Medicare Compliance & Operations Summit 2007

Foley attorneys Lena Robins and Robert Slavkin presented at the Financial Research Associates, LLC’s Medicare Compliance & Operations Summit 2007 in Alexandria, VA on July 17-18, 2007.

Topic: Structuring Seamless Internal Auditing Procedures
Date: Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Time: 1:45 p.m.
Location: Hilton Alexandria Mark Center

• Establishing a good auditing program – practical tips
  
• Is your plan meeting the requirements? What are the most common landmines?
  
• Internal versus 3rd party options

Speakers:

• Robert Slavkin, Foley & Lardner LLP
  
• Arjun Aggarwal, Huron Consulting Group  

Topic: Detection, Evaluation Review, and Action Plan
Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Time: 11:45 a.m.
Location: Hilton Alexandria Mark Center

• Identifying compliance problems
       – Employee hotline
       – Customer complaints
       – Baseline audits
       – Reports to compliance officer
  
• Evaluating problems and establishing processes to document and track reported complaints
  
• Providing meaningful procedures for timely hearings and resolving grievances between enrollees and plans, tracking systems, call centers and logging all complaints
  
• Righting the wrong: Taking corrective action
       – Written policy and procedures
       – Employee disciplinary action
       – Employee education and training
       – Government disclosure    
  
• Enforcing standards of conduct

Speakers:

• Lena Robins, Foley & Lardner LLP
  
• Susan Roberts, ATTAC Consulting Group, LLC