Monday, November 16
8:50 AM – 9:00 AM CST | Opening Remarks | |
9:00 AM – 10:15 AM CST | General Session: Government Enforcement Panel | Kirk Ogrosky Partner, Arnold & Porter LLP Greg Demske Chief Counsel to the Inspector General, HHS Office of Inspector General Allan Medina Chief of the Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, Health Care Fraud Unit, Criminal Division Jamie Ann Yavelberg Director, U.S. DOJ |
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM CST | Break – Sponsored by SilverSky | ![]() |
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CST | 101: Anti-Kickback Statute Case Studies and OIG’s Regulatory Flexibilities During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Ben Wallfisch Senior Counsel, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, HHS Susan Edwards Branch Chief, Industry Guidance Branch, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General |
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CST | 102: False Claims Act Liability in Post-Acute Care | Tamar Abell CEO, TBA Compliance William T. Mathias Co-Chair Health Law Group and Fraud and Abuse Team, Baker Donelson |
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM CST | 103: Preventing Enforcement Actions in Clinical Research: Operational Strategies for Avoiding Financial Frauds | Kate Cohen Executive Director of Compliance/Chief Compliance Officer, SIU Medicine Sarah Couture Managing Director, Ankura |
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM CST | Break | |
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM CST | 201: Managed Care Enforcement and Compliance | Ben Singer Partner, O’Melveny & Myers LLP Barbara Fonte Vice President of Managed Care and Population Health, Jackson Health System Sarah Kessler, Senior Counsel, HHS-OIG Sarah Kessler Senior Counsel, HHS-OIG Pamela C Brecht Partner, Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP |
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM CST | 202: How OIG Uses Data in its Affirmative Cases & How Data Can be Incorporated into Compliance | Geoffrey Hymans Senior Counsel, Office of Inspector General, US Health and Human Services Barry Grosse Chief Compliance Officer, University of Miami Health System |
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM CST | 203: The Myth(s) of Median to 75th: New Perspectives on Assessing, Managing and Monitoring Physician Compensation Arrangement Risk | James G. Sheehan Chief, Charities Bureau, NY Attorney General Heather L. Fields Shareholder, Chair – Hospital/Health Systems Practice, Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren s.c. Adam Klein Principal, ECG Management Consultants |
12:45 PM – 1:30 PM CST | Mid Conference Break | |
12:50 PM – 1:20 PM CST | Enforcement Focused Networking – Self Disclosure; Why, when and where? | Gabriel Imperato Managing Partner, Nelson Mullins Broad and Cassel |
12:50 PM – 1:20 PM CST | Enforcement Focused Networking – Stark | Robert Wade Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP |
1:30 PM – 1:35 PM CST | Opening Remarks | Judy Ringholz VP of Compliance and Ethics & Chief Compliance Officer, Jackson Health System |
1:35 PM – 2:35 PM CST | General Session: Whistleblowers: Who Are They, Why Do They Bring Cases, and What Makes a Good Whistleblower Case | Jeb White President & CEO, Taxpayers Against Fraud Education Susan Gouinlock Senior Partner, Wilbanks & Gouinlock LLP Andy Stone Partner, Stone Law Firm LLC Sarah “Poppy” Alexander Associate, Constantine Cannon LLP |
2:35 PM – 2:50 PM CST | Break – Sponsored by Pondera Solutions | ![]() |
2:50 PM – 3:50 PM CST | 301:Federal Administrative Sanctions | Jennifer Leonardis Senior Counsel, HHS, Office of Inspector General Julie E. Kass Shareholder, Baker Donelson |
2:50 PM – 3:50 PM CST | 302: DOJ Updated Guidance: June 2020 | Judy Ringhloz VP of Compliance and Ethics & Chief Compliance Officer, Jackson Health System Sally Molloy Chief, Strat, Policy/Training Unit, U.S. DOJ Criminal Division, Fraud |
2:50 PM – 3:50 PM CST | 303: Lessons Learned from Stark Investigations | David Glasler Shareholder, Fredrikson & Byron PA Matthew Krueger United States Attorney, Eastern District of Wisconsin |
3:50 PM – 4:05 PM CST | Break | |
4:05 PM – 5:05 PM CST | 401: Enforcement and Compliance for Pharmacies | Jennifer Krusa Chief Compliance Officer, PharmScript Daniel Meir Healthcare Regulatory and Transactional Attorney, Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff Josh Lichtblau Director, Medicaid Fraud Division, NJ Comptroller’s Office |
4:05 PM – 5:05 PM CST | 402: Why Whistleblowers Matter to Healthcare Compliance | Edward Baker Counsel, Constantine Cannon LLP Sandra Miller Attorney, Wombile Bond Dickinson (US) LLP |
4:05 PM – 5:05 PM CST | 403: Trends and Best Practices in Healthcare Privacy and Security Investigations | Timothy Noonan Deputy Director, Health Information Privacy Division, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights Jonathan Skrmetti Chief Deputy Attorney General, Office of Tennessee Attorney General Brian Stimson Principal Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
5:05 PM – 5:20 PM CST | Break | |
5:20 PM – 6:20 PM CST | 501: Self-Disclosure Protocol | Dennis Pangindian Associate Counsel, HHS, Office of Inspector General Tony Maida Partner, McDermott Will & Emery |
5:20 PM – 6:20 PM CST | 502: The Secret Sauce for Complying with Privacy Regulations | Karen Snyder Director, Healthcare & Life Sciences Channels & Solutions, Iron Mountain Darrell Contreras Chief Compliance Officer, Millennium Health |
5:20 PM – 6:20 PM CST | 503: Encryption: Policy to Practice, Lower Risk, Increase Compliance | Uday Ali Pabrai CEO, ecfirst |