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Practical Pointers and Compliance Tips about: Corporate Integrity Agreements and Independent Review Organizations
- Why oversight agencies use Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIA)
- Elements of a CIA that may be negotiable and those that usually are not
- Key points in a CIA to explain to executives and governing bodies, before finalizing a CIA
- How to prepare to implement CIA requirements
- Role of Independent Review Agencies (IRO)
- Selection and working with an IRO
- Duties of an IRO; including report generation and submission to oversight agencies
Overview of the webinar
The healthcare industry has seen a marked increase in OIG compliance audits over the past several months – and an associated increase in OIG settlements, or Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIA). With this increase in audits and settlements comes an increase in anxiety on the part of the providers entering into the CIAs. For many, this is the first time (and hopefully only time) that they have had to deal with the increased scrutiny. Not only are the providers having to pay a settlement, but they are also having to pay someone to come in annually (or more frequently) and oversee what they are doing.
Who should attend?
- Compliance Officers
- Internal Auditors
- Financial Professionals
- Chief Executives
Why should you attend?
This session is intended to provide participants with an overview of what CIAs are and how to prepare for them – the end result being a perceived reduction in anxiety on their part. We will cover a variety of topics from the initial negotiations of the CIA to its ultimate execution to the ongoing activities over the life of the CIA, which is typically 5 years. By the end of this session, participants will have a more thorough understanding of how CIAs are originated, preparation activities for those who enter into CIAs and typical reporting requirements on an annual basis. We remove the mystique of CIAs!
Faculty - 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.