An increasing number of management letters filed by auditing firms describe their intention to evaluate the sufficiency, strength, and effectiveness of the compliance programs that exist within the organizations they are auditing. And, while compliance program effectiveness has long been a expectation of the OIG as promulgated through its well-know "Seven Elements" doctrine, the need to maintain a well-functioning compliance program in order to satisfy routine auditing requirements is a more recent development.

Bottom line, it is no longer acceptable to simply install a compliance officer, write some policies, hold training and assume that the mere presence of a compliance agenda is sufficient. The program must be comprehensive, effective, current, proactive, supportive, and ingrained within an organization’s culture. 

• During this Webinar, compliance experts from Sonnenschein will outline a tactical approach to conducting an assessment of one’s compliance program
• The session will cite the risks of inaction, the compelling need for regular annual assessment, and an easy to follow methodology for how to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a compliance program
• In addition, the Webinar hosts will sift through various strategies for how to deal with gaps that may be discovered and options for remediating risks.

The goal of the session is to help ensure that you are doing all you can to determine how to identify inadequacies in your compliance program and, in turn, developing an approach for making it more effective.

Who Should Attend

• CFO, CEO
• Chief Compliance Officer
• Chief Risk Officer
• Director of Risk Management
• Director of Regulatory Affairs
• Director of Internal Audit
• Hospital Legal / Regulatory Counsel

About the Presenters

Sonnenschein’s compliance and legal advisors bring substantial experience to this topic and look forward to sharing some lessons learned and experiences gained through working with dozens of health care organizations who have sought assistance with optimizing their compliance program.

F. Lisa Murtha, J.D., CHC, Partner: Lisa has over 22 years of experience in working with provider organizations, universities and life sciences organizations in a variety of compliance areas including clinical research compliance, corporate governance, compliance program design and effectiveness and much more. Lisa speaks at national events frequently on compliance and clinical research topics and she has published numerous articles, book chapters and books on these topics.

Kevin R. Eskew, M.B.A., CHC, Managing Director: The focus of Kevin’s more than 13 years in healthcare and higher education has been in research operational improvement and compliance program management. His work on financial, operational, organizational enhancement engagements has included work with providers, health systems, pharmaceutical companies, and research universities. He has given speeches and authored articles for a number of professional organizations about his work helping clients improve their research patient billing compliance efforts