1st Talk Compliance

Sheba Vine, JD, CPCO, talks about Qualifying Events that Trigger COBRA Benefits. COBRA is a federal law and is short for the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985. COBRA applies to employers with 20 or more employees that offer group health plans. COBRA provides the right to continue coverage in an employer group plan in certain instances. If an individual elects COBRA coverage, t...

First Healthcare Compliance hosts David M. Sommers, MD, JD, LLM, Medical Director and Chief Compliance Officer at Medsome LLC, for an interactive discussion on “The Second Victim Conundrum: Recognition, Intervention, and Protection of Peer Support.” This webinar reviews the literature dealing with “second victims,” who are clinicians involved in a patient safety incident often as a res...

First Healthcare Compliance hosts Nathan Fish, and Somer Hayes, associates at Greenberg Traurig, LLC in Dallas, Texas, for an interactive discussion on “Private Enforcement of Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Laws”. They counsel health care clients on a wide range of regulatory issues, including fraud and abuse, Stark and AKS. This will be a discussion of private enforcement and fraud abuse laws, incl...

First Healthcare Compliance hosts Tina Colangelo, CEO of Colangelo Consulting, for an interactive discussion on “MACRA,MIPS and APMs- The New Era of Medicine”. This webinar will give attendees everything they need to know about MACRA’s Quality Payment Program all in one place! It will cover a brief overview of the reason for the shift from fee-for-service to value-based care, important terms...

An interview with Kelly Anderson, National Inside Sales Manager at First Healthcare Compliance. Kelly, can you start by telling me a little bit about yourself and your role here? Thank you for talking with me today, I’m excited to tell you about our sales team here at First Healthcare Compliance.  My career in sales started many years ago selling solutions to my customers in the carpet industry wh...

First Healthcare Compliance hosts Karna Morrow, Director of Consulting for Coding Strategies for an interactive discussion on “ ICD-10-CM Updates for 2018” and learn from an auditing expert! This webinar will highlight the key changes to ICD-10-CM, effective 10/1/2018. We will focus on identifying changes to existing codes that may require additional specificity, learning which new codes may impac...

First Healthcare Compliance hosts Jim Cucinotta, CEO of Halo Health International for an interactive discussion on “ Educate Your Patients into Action.”  The key to getting patients to comply with treatment plans is to make them well-informed about the benefits and pitfalls of not following it. This webinar will give you some strategies on engaging and energizing patients through the use of health...

  First Healthcare Compliance hosts Shannon DeConda of NAMAS and DoctorsManagement for an interactive discussion on “Making the Complexities of E&M Auditing Simplistic in Approach and Understanding for Complete Physician Buy-In.” During this session, we will take actual medical records and break them down from an auditing analysis point of view. We will walk through records, identifying g...

The presentation will examine the importance of Background Checks and Exclusion Screening in the context of Risk Management and Health Care Compliance principles. First, it will examine the intersection of risk management and compliance in terms of their shared goals and objectives; second, the presentation will demonstrate how the vast majority of costs and risks in health care are closely linked...

Hello, this is Catherine Short with First Healthcare Compliance. I’m here with Karen Blanchette, PAHCOM Association Director, at the 29th Annual PAHCOM conference. Hi Catherine! It’s a pleasure to be speaking with you. The conference is phenomenal, as you’ve seen first hand. It is wonderful here at Clearwater Beach! The weather has been just beautiful. Why don’t you tell us more about “Leader of t...

Join First Healthcare Compliance and Shauna Itri, Esq of Berger & Montague for a discussion of False Claims Act Liability And Whistleblower Laws in the healthcare setting. A whistleblower or qui tam action can provide financial rewards to individuals who provide information that a company or individual has defrauded the government. The primary statutes under which this relief may be sought are...

Health care providers often have a difficult time trying to determine when co-payments and deductibles may be properly waived. Similarly, the extension of “professional courtesy” continues to be a problem in many practices. In this session, we will cover the risks you face when waiving co-payments and / or deductibles involving government and private payor plans. 1. Participants will g...

This webinar will cover essential concepts pertaining to the disaster management continuum including preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery. The presentation will focus on the necessity of “All Hazards Planning” and utilization of a trusted emergency management model known as the Incident Command System (ICS) as it pertains to health care facilities. The program will also include a brief...

Today we have a very special guest joining us! Regina Miller is our Client Services Team Lead here at First Healthcare Compliance. Regina, can you start by telling me a little bit about yourself and your role here? Sure. I have been in the healthcare arena in various leadership roles for over thirty-three years. And the majority of that has been in the client experience roles and responsibilities....

Once people offered their opinions and recommendations about surgeons and physicians in person. Today, people grab their smart phones and instantly post their thoughts, reviews, and opinions online for countless others to see. Is your practice equipped to manage its reputation online? Join us as we discuss how to manage your practice’s online reputation. Objectives: What reputation means in...

The CDC has officially declared prescription drug abuse in the US an epidemic – 100 people die from drug overdoses every day, most caused by prescription drugs. As a result, healthcare risk managers are strongly encouraged to mitigate exposure for providers and organizations facing the increasing regulatory and legal consequences of inappropriately prescribing and monitoring controlled subst...

The PCI Basics webinar will cover the history of PCI, why it is important to comply with PCI, and how to become compliant.

An interview with Valora Gurganious, Partner and Senior Management Consultant at DoctorsManagement, LLC. What is DoctorsManagement and what do you offer? DoctorsManagement, LLC (DM) is a leading provider of business solution services to a wide variety of organizations including leading academic institutions, integrated delivery health systems, physician owned and managed groups, and more than 30 l...

A discussion covering the issues and misconceptions surrounding the implementation of security measures within the framework of a healthcare practice.

First Healthcare Compliance hosts Jennifer Kirschenbaum of Kirschenbaum & Kirschenbaum for a discussion on what information is protected by HIPAA, how you can use protected information, how to protect against a breach and what to do if a breach happens.

An Interview with Karen Graver Toohey, founder of the Graver Toohey Group. What Is The Graver Toohey Group and What Do You Offer?  My background is in healthcare internal auditing, as well as public accounting. The goal of The Graver Toohey Group is to provide healthcare compliance and internal audit services to clients, whether they are hospitals or physician practices. My passion and desire is t...

The seminar will include examples of best practices for policies and language for employers to include in their Employee Handbook. Attendees will learn how to: provide information to employers regarding employee handbooks, discuss different types of policies to include in employee handbooks, and discuss employer’s use of the handbook can help in defending against employee actions.

This informative webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of common Life Safety Code (NFPA #101) deficiencies that are identified in health care facilities and provide guidance on maintaining a safe and compliant environment of care. The program will also focus on significant regulatory changes in health care facilities in accordance with the newly adopted editions of NFPA 101 and 99 (2012 ed...

An interview with Brian Johnson, Senior Director of Online Education at 4Med Approved . Who is 4Med Approved? 4Med Approved is a leading content developer and educational resource on topics for health industry professionals. It was founded in early 2010 to address the increasing need in the medical community for clear, unbiased resources and online learning on topics relating to health information...