Fraud and Abuse: Review of Advisory Opinions and Special Fraud Alerts

This webinar will review several advisory opinions and special fraud alerts issued by Office of the Inspector General (OIG), paying particular attention to what the OIG deems pertinent.

Why Should You Attend:

The Office of the Inspector General (“OIG”) periodically issues advisory opinions and special fraud alerts addressing areas of concern regarding Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse issues. These documents provide a great deal of insight into the thinking of federal enforcement authorities regarding how the fraud and abuse laws will be enforced.

This session is designed for healthcare executives, physicians and other healthcare providers who participate in and receive remuneration from Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal healthcare programs such as Tricare. As a healthcare executive, physician or other healthcare provider, you should be very concerned about the potential for liability under the fraud and abuse laws.

This webinar will examine several advisory opinions and special fraud alerts and will provide advice regarding what activities are subject to increased scrutiny and should be avoided.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Basis for OIG Advisory Opinions
• Gift cards
• Part-Time Physicians Performing Services as Bona Fide Employees
• Consignment Closets On-Site at Certain Hospitals
• Providing Pagers to Home-Bound Patients
• Discounted Ambulance Services
• Percentage Compensation
• Aggressive Marketing by DME Suppliers
• Physician Owned Entities
• Telemarketing
• Rental of Space in Physician Offices
• Contractual Joint Ventures
• Offering Gifts to Beneficiaries
• Practices of Business Consultants
• Free Goods and Services

Who Will Benefit:

This webinar will provide valuable assistance to all personnel in hospitals, nursing homes, physician practices, durable medical equipment suppliers, physical therapy practices, home healthcare companies etc.

• Hospital Executives, particularly CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CNOs, and CMOs
• Nursing Home Executives
• Physicians
• Physician Practice Managers
• DME Company Executives
• Other Healthcare Provider Executives

Instructor Profile:

William Mack Copeland, MS, JD, PhD, LFACHE, practices health care law in Cincinnati at the firm of Copeland Law, LLC. He is also president of Executive & Managerial Development Group, a consulting entity providing compliance and other fraud and abuse related services. A former hospital chief executive officer and graduate of Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Bill is a frequent author and speaker on health law topics. Copeland is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, American, Ohio and Cincinnati Bar Associations and is a life fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He was awarded the American College of Health Care Executives Senior-Level Healthcare Executive Regent’s Award in 2007.