MD - Health Care Compliance Association
MD - Health Care Compliance Association MD - Health Care Compliance Association
■ There will be Compliance experts from government, vendors, outside counsel, consultants, and academics. Just the facts: Roy Snell Here are the facts about HCCA’s 2006 Compliance Institute. ■ It will mark our 10th Anniversary. ■ It is our first time in Las Vegas with the Compliance Institute. ■ We will print 1,080,000 pieces of paper. ■ There will also be Compliance experts from audit, education, transcription, coding, billing, auditing, and ethics. ■ Approximately 60 % of the speakers will not have spoken the year before. Keep reading—there’s more: ■ Special tracks for HIPAA, Quality of Care, Research/IRB, Physician Transactions, SOX, Rural Hospital, Auditing and Monitoring, Hot Topics, General Compliance and Tax Exemption/Charity Care. ■ We will occupy 2,845 room nights. ■ 20 staff will manage the conference. ■ Industry Immersion for Academic Medical Centers, Long-Term Care, Large Health Care Systems, Payor/Managed Care, Medical Device, and Physician Group Practice. ■ There will be 200 speakers. ■ There will be 95 sessions. ■ The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General is speaking at the Compliance Institute. ■ There will be presenters from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), and the U. S. Sentencing Commission (USSC). ■ Pre-conference: Compliance 101, HIPAA 101, Medicare Part D, Auditing/Monitoring, and more. ■ Post-conference: Laboratory, Auditing/Monitoring, Quality of Care. ■ Auditing/Monitoring and Privacy Officer Round Tables. ■ And endless networking opportunities! We have come a long way. It is simply amazing. Help us celebrate our 10th year! Hope to see you there. ■ It is the largest health care compliance conference in the world. ■ Five (5) compliance achievement awards will be given out Sunday night. ■ Five (5) laptops will be given away. ■ There will be 60 vendors. January 2006 20 Health Care Compliance Association • 888-580-8373 • www.hcca-info.org
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■ There will be <strong>Compliance</strong> experts from<br />
government, vendors, outside counsel,<br />
consultants, and academics.<br />
Just the facts:<br />
Roy Snell<br />
Here are the facts about HCCA’s 2006 <strong>Compliance</strong> Institute.<br />
■ It will mark our 10th Anniversary.<br />
■ It is our first time in Las Vegas with the <strong>Compliance</strong> Institute.<br />
■ We will print 1,080,000 pieces of paper.<br />
■ There will also be <strong>Compliance</strong> experts<br />
from audit, education, transcription,<br />
coding, billing, auditing, and ethics.<br />
■ Approximately 60 % of the speakers will not have spoken the year<br />
before.<br />
Keep reading—there’s more:<br />
■ Special tracks for HIPAA, Quality of <strong>Care</strong>, Research/IRB,<br />
Physician Transactions, SOX, Rural Hospital, Auditing and<br />
Monitoring, Hot Topics, General <strong>Compliance</strong> and Tax<br />
Exemption/Charity <strong>Care</strong>.<br />
■ We will occupy 2,845 room nights.<br />
■ 20 staff will manage the conference.<br />
■ Industry Immersion for Academic Medical Centers, Long-Term<br />
<strong>Care</strong>, Large <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Care</strong> Systems, Payor/Managed <strong>Care</strong>, Medical<br />
Device, and Physician Group Practice.<br />
■ There will be 200 speakers.<br />
■ There will be 95 sessions.<br />
■ The U.S. Department of <strong>Health</strong> and Human Services Inspector<br />
General is speaking at the <strong>Compliance</strong> Institute.<br />
■ There will be presenters from the Centers for Medicare and<br />
Medicaid Services (CMS), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ),<br />
Department of <strong>Health</strong> and Human Services (DHHS), Office of<br />
Inspector General (OIG), Joint Commission on Accreditation of<br />
<strong>Health</strong>care Organizations (JCAHO), and the U. S. Sentencing<br />
Commission (USSC).<br />
■ Pre-conference: <strong>Compliance</strong> 101, HIPAA 101, Medicare Part D,<br />
Auditing/Monitoring, and more.<br />
■ Post-conference: Laboratory, Auditing/Monitoring, Quality of<br />
<strong>Care</strong>.<br />
■ Auditing/Monitoring and Privacy Officer Round Tables.<br />
■ And endless networking opportunities!<br />
We have come a long way. It is simply amazing. Help us celebrate our<br />
10th year! Hope to see you there.<br />
■ It is the largest health care compliance conference in the world.<br />
■ Five (5) compliance achievement awards will be given out<br />
Sunday night.<br />
■ Five (5) laptops will be given away.<br />
■ There will be 60 vendors.<br />
January 2006<br />
20<br />
<strong>Health</strong> <strong>Care</strong> <strong>Compliance</strong> <strong>Association</strong> • 888-580-8373 • www.hcca-info.org