago & Kansas City Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference  | September 15, 2023 

    • What should already be changed under the privacy program

    • What are the HIPAA enforcement implications

    • Getting back to "normal"

  2. Do I Really Need to Repay That? Rethinking the 60 Repayment Rule and Challenging the Six-Year Lookback

    2023 HCCA Chicago & Kansas City Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference  | September 15, 2023 

    • Understand when a billing error actually creates duty to refund (and when it may not) and hear about common examples where people have mistakenly concluded a refund is required

    • Potential statutory limits on the Government's ability to enforce the six-year lookback

    • Discuss practical strategies for interacting with individuals raising compliance concerns

  3. Enforcement Trends Update - HCCA Regional - September 15, 2023

    2023 HCCA Chicago & Kansas City Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference  | September 15, 2023 

    • Discuss impact of expiration of COVID-19 public health emergency exceptions on health care fraud enforcement priorities

    • Learn about recent and upcoming DOJ and OIG guidance regarding effective compliance programs

    • Practical takeaways for applying lessons of healthcare fraud statistics analysis to improve your compliance program

  4. The Bots are Coming: Navigating Healthcare Compliance Risks in the Age of AI

    2023 HCCA Chicago & Kansas City Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference  | September 15, 2023 

    • Understanding the impact of AI in healthcare: Explore the role of AI-powered bots, including ChatGPT, in the healthcare industry and the potential compliance risks they pose

    • Safeguarding patient data in the bot era: Identify strategies to protect patient privacy and maintain data security when utilizing AI bots, including ChatGPT, with a focus on compliance with regulatory frameworks such as HIPAA

    • Ensuring ethical AI practices: Examine the ethical considerations associated with AI bots and learn how to mitigate bias, discrimination, and other ethical challenges to ensure fair and responsible use of AI in healthcare

  5. The Current Landscape of Medicare Audits and Appeals

    2023 HCCA Chicago & Kansas City Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference  | September 15, 2023 

    • Understand the appeals process and the strategic approaches to Medicare audit appeals

    • Mitigate collateral consequences that arise from Medicare audits

    • Analyze the latest audit and appeal developments

  6. How Has Your Program Changed Post-pandemic: Strategies for New and "Old" Risks

    2023 HCCA Chicago & Kansas City Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference  | September 15, 2023 

    • Managing risks of expiration of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

    • Flexibilities for fraud and abuse laws and telemedicine

    • Mitigating new (and old) data security risks presented by work from home staff given continued increase in cyber threats

    • Strategies for managing physician compensation risks of pre-pandemic compensation models given changes to MFPS and post-pandemic workforce pressures and staffing challenges