New OIG and DOJ Compliance Guidance for Healthcare Providers
OIG and DOJ Enforcement Approaches, Compliance Program Infrastructure, Ensuring Compliance
A live 90-minute CLE video webinar with interactive Q&A
This CLE webinar will guide counsel and compliance officers of healthcare providers and other stakeholders on both the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General's (OIG) and U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division's (DOJ) most recent compliance guidance. The panel will discuss both the OIG's and DOJ's approaches to compliance and the factors each considers when assessing whether a compliance program is effective.
Outline
- OIG GCPG overview
- Nursing Facility ICPG
- Future ICPGs
- DOJ ECCP overview
- Federal laws involved
- Compliance program infrastructure
- DOJ and OIG approaches to enforcement
- Best practices
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- What are key takeaways for practitioners from the recent GCPG, ICPG, and ECCP guidance?
- What factors should healthcare providers consider when structuring healthcare compliance programs?
- What are best practices for healthcare providers and their counsel and compliance officers to help minimize compliance risks?
Faculty
Lynn M. Barrett
President
Barrett Law
Ms. Barrett is a seasoned healthcare lawyer with significant experience in analyzing federal and state healthcare laws... | Read More
Ms. Barrett is a seasoned healthcare lawyer with significant experience in analyzing federal and state healthcare laws and regulations, particularly related to fraud and abuse, health system operations, medical necessity and billing and coding. She also has significant experience in compliance matters, having served as SVP, Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer for a large health system with an academic medical center. Ms. Barrett has served as General Counsel to a multi-facility health system and has held senior in-house positions in for-profit, non-profit, and public health systems. She has also spent many years in private practice providing advice and guidance to a wide variety of healthcare providers including hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, physicians, home health agencies, hospice providers, DME providers, labs and nursing homes. Ms. Barrett is currently an Adjunct Professor at the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, as well as at the Univeristy of North Carolina at Wilmington. She holds leadership positions in the ABA's Health Law Section, as Vice Chair of eHealth, Privacy & Security, as well as Vice Chair of Ethics and Professionalism. Ms. Barrett frequently speaks and writes on a wide array of health law and compliance topics.
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Greg Demske
Partner
Goodwin Procter
Mr. Demske provides strategic compliance counseling for healthcare and life sciences companies. He helps clients... | Read More
Mr. Demske provides strategic compliance counseling for healthcare and life sciences companies. He helps clients achieve their business goals while reducing risks under the Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, and other fraud and abuse authorities in business arrangements and transactions. He advises on developing and operating compliance programs, requesting advisory opinions, anticipating and addressing compliance issues, submitting voluntary disclosures, and responding to government investigations and enforcement actions. Prior to joining Goodwin, Mr. Demske served as Chief Counsel to the Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), where he led the provision of all legal services and advice for the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG).
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Jacob Foster, Esq.
Principal Assistant Chief at U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section
U.S. Department of Justice
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