Webinar On "Compensation-Focused Compliance: Is Your Healthcare Organization Ready for Shifts in Stark Law Enforcement?"

Event Details

Time: November 16, 2017 from 1pm to 2pm
Location: Online
Street: 9106 Seven Locks Road
City/Town: Bethesda
Website or Map: http://bit.ly/2hiegHa
Phone: 1-844-216-5230
Event Type: online, /, webinar
Organized By: Sam Miller
Latest Activity: Nov 14, 2017

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Event Description

Description :

Compliance issues related to physician compensation have been a key area of discussion in health care for a number of years.

However, because of the substantial awards and settlements in recent Stark Law enforcement actions, compensation-focused compliance has become more than just a compliance issue: it is an enterprise risk management issue.
This webinar will discuss strategies for ensuring physician compensation plans and compensation-focused governance processes support compliance.

Background of the Topic

Any time a health care organization structures a contract involving physicians, it must be aware of the federal laws that are unique to the healthcare industry (e.g., the Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, Civil Monetary Penalties Law, False Claims Act, etc.). These laws affect any contract with physicians who are in a position to refer, including employment or service contracts, group compensation structures, joint ventures, leases for space or equipment, free or discounted items or services and virtually any other exchange of remuneration.

Areas Covered in the Session :

Provide a general overview of the Stark Law.
Explain the requirements for compliance with key regulatory exceptions.
Discuss best practices for documenting compliance with three key tenets of defensibility (e.g., fair market value, commercial reasonableness, and not taking into account designated health service referrals, etc.).

Who Will Benefit:

Physicians and Practice Managers
Governing Board Members, Trustees and Directors
Health Care Executives
In-House Counsel
Health Care Human Resources
Health Care CFOs
Health Care Compliance Officers

About Speaker:

Joseph Wolfe is a partner with Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, P.C., the largest health care focused law firm in the country, now with offices nationwide. Hall Render's attorneys provide advice and counsel to many of the nation's largest health systems, hospitals and medical groups on a variety of health care issues. Mr. Wolfe regularly counsels clients on a national basis regarding compliance-focused physician compensation strategies. He is a frequent speaker on issues related to the physician self-referral statute (Stark Law), hospital-physician transactions, physician compensation and health care fair market value issues. Before attending law school at the University of Wisconsin, he served as a combat engineer in the United States Army.