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Thursday, May 13, 2010
7:00 am -
8:00 am
Registration and Welcome Coffee in the Executive Networking Lounge
8:00 am -
11:30 am
Pre-Summit Workshop: Compliance Training 101
  • What is compliance?
  • What type of compliance program do you have in place?
  • If you are not compliant, do you know what you need to do to become compliant?
  • Do you know enforcement laws and how they can impact you?
Workshop Thought Leader: TBD
11:30 am -
1:00 pm
Main Summit Registration; Lunch on your Own
1:00 pm -
1:15 pm
Chairperson's Welcome and Opening Remarks
1:15 pm -
1:45 pm
OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The U.S. Government's Measurable and Meaningful Initiatives – a National Fight Against Fraud
  • Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) and Strike Force teams
  • Senior Medicare Patrol: how senior adults are taking control and educating their peers to comprehend Medicare statements and report fraudulent activities
Department of Health and Human Services Representative: TBD (invited)
U.S. Department of Justice Representative: TBD (invited)
1:45 pm -
2:30 pm
KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION: Understanding the Magnitude of Fraud and Abuse on the Health Care System
  • Define fraud, waste and abuse and how each have different priorities
  • Hear the various schemes and scants that are happening in Medicare, Medicaid and Commercial Coverage
  • Gain a perspective on the overall cost impact of fraudulent, abusive and wasteful activities in the system
Kerry Weems
Former Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS);
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Health Solutions, Vangent

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William Winkenwerder - Speaker Photo William Winkenwerder, Jr., MD, MBA
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense;
Chairman, The Winkenwerder Company LLC

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Other Thought Leaders: TBD
2:30 pm -
3:15 pm
CASE STUDY: Kaiser Permanente's Compliance Program Endeavors for Accurate Revenue Cycle and Billing Processes
  • Hear the elements, checks and balances that Kaiser Foundation Health Plan has developed to enhance accurate billing to the government
  • Review their check list and explore the number of audits completed to ensure appropriate outcomes
  • Understand how the organization's compliance program has been leveraged to specifics employed to revenue cycle and billing
Tammi Keating
Vice President, Compliance, Strategy and Operations
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.

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3:15 pm -
3:45 pm
Networking and Refreshment Break in the Executive Networking Lounge
3:45 pm -
4:30 pm
CASE STUDY: Prevention and Early Detection of Health Care Fraud, Waste and Abuse
  • Hear different methods on how to identify fraud, waste and abuse
  • Discover the schemes Independence Blue Cross has experienced and how they have handled the investigation process
  • Successful cases on how information was used to identify providers and billing entities involved in fraud
  • Recognize enablers of fraud, waste and abuse
  • Recommendations and strategies on how to address fraud
  Karen Kaldal
Senior Managing Director, FWA Technologies and Services
ViPS, a General Dynamics IT Company

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Edward J. Litchko
Senior Director, Corporate and Financial Investigations Department
Independence Blue Cross

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4:30 pm -
5:15 pm
What Are the Components of a Successful Anti-Fraud Program?
  • Identify your fraud and abuse targets
  • Learn how to be proactive to avoid the pay and chase scenario
  • Recognize how to speak and understand coding language to increase prevention
  • Make the sentinel effect work for you by auditing members and providers, which prevents other providers from committing fraud and abuse against your plan
Thomas Figurski
Manager, Special Investigations/Internal Audit
Gateway Health Plan

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Jean Lyon, RN, MS
Vice President, Payment Integrity
TC3 Health, Inc.

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5:15 pm -
6:00 pm
CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS: FBI Fraud and Abuse Investigation Process
  • Investigative strategies
  • How a case is investigated from start to finish
  • How interviews are conducted and what key information must be extracted
  Larry D. Guerin
Supervisory Special Agent
Federal Bureau of Investigations
6:00 pm -
6:15 pm
Chairperson's Closing Remarks
6:15 pm -
7:15 pm
Networking, Cocktail Reception in the Executive Networking Lounge
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