RAC Speaking Engagements
"The Changing Audit Landscape: MICs, MACs, RACs and ZPICs" co-presented Karen Dropping, Manager of Quality and Service Support at Beaumont Hospitals, NAHC Annual Meeting , Las Vegas, NV, October 3, 2011.
"MICs, MACs & RACs: Strategies for Success," HCAM & MCAL Annual Convention & Expo, Mt. Pleasant, MI, October 2, 2011.
"The New Landscape of Audits; MICs, MACs, RACs and ZPICs," AHIMA-ACMCS Joint Clinical Coding Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, October 1, 2011.
"The New Audit Landscape: MICs, MACs, RACs and the Impact on Physician-owned Hospitals," Physician Hospitals of America (PHA) Annual Conference in Keystone, CO, September 22, 2011.
"MICs, MACs and RACs: Emerging Issues and Appeal Strategies" co-presented with Mark Reagan, Esq., American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living Annual Convention & Expo, Las Vegas, NV, September 19, 2011.
"Strategic Approaches to Challenging Inpatient-Outpatient Denials at the ALJ Hearing," AHA Webinar, August 24, 2011.
"Strategic Approaches to Challenging Inpatient-Outpatient Denials at the ALJ Hearing," RAC Monitor Webinar, June 28, 2011.
"RACs, ZPICs, and More - The Latest Improper Payment Initiatives for Governing Audits," MGMA Webinar regarding Recent Proper Payment Initiatives, May 12, 2011.
"Preparing for and Surviving a Third Party Payor Audit," Indiana Medical Society in Merrillville, IN, April 27, 2011.
"The New Landscape of Audits: MICs, MACs, RACs and ZPICs" co-presented with Susan Emanuel, System RAC Coordinator, Catholic Healthcare West, Phoenix, AZ; and Dawn Crump Network Director of Compliance, SSM Health Care St. Louis, Orlando, FL, HCCA's 15th Annual Compliance Institute, April 13, 2011.
"Medicaid RAC Appeals - Similarities and Differences with Medicare RAC Requirements and Processes," 5th Annual Medicare RAC Summit, Washington, D.C., March 9-11, 2011
"Full Steam Ahead: Latest Developments in Medicare and Medicaid," co-presented with James G. Sheehan, Office of the New York State Medicaid Inspector General, American Bar Association (ABA) Emerging Issues Conference, New Orleans, LA, February 23-25, 2011.
"Medicare and Medicaid Audits: A Year in Review," American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) Hospital and Health Systems Law Institute, Las Vegas, NV, February 11, 2011
"Legal Update," 4th National Medicare RAC Summit with Kathleen Houston Drummy, Esq. and Ryan D. Meade, Esq., September 14, 2010.
"Anatomy of an Appeal," 4th National Medicare RAC Summit, September 13, 2010.
"How to Defend, Repay or Self-Disclose Issues that may be Identified in the Expanding Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Program," Physician's Advisors Congress, July 19-20, 2010.
"Understanding CMS' Recent Program Integrity Initiatives: RACs, MACs, MICs and ZPICs," AHLA Webinar, with Kimberly Brandt, Director of the Medicare Program Integrity Group and Angela Brice-Smith, Director of the Medicaid Integrity Group, May 19, 2010.
"RAC Preparation & Successful Appeals," Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA): 14th Annual Compliance Institute, with Susan Emanuel, System RAC Coordinator, Catholic Healthcare West, April 18-21, 2010.
"The New Audit Landscape: MICs, MACs, and RACs," co-speaker with James Sheehan, New York Medicaid Inspector General, American Bar Association (ABA) Teleconference, April 7, 2010.
"The New Audit Landscape: MICs, MACs & RACs," American Health Lawyers Association - Physicians and Physician Organizations and Hospitals and Health Systems Law Institutes, February 25, 2010.
"RAC Audits: Latest Developments, Successful Appeal Strategies for DMEPOS Providers, and Emerging Issues," American Association of Homecare (teleconference), February 22, 2010.
"Medicare & Medicaid Contractors: Inside Out," American Bar Association - Emerging Issues in Health Care Law, Andrew B. Wachler with co-speaker James Sheehan, New York Medicaid Inspector General, February 18, 2010.
"The New Audit Landscape: MICs, MACs & RACs," American Health Law Association (AHLA) - Legal Issues Affecting Academic Medical Centers and Other Teaching Institutions, January 21, 2010 - January 22, 2010.
"RAC and Medicare Audits," Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA), November 17, 2009.
"RACs & Medicare Audits: Compliance Tips and Successful Appeals Strategy," Annual Meeting of the National Association of Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), October 10, 2009 - October 14, 2009.
