In today’s challenging economic climate, healthcare providers and universities are faced with increasing operational risks. To mitigate these risks, healthcare organizations must link their compliance and ethics programs into their risk management framework. The key to success lies in the efficiency, effectiveness and transparency of these integrated programs. Join us for a free webinar in which the presenters will:

• Describe the historical basis for risk management in the United States including the COSO methodology and its progeny
• Provide a detailed overview of the process for evaluating risks in the healthcare provider and university settings
• Examine key risk areas that should be assessed on an annual and ongoing basis
• Identify necessary processes for prioritizing risk and evaluation of resource needs to deal with such risk areas
• Provide example "deliverables/reports" that have been proven effective in communicating and managing 3rd-party risk on an ongoing basis

The goal of the session is to help you identify potential inadequacies in your risk management and compliance programs and, in turn, develop an effective approach to closing the gaps.

Who Should Attend

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

About the Presenters

F. Lisa Murtha, J.D., CHC, Partner, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal:
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.

Lynda Hilliard, Deputy Compliance Officer of the University of California:
Ms. Hilliard has extensive experience in healthcare operations across the continuum of care. Prior to becoming involved in compliance; she held senior level administrator positions in both acute and long term care. As a consultant with Deloitte & Touche LLP in its National Life Sciences and Healthcare Regulatory Practice, Ms. Hilliard was actively involved in engagements involving compliance and enterprise risk assessments in healthcare and other industries, as well as compliance program development and effectiveness reviews, and healthcare internal audits. Lynda holds a healthcare-focused MBA from Loyola University of Maryland and is currently certified in healthcare compliance (CHC) from the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) and as a compliance and ethics professional (CCEP) from the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE). Ms. Hilliard is a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the United States Army Nurse Corps and has spoken at regional and national conferences on compliance, risk assessments, operational and other regulatory issues. She is the co-author of several healthcare operations texts and is an editorial board member of a national nursing journal.