2011 NHCAA Annual Training Conference Materials

Keynote Presentation
Jim Gee

Ethics for the Health Care Investigator
Kirk J. Nahra
Darrell Langlois

WEDNESDAY 9:15 am – 10:30 am

9:15 am Diagnostic Procedures & Clinical Modalities across Sub-Specialties

Location: Regency VI

John S. Yao, MD, MPH, MBA, MPA, FACP
Track: Clinical Issues for the Health Care Fraud Investigator

9:15 am Dental Treatment and Treatment Patterns  Location: Regency VII
Benjamin Andersen, AHFI

Tim Custer, DDS

Track: Identifying Dental Fraud

9:15 am Using Extrapolation in Investigations (R) | Handout  

Location: Regency V

Darrell Langlois, CPA, AHFI, CIA

M. Suzanne Moody, PhD

Chris Hunter

Track: Investigator’s Toolbox

9:15 am CMS Program Integrity Update  

Location: Centennial IV

Peter P. Budetti, MD, JD

Track: Legal, Management & Regulatory

9:15 am Life Insurance Fraud
Location:
Hanover AB
Note: presentation will not be available online. 

Mik Kelly, CFE, LTCP

Track: Life, Disability, Long-Term Care and Workers’ Compensation

9:15 am Impact your Bottom Line by Giving your Data a Voice  

Location: The Learning Center

Presented by EDIWatch, Inc., an NHCAA Premier Supporting Member

David A. Botsko, PhD, CFE

Arjomand Rahimzadeh, RN, BSN

Track: Anti-Fraud Technology Solutions

9:15 am Anatomy of an SIU Compliance Audit: What to Expect When Your Program Is Audited for the First Time  

Location: Hanover CD

Presented by ViPS, an NHCAA Premier Supporting Member

Jala Attia, AHFI, CFE

Karen Weintraub, MA, AHFI, CPC-P, CPMA

Track: Anti-Fraud Technology Solutions

9:15 am Observation Units: A Growing Concern  

Location: Centennial III

Michael Cohen

Louis Patalano, IV

Track: Fraud Detection & Investigation in Specialty Areas

 

WEDNESDAY 11:15 am – 12:30 pm

11:15 am Role of Medical Coverage Policy Development in Combating Fraud & Abuse 

Location: Regency VI

Daniel R. Barnett, MD

Edwin Fischl, MD, MS, MBA, AHFI

Gordon W. Grundy, MD, MBA

Fred Holt, MD, JD, AHFI

Edward N. Hunsinger, MD

George M. Koumaras, DDS

Track: Clinical Issues for the Health Care Fraud Investigator

11:15 am Physical and Rehabilitative Therapy Fraud 

Location: Regency VII

Note: presentation will not be available post-conferenceGreg Itsines

Shimon Richmond

Heather Tucci

Track: Fraud Detection & Investigation in Specialty Areas

11:15 am Part D Fraud Schemes 

Location: Centennial III Matthew Berls

Kelly Giancristoforo, AHFI, CFE

Track: Fraud Detection & Investigation in Specialty Areas

11:15 am Lessons from the UK  

Location: Regency V Ray Collins

Simon Peck, BS, DA, ACA

Track: Investigator’s Toolbox

11:15 am Health Care Fraud Strike Force, 2011 and Beyond  

Location: Centennial IV

Note: presentation will not be available onlineHank Walther

Track: Legal, Management & Regulatory

11:15 am Forensic Accounting in Disability Fraud Investigations  

Location: The Learning CenterRobert D. Russo

Track: Life, Disability, Long-Term Care and Workers’ Compensation

11:15 am The IBM Watson Fraud Analytics Jeopardy! Challenge  

Location: Hanover CD

Presented by IBM, an NHCAA Premier Supporting Member Shaun Barry

Pete Bouchard

Rob McGinley

Track: Anti-Fraud Technology Solutions

11:15 am Using Predictive Analytics, Technology and the Human Touch to Fight Fraud  

Location: Hanover AB

Presented by Verisk Health, an NHCAA Premier Supporting Member

Note: presentation will not be available online.Karthik Balakrishnan, Ph.D.

Barry L. Johnson, DDS

Track: Anti-Fraud Technology Solutions

 

 

WEDNESDAY 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm

2:30 pm Investigating Pediatric Fraud (R) 

Location: Regency VI

Gordon W. Grundy, MD, MBA

Track: Clinical Issues for the Health Care Fraud Investigator

2:30 pm Dental Fraud Case Examples (R)  

Location: Regency VII Kimberly A. Brown, RDH

George Koumaras, DDS

Joseph Parker, Jr.

