Additional government enforcement authorities to speak at the 2014 Compliance Institute

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the heels of the U.S. Government's announcement of record-breaking recoveries returned to the Medicare Trust Funds and U.S. Treasury, the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) announced today four additional speakers from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General have been added to the 18th Annual Compliance Institute agenda.

It is critical for compliance professionals to hear directly from members of the enforcement community. The Compliance Institute's most recent enforcement community speakers include:

-Geoffrey Hymans, Senior Counsel, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
"Responding to a Government Investigation: Best Practices for Achieving a Favorable Outcome"

-Tony Maida, Deputy Chief, Administrative & Civil Remedies, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
"Voluntary Disclosure: When and Where"

-Gloria L. Jarmon, Deputy Inspector General, Office of Audit Services, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Health and Human Services
"OIG Medicare Compliance Reviews"

-Judith Bartlett, Program Analyst, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
"Therapy Utilization in Long-Term Care: Is It Really 'Over-Utilization'?"

Also newly added to the Compliance Institute agenda are:
-John R. Hamilton, III, Chief Compliance Officer, Gentiva Health Services, Inc.,
-Kathy Owens, SVP, Clinical & Resident Services, Kindred Healthcare, and
-Paul Killeen, SVP, Litigation, Golden Living
"Legal, Compliance, and Nursing—Friends or Foes? How this Critical, Triangular Relationship CAN and Should Work in Your Organization"

They join the following speakers from the government who are already on the agenda:
-Erika Bol, Privacy Officer, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy/Financing
-Michael Granston, Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Justice
-Alice Martin, Deputy Attorney General, State of Alabama
-Susan Lynch, Senior Trial Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Commercial Litigation Branch, Fraud Section
-Daniel Levinson, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General
-Gregory Demske, Chief Counsel to Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General
-Linda Sanches, Senior Advisor, Health Info Privacy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
-Laura Rosas, Program Officer, Office of the Chief Policy Officer, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
-David Loewenstein, Compliance Branch Chief, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
-Jeffrey Dickstein, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office
- Benton Curtis, Assistant Chief, Criminal Fraud Section, U.S. Department of Justice
- Yun-kyung (Peggy) Lee, Senior Equal Opportunity Specialist, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

About the 2014 Compliance Institute
HCCA's 2014 Compliance Institute, a four-day conference with 146 sessions, nine learning tracks, 231 speakers, will immerse approximately 2,000 conference attendees in the vast world of governance, regulatory risk, and compliance obligations health care compliance professionals face daily. The Compliance Institute is the primary education and networking event for professionals working in compliance and ethics in the health care industry. At this meeting, attendees learn the latest methods and strategies for developing and improving their compliance programs in this rapidly growing and evolving profession.

The 2014 Compliance Institute features the following tracks:

• Hot Topics in Compliance track
• Long-Term Care Compliance track
• Physician Compliance track
• Privacy & Security track               
• Auditing & Monitoring track
• Compliance Lawyer track
• Quality of Care track
• How to Succeed as a Compliance Professional track
• Advanced Discussion Groups

Use this link to access the Compliance Institute website http://www.compliance-institute.org/

About HCCA
The HCCA, established in 1996 and headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, is a non-profit professional membership organization with more than 9,000 members. It is dedicated to improving the quality of compliance. Visit HCCA's website at www.hcca-info.org. Tel: 888/580-8373.

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