Mr.John Steiner & Venson Wallin

John Steiner is a nationally recognized compliance and health law executive. He has over 30 years of industry experience and served in executive leadership roles with; Cleveland Clinic, American Hospital Association, U of Kentucky HealthCare, Cancer Treatment Centers of America and with a national law firm. While serving as Senior Counsel of the American Hospital Association, he was the principal drafter of the Office of Inspector General Voluntary Compliance Guidance for Hospitals (published in Feb. 1998). 

He served as the first Compliance Officer and Privacy Officer in the history of the Cleveland Clinic. John has served as a contributor and general editor of "Health Law and Compliance Update" since 2003. The book is published annually by WoltersKluwer.  He also served on the Board of the Health Care Compliance Association and as a Vice Chairman of the American Bar Association Health Law Committee. He has a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and a J.D, cum laude, from Chicago-Kent College of Law of the Illinois Institute of Technology.  

Venson Wallin is a Managing Director at BDO Consulting, LLC and is the National Healthcare Compliance and Regulatory Leader for the BDO Healthcare Center of Excellence & Innovation. He has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry. He has assisted academic medical centers, hospitals and health systems, physician groups, continuing care retirement communities and nursing homes by advising them on enhancements to their financial and operational systems as well as providing assurance on their financial statements and internal controls in accordance with regulatory requirements. 

Mr. Wallin is a certified Health Care Information Security and Privacy Practitioner. Mr. Wallin has performed several due diligence engagements analyzing the financial and operational aspects of providers, including historical and projected income statement and balance sheet performance as well as benchmarking against their peers. He has also led numerous financial and statutory audits of providers and payers, including analyses of their compliance with debt covenants included in their debt financing. Mr. Wallin has provided guidance to clients on their physician compensation structure. Mr. Wallin has also served as an expert witness on healthcare accounting and reporting matters.