Patricia M. Shifflett, RDH

Track: Identifying Dental Fraud

2:30 pm Identifying and Preventing Phantom Provider Schemes (R) 

Location: Centennial III Thomas Corrigan, CFE

Scott Drown

Jane Grover

Track: Fraud Detection & Investigation in Specialty Areas

2:30 pm Implementing or Expanding a Seizure Program  

Location: Hanover AB

Note: presentation will not be available onlineRobb Breeden

Brandy Colfescu

Doug Leff

Track: Investigator’s Toolbox

2:30 pm Senior Medicare Fraud Patrol Panel (R)  

Location: Centennial IVBarbara Dieker, MPA

John G. Morris, Jr., AHFI, CFE

Jean Stone

Track: Legal, Management & Regulatory

2:30 pm Secrets of the System: A Wall Street Journal Series on Medicare  

Location: Regency V

Note: presentation will not be available online.Mark Schoofs

Please read the following:

In Medicare’s Data Trove, Clues to Curing Cost Crisis

Published October 25, 2010, Wall Street Journal

A Device to Kill Cancer, Lift Revenue

Published December 10, 2010, Wall Street Journal

Top Spine Surgeons Reap Royalties, Medicare Bounty

Published December 20, 2010, Wall Street Journal

Confidentiality Cloaks Medicare Abuse

Published December 22, 2010, Wall Street Journal

Track: Legal, Management & Regulatory

 

2:30 pm Social Network Analytics: Its Role in the Identification and Prevention of Health Care Fraud  

Location: Hanover CD

Presented by LexisNexis, an NHCAA Premier Supporting Member

Bill Fox, JD, MA

Track: Anti-Fraud Technology Solutions

2:30 pm Entrepreneurs in Health Care Fraud  

Location: The Learning Center

Presented by OptumInsight, an NHCAA Premier Supporting Member Louise Dobbe

Russ Littlefield

Track: Anti-Fraud Technology Solutions

 

WEDNESDAY 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

4:00 pm 2011 Investigation of the Year  

Location: Centennial III

Note: presentation will not be available online

Welcome the winners of NHCAA’s 2011 Investigation of the Year Award and learn from the investigative strategies, multi-organization cooperation and case-building excellence that led to a successful resolution as well as to the coveted NHCAA honor.

Track: Fraud Detection & Investigation in Specialty Areas

4:00 pm Trends in Medical Identity Theft  

Location: Regency VII

Andrew McKee

Track: Fraud Detection & Investigation in Specialty Areas

4:00 pm Staying Ahead of the Curve: State Regulatory Update  

Location: Hanover CD

Ted Clark

Leigh McKenna

Track: Legal, Management & Regulatory

4:00 pm End of Life Care | Handouts  

Location: Regency VI

Frank J. Dubeck, Jr., MD

Track: Clinical Issues for the Health Care Fraud Investigator

4:00 pm Investigating Dental Fraud  

Location: Regency V

Jamie S. Johnston, AHFI, CFE, CPC, HCAFA, DBA

Phyllis Heller, AHFI

Track: Identifying Dental Fraud

4:00 pm Complex Coding Skill: Oncology Infusion Coding  

Location: Centennial IV

Cindy C. Parman, CPC, CPC-H, RCC

Track: Investigator’s Toolbox

4:00 pm Partnering for Effective Disability & Health Care Fraud Task Forces  

Location: The Learning Center

Dominic Dugo

Track: Life, Disability, Long-Term Care & Workers’ Compensation

4:00 pm A Game Changing Approach to Stopping FWA – How a Payer is Achieving Real Results  

Location: Hanover AB

Presented by FICO, an NHCAA Premier Supporting Member

Andrea Allmon, PhD

Dennis Latsha

Marilee Willey, RN, CPC, CPC-H, RAC-CT

Track: Anti-Fraud Technology Solutions

 

THURSDAY 7:00 am – 8:30 am

7:00 am Taking the Right Steps to Secure Member Data  

Location: Hanover C

Presented by ACS, an NHCAA Premier Supporting Member

RG Conlee

Sara Fitzsimmons

Track: Anti-Fraud Technology Solutions

7:00 am Making Every Dollar Count: Tools and Technology to Optimize the SIU – A Panel Discussion  

Location: Hanover AB

Presented by Emdeon, an NHCAA Premier Supporting Member

Thomas P. Brennan, Jr., AHFI

John Shoemaker, MBA, CFE, CPA

Kyle Cheek, Ph.D.

