Course Description:

Compliance is critical for every aspect of the business, administrative and clinical operations of health care entities. Often overlooked gaps in compliance with the federal Anti-KickBack Statute, state patient brokering, anti-kickback and fee-splitting laws, marketing, referral relationships, MSOs, Medical Director relationships, etc. can lead to serious legal and regulatory liabilities. Conducting regular compliance risk assessments for these areas of compliance risk can significantly reduce a health care entity’s and provider’s risk and liability exposure. 

This webinar is the second in a 12-part compliance risk assessment series being presented by Halos4Health and Skill Acquire. It is designed to educate and train health care, compliance and risk management professionals and executives on implementing and conducting compliance risk assessments in the areas of compliance with federal Anti-KickBack Statute, state patient brokering, anti-kickback and fee-splitting laws, marketing, referral relationships, MSOs, Medical Director relationships, etc., and then using the assessment results to identify and address gaps in an entity’s compliance. 

This webinar will also lay the foundation for future compliance risk assessment webinars by educating and training attendees on:

• Identifying and understanding the areas of critical compliance with the federal Anti-KickBack Statute, state patient brokering, anti-kickback and fee-splitting laws, marketing, referral relationships, MSOs, Medical Director relationships, and similar business and referral relationships endemic to health care professionals, providers and entities.
• Conducting an area-specific health care compliance risk assessment for federal Anti-KickBack Statute, state patient brokering, anti-kickback and fee-splitting laws, marketing, referral relationships, MSOs, Medical Director relationships compliance matters. Conducted by Michael R. Lowe, Esq., Co-Founder of compliance risk assessment advisor, Halos4Health, and a Board-Certified Health Law attorney with 30 years of health care compliance experience, this webinar is designed to provide easy to understand and critical information and education and training on these compliance risk assessments for health care professionals, providers, risk managers, compliance officers, executives and entities.

Learning Objectives:

• Understanding what an area specific Health Care Compliance Risk Assessment entails
• Identifying the critical areas of federal Anti-KickBack Statute, state patient brokering, anti-kickback and fee-splitting laws, marketing, referral relationships, MSOs, Medical Director relationships compliance matters health care risk compliance
• Education on compliance risk assessment tools available to health care professionals and entities
• Education and training on conducting a Health Care Compliance Risk Assessment in the area specific matters of federal Anti-KickBack Statute, state patient brokering, anti-kickback and fee-splitting laws, marketing, referral relationships, MSOs, Medical Director relationships compliance
• Learning to use risk stratification and identify gaps in compliance as part of a Health Care Compliance Risk Assessment
• Understanding who in your health care entity or organization should be involved in this type of Health Care Compliance Risk Assessment
• What do after completing a Health Care Compliance Risk Assessment to address gaps in compliance and compliance issue

Areas Covered in the Session:

• What is a Health Care Compliance Risk Assessment
• How to conduct a Health Care Compliance Risk Assessment in the area of federal Anti-KickBack Statute, state patient brokering, anti-kickback and fee-splitting laws, marketing, referral relationships, MSOs, Medical Director relationships compliance matters health care risk compliance
• Presentation on the critical areas of health care risk compliance with the federal Anti-KickBack Statute, state patient brokering, anti-kickback and fee-splitting laws, marketing, referral relationships, MSOs, Medical Director relationships compliance matters
• Paramount sub-areas and questions to focus on for this area of health care risk compliance
• Tools for conducting a health care compliance risk assessment and factors and points to consider when purchasing and using those tools
• Who should be involved in conducting the assessment
• What a health care professional, entity or organization should do with its assessment results
• Attacking and addressing identified gaps and “low-hanging fruit” that can lead to big returns on investment by significantly lowering compliance risk exposure and liability
• Consequences of failing to conduct a health care compliance risk assessment
• Implementing the risk assessment process into your health care professional’s, provider’s, entity’s or organization’s business, administrative and clinical operations
• Live Q&A Session

Suggested Attendees:

• Physicians
• Practice Administrators
• Risk Managers
• Compliance Officers
• Compliance Trainers and Personnel
• ASC Administrators
• APRNs
• Physician Assistants
• Physician Practice Executives and Managers
• Healthcare Executives
• Healthcare Network Administrators