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Federal Workers' Comp Fraud Defense: Guiding Healthcare Providers Through Federal OWCP Audits and Investigations

Audit and Investigation Processes; Compliance Programs; Defense Strategies; Civil and Criminal Penalties

A live 90-minute CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A

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Tuesday, April 22, 2025

1:00pm-2:30pm EDT, 10:00am-11:30am PDT

Early Registration Discount Deadline, Friday, March 28, 2025

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This CLE webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of federal workers' comp programs, including those administered by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP). The panel will examine unique considerations for healthcare providers when dealing with OWCP and best practices for developing a DOL compliance program. The panel will also discuss what to expect in a DOL workers' comp audit/investigation and offer defense strategies.

Description

Healthcare providers who bill the DOL's workers' compensation programs, including those administered by the OWCP, must carefully comply with strict rules and regulations or risk severe civil and criminal penalties.

Workers' compensation counsel focused on defending clients in the federal workers' comp sphere as well as healthcare compliance counsel must be aware of behavior that triggers federal audits/investigations and best practices for helping clients navigate these complicated processes. Counsel should also be able to guide clients through developing a DOL compliance program to help mitigate risks of audits/investigations and to assist with defense strategies.

Listen as our expert panel examines the federal workers' comp system and offers practical guidance for navigating federal audits and investigations. The panel will discuss the most common types of practices that could trigger audits/investigations, what providers can expect during the audit/investigation process, and defense strategies. The panel will also offer best practices for mitigating the risk of enforcement actions.

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Outline

  1. Introduction
    1. DOL OWCP and federal workers' comp programs
    2. DOL healthcare fraud overview
  2. Audit/investigation triggers
  3. Navigating the audit/investigation
  4. Defenses
  5. Penalties
    1. False Claims Act
    2. Criminal and civil penalties
  6. Recent examples/case studies
  7. DOL compliance programs
  8. Best practices for mitigating risk of enforcement actions

Benefits

The panel will review these and other important considerations:

  • What unique considerations for healthcare providers dealing with OWCP should counsel be aware of?
  • What can be expected by healthcare providers in a federal audit/investigation? What are best practices for helping clients navigate these processes?
  • What should be included in a DOL compliance program to help mitigate the risk of a federal audit/investigation and/or limit penalties?

Faculty

Shapiro, Geoffrey
Geoffrey Shapiro
Attorney
Shapiro Federal

Mr. Shapiro is a third generation worker’s compensation attorney. For over 30 years he has represented...  |  Read More

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You may pre-order a recording to listen at your convenience. Recordings are available 48 hours after the webinar. Strafford will process CLE credit for one person on each recording. All formats include course handouts.

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