Mark Isbitts

Track: Anti-Fraud Technology Solutions

7:00 am The Key to Unlocking Skilled Nursing Facility Fraud, Waste, and Abuse  

Location: Hanover FG

Presented by IntegriGuard, An NHCAA Premier Supporting Member

Ira Nathan, ASA, MAAA

Christina Stillwell-Deaner, MPH, CPH, RN

Jean Tonje, MBA

Track: Anti-Fraud Technology Solutions

7:00 am Real World Examples of Decreasing Waste and Abuse Through Pre-pay Prevention  

Location: Hanover DE

Presented by McKesson, an NHCAA Premier Supporting Member

Catherine Pavlov, RN

Diane Ward, RN, MHSA, CCS-P, AHFI

Track: Anti-Fraud Technology Solutions

 

THURSDAY 8:45 am – 10:00 am

8:45 am Identifying FWA in Behavioral Health (R) 

Location: Centennial II

Margaret Brennecke, Ph.D.

Jim Slayton, MD

Track: Clinical Issues for the Health Care Fraud Investigator

8:45 am Dental Fraud: The Claim Review Perspective 

Location: Centennial I

Stewart Balikov, DDS

Track: Identifying Dental Fraud

8:45 am New Approach to Failure of Care Cases  

Location: Centennial IV

Cathy Pascale, Esq.

Andrew S. Penn

Track: Fraud Detection & Investigation in Specialty Areas

8:45 am Structured Criminal Activity Trends in Health Care Fraud  

Location: Centennial III

Note: presentation will not be available online

Jennifer Trussell

Track: Fraud Detection & Investigation in Specialty Areas

8:45 am Looking into a Transatlantic Mirror: EU vs US 

Implementing the 7 NHCAA Guiding Principles for Combating Health Care Fraud in Europe: How high does Europe score?

Location: Dunwoody

Paul Vincke

Track: Legal, Management & Regulatory

8:45 am MEDIC/Health Plan Cooperation (R)  

Location: Regency VII

Martina Gilly

Presley Rebman, AHFI, CFE, PMP

Danielle Van De Hey, HCAFA

Track: Legal, Management & Regulatory

8:45 am The Bad Apples of Behavioral Health  

Location: Regency V

Presented by HMS, an NHCAA Premier Supporting Member

Jill S. Costen

Christie Watson, CPA, CFE

Track: Anti-Fraud Technology Solutions

8:45 am Advanced Analytics in Fighting Health Care Fraud – a Public and Private Perspective  

Location: Regency VI

Presented by SAS, an NHCAA Premier Supporting Member

Ted Doyle, MA, AHFI

Gary H. Fuquay

Julie Malida, FSA, MAAA

Track: Anti-Fraud Technology Solutions

 

THURSDAY 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

11:00 am Diagnostic Radiology Services  

Location: Centennial I

Melody Mulaik, MSHS, CPC, CPC-H, RCC, PSC, FCS

Track: Fraud Detection & Investigation in Specialty Areas

11:00 am Implementing Undercover Operations (R)  

Location: Centennial III

Dan Bowerman, DC, FACO, AHFI, CPC

Howard Levinson, DC, AHFI, CFE, CPC

Track: Fraud Detection & Investigation in Specialty Areas

11:00 am Electronic Medical Records (R)  

Location: Centennial II

James Taylor, MD, CPC

Track: Investigator’s Toolbox

11:00 am Complex Coding Skill: Cardiology 

Location: Regency VII

Karna Morrow, CPC, RCC

Track: Investigator’s Toolbox

11:00 am Disability Red Flags  

Location: The Learning Center

Note: presentation will not be available online post conference.

L. David Covino, CFE, ALHC

Track: Life, Disability, Long-Term Care and Workers’ Compensation

 

11:00 am Using Extrapolation in Investigations | Handout  

Location: Regency V Darrell Langlois, CPA, AHFI, CIA

M. Suzanne Moody, PhD

Chris Hunter

Track: Investigator’s Toolbox

11:00 am Senior Medicare Fraud Patrol Panel  

Location: Centennial IVBarbara Dieker, MPA

John G. Morris, Jr., AHFI, CFE

Jean Stone

Track: Legal, Management & Regulatory

11:00 am Solving Unique Anti-Fraud Concerns through Technology & Expertise  

Location: Regency V

Presented by TC³, an NHCAA Premier Supporting Member

Moderator: Roberta Patrow

Mac McIntyre

Dennis Norton

Rose Marie Tetzlaff

Track: Anti-Fraud Technology Solutions

 

THURSDAY 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm

2:00 pm Community Mental Health Centers  

Location: Centennial II

Note: presentation will not be available online.

