HCCA's 14th Annual Compliance Institute to Feature Keynote Addresses by HHS Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson and CMS Deputy Administrator for the Center for Program Integrity Peter P. Budetti, MD, JD

MINNEAPOLIS, March 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Health and Human Services Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson and newly appointed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Deputy Administrator for Program Integrity Peter P. Budetti, MD, JD will address more than a thousand health care compliance and ethics professionals during the health care industry's largest, single most comprehensive compliance conference – the 14^th Annual Compliance Institute – April 18-21, 2010, Dallas, Texas, the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) announced today.

As part of his first days in the role of Deputy Administrator for Program Integrity, Dr. Budetti will outline the Obama Administration's priorities in reducing health care fraud during his address on Tuesday, April 20, 2010.

"Identifying and reducing fraud all across the health care system is an important priority for President Obama and Secretary Sebelius," said Budetti.  "We expect that providers and beneficiaries all across the country will help us in our efforts to find and fight health care fraud."

At a key pre-conference session on Sunday, April 18, 2010, CMS Program Integrity Director Kimberly Brandt, Angela Brice-Smith, director of the Medicaid Program Integrity Group, and Brenda Tranchida, director of the Plan Compliance and Oversight Group will present a program entitled Program Integrity across CMS: Medicare, Medicaid and Parts C and D.

Ms. Brandt and HEAT Liaison to the Medicare Program Integrity Group Joseph Strazzire will present a session on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 entitled, Preparing for the Great Unknown: What Recent Government Health Care Fraud Efforts Mean For You. During this session Brandt and Strazzire will outline what the recent government focus on health care fraud means to provider compliance efforts, as well as how to prepare for the legislative fraud and abuse provisions pending in Congress are enacted. The speakers will also discuss how recent law enforcement/CMS initiatives are helping shape CMS prevention efforts.

"We are gratified to have leading government representatives addressing our conference. It's essential for compliance and ethics professionals to stay abreast of the latest regulatory and enforcement initiatives; the success of their compliance efforts could hinge on something learned during the Compliance Institute," said Roy Snell, HCCA Chief Executive Officer.

Press Registration

To register as press for this landmark conference please contact Margaret Dragon at 781/593-4924 or access CI 2010 press registration form: http://www.hcca-info.org/pressreg

All press registration forms must be completed and returned by the close of business on April 12, 2010 to: Margaret Dragon by fax: 781/593-4920 or by email at [email protected] Please call 781/593-4924 for more information.

For More Information

Health Care Compliance Association

6500 Barrie Road, Suite 250

Minneapolis, MN 55435

Tel: 888-580-8373

E-mail [email protected]

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About the HCCA

The Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA), established in 1996 and headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, is a non-profit membership organization made up of compliance and ethics professionals working in the health care industry. HCCA is dedicated to improving the quality of compliance. Its mission is to champion ethical practice and compliance standards and to provide the necessary resources for ethics and compliance professionals and others who share these principles.

Visit HCCA's Web site at www.hcca-info.org. Tel: 888/580-8373. 

SOURCE Health Care Compliance Association