Health Care Compliance Association's (HCCA) Quality of Care Compliance Conference

Partner Cheryl Wagonhurst spoke at the Health Care Compliance Association’s (HCCA) Quality of Care Compliance Conference on September 30 – October 2, 2007 in Philadelphia, PA.

Ms. Wagonhurst spoke with Jim Sheehan, Medicaid Inspector General for the State of New York and Neil Smithline, Director of Clinical Quality for Mercer Health & Benefits on Sunday, September 30, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. Their session was titled: “Emerging Enforcement of Quality of Care and Compliance Solutions.”

This session provided an in-depth discussion on the emerging trend of government enforcement of quality of care and the recently issues OIG/AHLA guidance for Boards of Directors on Quality of Care (July 2007). Attendees took away practical tools for integrating quality into their compliance program. Particular emphasis was on:

• Recent trend of enforcement actions against healthcare providers


• Impact of data mining, reporting obligations, pay for performance, and CMS quality initiatives


• Recently issues OIG/AHLA guidance for Boards of Directors


• How to integrate quality into your compliance program


• When to consider using outside independent review organizations when peer review is not working