Ben Singer

Jennifer L. Saulino

Track: Fraud Detection & Investigation in Specialty Areas

 

2:00 pm Specialty Pharmaceuticals: Fraud, Waste & Abuse (R)  

Location: Centennial III

Alanna M. Lavelle, AHFI, MS, CPC

Rodger Smith, JD

Track: Fraud Detection & Investigation in Specialty Areas

2:00 pm Addressing Cultural Dynamics in Your Interviews  

Location: Regency VII

Note: presentation will not be available online

Kirk A. Kennedy, Ph.D.

Track: Investigator’s Toolbox

2:00 pm Top 10 Health Care Fraud Challenges for SIUs  

Location: Centennial IV

Kirk Nahra, Esq.

Track: Legal, Management & Regulatory

2:00 pm Investigative and Legal Perspective on Provider and Workers’ Compensation Fraud Investigations  

Location: The Learning Center

Anthony DiPaolo, BS, MS, CFE

Scott S. Faragi, CFE

Lisa Gallagher, RN, BSN, JD, CFE

Track: Life, Disability, Long-Term Care and Workers’ Compensation

2:00 pm ICD-10: A Perspective on Change  

Location: Regency VI

Presented by CGI, an NHCAA Premier Supporting Member

Robert Haskey, MD

Brian Lane, AHFI, CFE, MAJ

Track: Anti-Fraud Technology Solutions

2:00 pm Best Practices in Detecting and Eliminating Waste and Fraud  

Location: Regency V

Presented by Thomson Reuters, an NHCAA Premier Supporting Member

Raymond J. Fabius, MD, CPE, FACPE

Mark Gillespie

Jean MacQuarrie

David Nelson

Track: Anti-Fraud Technology Solutions

2:00 pm Investigating Pediatric Fraud  

Location: Centennial I

Gordon W. Grundy, MD, MBA

Track: Clinical Issues for the Health Care Fraud Investigator


 

THURSDAY 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm

3:30 pm Complex Case Challenge: Organizing the Evidence  

Location: Centennial IV

Note: presentation will not be available online.

Marguerite Hackney

Judy Sly

Track: Investigator’s Toolbox

 

3:30 pm Long-Term Care Insurance  

Location: The Learning Center

Barbara A. Stencil, AHFI

Track: Life, Disability & Investigation in Specialty Areas

3:30 pm Identifying FWA in Behavioral Health  

Location: Centennial I

Margaret Brennecke, Ph.D.

Jim Slayton, MD

Track: Clinical Issues for the Health Care Fraud Investigator

3:30 pm Leveraging Multi-Dimensional Analyses to Identify Fraudulent Encounters  

Location: Regency VII

Presented by MedAssurant, Inc., an NHCAA Premier Supporting Member

Willis Gee

Track: Anti-Fraud Technology Solutions

3:30 pm Identifying and Preventing Phantom Provider Schemes 

Location: Centennial III Thomas Corrigan, CFE

Scott Drown

Jane Grover

Track: Fraud Detection & Investigation in Specialty Areas

3:30 pm Dental Fraud Case Examples  

Location: Centennial II Kimberly A. Brown, RDH

George Koumaras, DDS

Joseph Parker, Jr.

Patricia M. Shifflett, RDH

Track: Identifying Dental Fraud

 

FRIDAY 8:00 am – 9:30 am

8:00 am The Treatment Trap: Overutilization of Medical Care  
Location: Regency VI

Rosemary Gibson

8:00 am Off-Label Pharmaceutical Use: Botox  

Location: Regency VII

Michael Badolato, MHA, MBA

Scott Stephan, BSN

8:00 am SIU Management Panel Discussion  

Location: Regency V

Ralph J. Carpenter

Christopher J. Ferrara, AHFI

Sharon Green, AHFI, CFE

Carmen E. Russo, AHFI, CFE

 

FRIDAY 9:45 am – 11:00 am

9:45 am MEDIC/Health Plan Cooperation  

Location: Centennial IV

Martina Gilly

Track: Legal, Management & Regulatory

9:45 am Implementing Undercover Operations  

Location: Centennial I

Dan Bowerman, DC, FACO, AHFI, CPC

Howard Levinson, DC, AHFI, CFE, CPC

Track: Fraud Detection & Investigation in Specialty Areas

9:45 am Electronic Medical Records  

Location: Centennial III

James Taylor, MD, CPC

Track: Investigator’s Toolbox

9:45 am Specialty Pharmaceuticals: Fraud, Waste & Abuse  

Location: Centennial II

Alanna M. Lavelle, AHFI, MS, CPC

Rodger Smith, JD

Track: Fraud Detection & Investigation in Specialty Areas