"Latest Developments Related to the Nationwide Expansion of the Recovery Audit Contractors," State Bar of Michigan Health Care Law Section Annual Meeting, September 24, 2009.
"Building a RAC Shield: Best Practices in Preparedness & Case Studies of Success," The 4th Annual Hospital and Health System Financial Management Congress, Co-Presented with Susan Bihler, Director of Utilization Management at Florida Hospital, September 22, 2009.
"Recovery Audit Contractors: An Overview of Current Legal and Appeal Strategies," American Society of Medical Association Counsel (ASMAC), September 18, 2009.
"Recovery Audit Contractors," 2nd National RAC Summit, September 14, 2009 - September 15, 2009.
"RAC to the Future: New Developments, Current Legal Issues, and Appeals Strategies," American Bar Association Audio Conference, Co-Presented with Connie Leonard, Director, Division of Recovery Audit Operations for CMS, August 13, 2009.
"Recovery Audit Contractors and Medicare Audits: Compliance Tips and Successful Appeals Strategies," Indiana Association for Home & Hospice Care (IAHHC), May 19, 2009 - May 21, 2009.
"Recovery Audit Contractors & Medicare Audits: Compliance Tips & Successful Appeals Strategies," Healthcare Billing and Management Association, May 7, 2009.
"RAC Audit Appeals - Strategies and Defenses for Overturning Hospital RAC Denials," The National Healthcare Compliance Audio Conferences, May 5, 2009.
"Ready or Not, Here They Come! Preparing for and Defending RAC Audits," 2009 Annual Meeting of the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA), April 27, 2009.
"The Medicare Appeals Process," 2007 Annual Meeting of the Michigan Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (MHPCO), 2007.
"The New Medicare Appeals Process," Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, November 11, 2006 - November 24, 2006.
"The New Medicare Appeals Process," Annual Meeting of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), October 25, 2006.
"The New Medicare Appeals Process," 2006 Annual Meeting of the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA), October 1, 2006 - October 3, 2006.
"The New Medicare Appeals Process and Strategic Approaches to Medicare Audits," 2006 AHLA Annual Physicians and Physicians Organizations Law Institute, August 2, 2006 - September 2, 2006.
"The New Medicare Appeals Process and Strategies for Successful Appeals," ABA Health Law Section Teleconference, June 2006.
"The New Medicare Appeals Process," Associated Professional Sleep Societies, June 2006.
"The New Medicare Appeals Process and Strategies for Successful Appeals," Michigan Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (MHPCO), May 2006.
"The New Medicare Appeals Process," Michigan Podiatric Association, March 2006.
"The New Medicare Appeals Process and Strategic Approaches to Medicare Audits," AHLA Annual Physicians and Physicians Organizations Law Institute, February 8, 2006 - February 9, 2006.
Other Health Law Speaking Engagements
"Healthcare Policy: The New Law and Implications Moving Forward," the Women Impacting Public Policy Regional Conference, July 27, 2010.
"Diagnostic Imaging - A Comprehensive Approach: Anti-Markup Payment Limitations, IDTF Rules and Their Interplay with Stark and Fraud and Abuse Laws," with Lisa Ohrin, former Stark Regulator, at the Radiology Business Management Association's (RBMA) Radiology Summit.
"Diagnostic Imaging - Stark and Fraud and Abuse Laws Affecting Diagnostic Imaging Facilities," with Lisa Ohrin, former Stark Regulator, at the Radiology Business Management Association's (RBMA) Summit, May 24, 2010.
"How to Never Report Any Accidental Disclosures of Private Health Information (Legally) and Other Tales of HIPAA Compliance," Ambulatory Surgery Center Association's Annual Meeting, May 21, 2010.
"Medicare Claims Appeals Advanced Workshop," co-speaker with James P. Kelly and Lester Perling, American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA): Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues, March 24-26, 2010.
"A Comprehensive Approach: The Interplay of Stark Law and the Anti-Markup and IDTF Provisions on Diagnostic Imaging Facilities," co-speaker with Lisa Ohrin, Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA), October 28, 2009.
"Latest Developments in Stark and Anti-Markup for Billing Companies," Healthcare Billing and Management Association, May 8, 2009.
Advanced Appeals Workshop, 2009 American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues, March 25, 2009 – March 27, 2009.
"Third Party Payor Audits," American Society of Addiction Medicine, April 26, 2007 – April 29, 2007.
"The Medicare Appeals Process," 2007 AHLA Annual Physicians and Physicians Organizations Law Institute, 2007.
"New Developments in Third Party Payor Audits," 2007 RBMA Annual Meeting, 2007.
"Medicare Appeals, Exclusive Contracts, Compliance, Legal Risks of Facility Ownership, Society for Pain Practice Management," September 2005.
