Nashville Healthcare Fraud Conference
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Bass, Berry & Sims The Pinnacle at Symphony Place NASHVILLE 150 Third Avenue South, Suite 2800 Nashville, Tennessee 37201 HEALTHCARE FRAUD CONFERENCE THURSDAY DECEMBER 7, 2017 SCHEDULE 7:30 – 8:30 Registration and Breakfast 8:30 – 8:40 Welcome 8:40 – 9:20 Healthcare Fraud Year in Review: Where Do We Go From Here? Lindsey Fetzer, Associate, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC Brian Roark, Member, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC 9:25 – 9:55 Effectively Handling Employment Decisions Involving Whistleblowers (Ethics CLE) Justin Page, Deputy General Counsel, Ambulatory Services, Envision Healthcare Corporation Taylor Chenery, Member, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC 9:55 – 10:10 Break 10:10 – 10:45 What Every Healthcare Compliance Officer Wishes the Legal Department Knew LeToia Crozier, Chief Compliance Officer, Change Healthcare Amy Garner, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, West Tennessee Healthcare Steve Hinkle, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Ardent Health Services Moderated by: Anna Grizzle, Member, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC 10:50 – 11:25 Mine Your Own Data: The Role of Data in Dealing with Healthcare Fraud Issues Greg Russo, Managing Director, Berkeley Research Group Jeff Gibson, Associate, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC 11:25 – 12:00 Revisiting Parallel Proceedings in Healthcare Fraud Cases Stuart Canale, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee Mary Jane Stewart, First Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee Lisa Rivera, Member, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC 12:00 – 12:30 Lunch Buffet 12:30 – 1:30 Keynote Presentation: A View from the U.S. Attorneys Hon. Donald Q. Cochran, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee Hon. Michael Dunavant, United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee Hon. Doug Overbey, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee Moderated by: Matthew Curley, Member, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC 1:30 – 1:45 Break 1:45 – 2:20 Data Privacy Concerns and the Rising Occurrence of Audits John Bailey, Global Privacy Counsel, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Sarah West, Investigator, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights Lisa Rivera, Member, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC 2:25 – 3:00 Addressing Fraud & Abuse Issues in Healthcare Transactions Clint Cromwell, Enterprise M&A Counsel, Envision Healthcare Corporation Jennifer McGugin, Associate General Counsel, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Danielle Sloane, Member, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC 3:00 – 3:15 Break 3:15 – 3:55 In-House Counsel Perspective Justin Pitt, Senior Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel, Community Health Systems, Inc. Kathryn Sasser, Vice President, Litigation, LifePoint Health, Inc. Jack Smith, Vice President, Litigation, HCA, Inc. Moderated by: Anna Grizzle, Member, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC 4:00 – 5:00 Getting Your Healthcare Fraud Case Resolved – An Interactive Case Study (Ethics CLE) Jason Ehrlinspiel, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee Steve Hinkle, Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Ardent Health Services Ryan Raybould, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee Brian Roark, Member, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC Moderated by: Matthew Curley, Member, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC 5:00 – 6:00 Cocktail Reception This event is co-sponsored by: The Bass, Berry & Sims Healthcare Fraud Task Force represents healthcare providers in connection with fraud and abuse matters, including responding to governmental inquiries by the U.S. DOJ and ABOUT U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, the Office of Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human BBS Services, federal program safeguard contractors, and various states’ Attorneys General offices. We have a track record of successfully representing providers in related FCA litigation, including multiple declinations and dismissals in FCA qui tam cases. We routinely counsel healthcare providers on implementing state-of-the-art compliance programs and assist clients in navigating self-disclosure and other compliance-related projects. The firm’s healthcare fraud and abuse practice is led by former members of the U.S. DOJ and a number of former Assistant U.S. Attorneys with significant experience handling healthcare fraud matters. Our attorneys are frequent speakers on healthcare fraud and abuse topics and two of our members serve as Adjunct Professors of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School teaching Health Care Fraud and Abuse. The mission of the Tennessee Hospital Association is to lead its members in advocacy for and support of community-based hospitals and health systems and assist them in delivering accessible, ABOUT cost-effective, quality health services. THA THA, established in 1938 as a not-for-profit membership association, serves as an advocate for hospitals, health systems and other healthcare organizations and the patients they serve. It also provides education and information for its members, and informs the public about hospitals and healthcare issues at the state and national levels. THA is the premiere organization in Tennessee that promotes and represents the interests of all health careers, hospitals and health systems. To receive regular updates on current issues related to FCA, healthcare fraud, and procurement fraud, subscribe to our Inside the FCA blog at www.insidethefca.com..