April 30, 2021

Columbus Regional Healthcare Compliance Conference

Virtual, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)

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Challenges in Balancing Cyber Risk with Expectations of the Organization’s Stakeholders

Bill McCreary, PhD, Vice President CIO/CTO, The University of Toledo

• Gain an understanding of the cybersecurity risk landscape, which includes all the forces that result in an organization’s risk position
• Gain an understanding of the underlying elements that make up each risk factor, and associated mitigation strategies
• Gain an understanding of the challenges in balancing cyber risks with stakeholder expectations

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Medicaid Fraud 101

Lloyd Early, Special Agent-In-Charge, Ohio Attorney General, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit

• Define the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit’s role in the overall scheme of Medicaid program integrity, statutory authority, and jurisdiction
• Understand the terms “fraud” and “Medicaid fraud” and the most common schemes by which providers defraud Medicaid
• Discuss current trends in Ohio Medicaid provider fraud

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Care Modifications Therapists Have Made Due to COVID in a Skilled Nursing Facility

Petrina Garritano, Regional Rehab Manager, Laurel Health Care Company

• Apply key infection control guidelines and survey preparedness specific to COVID-19 and its impact in the skilled nursing environment
• Learn strategies to ensure quality services are provided to meet the recovery needs of the patients following coronavirus and its long-term effects
• Identify and implement approaches to the challenges facing skilled nursing facilities during the pandemic

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Compliance in a Pandemic: The LTC Facility Response

Dr. Teresa Remy Detty, Director of Consulting, LeaderStat

• Review how long-term care facilities have been impacted by COVID-19 and identify common barriers and innovations used to overcome them
• Review changes to the Requirements of Participation (RoP) due to the pandemic
• Review helpful strategies to minimize survey deficiencies and enforcement actions

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Lean Six Sigma Tools for Planning and Execution

Dave Cutri, CCO, University of Toledo

• Explain the necessity of each business unit’s objectives being aaligned with the organization’s overall objectives
• Identify the benefits and challenges of employing the Six Sigma methodology during a healthcare business process improvement engagement
• Identify the difference between output measures and performance measures in a business process, and provide tools and techniques to assess both of these measures

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Current Developments in HIPAA Law

Steven Mitchell, Regional Manager, HHS OCR Midwest Region

• Policy developments
• Breach highlights and recent enforcement activity
• Best practices
• How to stay on top of HIPAA law changes and issues

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