Meditracts Healthcare

Compliance Expert Bret

Bisseys Speaking Schedule
Bret S. Bissey, FACHE, senior vice
president of Compliance Services of
MediTract and a nationally recognized
expert in healthcare compliance, will be
speaking at a number of upcoming
conferences.

August

Association of Healthcare Internal

Auditors 2015 Conference:
On August 31, Mr. Bissey will address healthcare
Internal Auditors, IT Auditors, Compliance Auditors
and Finance Healthcare Professionals attending
the AHIA 2015 Conference in Portland, Oregon.
The session Reviewing Contracts to Ensure Stark
and Anti-Kickback Statute Compliance, takes
place from 3:50 to 5:30 p.m. and is co-presented
with Michael McKeever, Director Internal Audit, St
Peters Hospital.

August

Association of Healthcare Internal

Auditors 2015 Conference:
During the presentation, Mr. Bissey will focus on
helping healthcare organizations:
Recognize those arrangements that might
implicate Stark and/or Anti-Kickback Statute
(AKS).
Analyze financial data to identify agreements
that require scrutiny.
Review your current database of contracts to
ensure compliance with Stark and AKS.
Collaborate with counsel and administration
to enhance the contracting process.

September

GHP Network Purchased Services

Meeting:
On September 29, Mr. Bissey will speak at the
Purchased Service Conference, hosted by the
Global Healthcare Professional Network (GHP
Network). The conference combines the deep
purchased services expertise from leading
organizations and industry experts.
Mr. Bissey will speak on the topic of The
Intersection of Compliance and Purchased
Services: Measuring Quality with your Outsourced
Vendors, with Peter Stelling, MD Buyline, and
David Paschall, MediTract, from 9:50 to 10:50

September

GHP Network Purchased Services

Meeting:
Mr. Bissey and his co-speakers will help providers:
Understand internal and external SOPs for
purchased services.
Determine best practices standards for
clinical vendor evaluation.
Measure and analyze quality and outcomes
standards.
Understand how to manage and monitor
opportunities for identifying vendor
deficiencies.

October

HCCA Regional Conferences:

On October 2, Mr. Bissey will address attendees
of the Indianapolis Regional HCC Conference on
the topic of Benchmarking Compliance
Programs from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
The session will focus on compliance
effectiveness benchmarking, budgeting and
planning processes to achieving best practice.

October

HCCA Regional Conferences:

During the presentation, Mr. Bissey will help
attendees:
Understand the differences and similarities
between benchmarking and effectiveness.
Learn techniques and tools to measure
identified areas of your compliance program
to assist in the benchmarking process.
Learn techniques to sell your
benchmarking efforts to your leadership and
board.

October

HCCA Regional Conferences:

On October 9, Mr. Bissey will also speak to
attendees of the Pittsburgh Regional HCCA
Conference about What Every Compliance
Officer Needs in Their Toolkit.
The session, which runs from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.,
will cover:
Resources every compliance officer needs
to develop an effective compliance
program.
Methods to overcome obstacles and
challenges.

October

NJ HFMA 39th Annual Institute:

On October 7, Mr. Bissey will address attendees
of the New Jersey HFMA Annual Institute in
Atlantic City, NJ.
His first presentation will be on the topic of
Physician Hospital Arrangements Strategies
to Reduce Compliance Risk from 2:20 to 3:10
p.m.

October

NJ HFMA 39th Annual Institute:

In this session, he will:
Cover actions providers can take to develop
proactive processes to deal with the risks.
Cover recent regulatory enforcement actions.
Share tested strategies to proactively
establish compliance and legal activities
within your organization to mitigate the
potential compliance risks associated with
these relationships.
Assist attendees to prioritize and implement
potential strategies for this high-risk area.

October

NJ HFMA 39th Annual Institute:

Later that day, Mr. Bissey will participate in the
discussion panel on Best Compliance Practices
for Identifying and Managing Conflicts of
Interests with Vendors and Suppliers to Reduce
Risk.
The panel will take place from 4:20 to 5:10 p.m.
with Kelly J. Sauders, Partner, Deloitte & Touche
LLP, Jennifer Shimek, Principal, KPMG, LLP and
Deb Carlino, Director of Healthcare Compliance
and Audit, Rutgers University.

October

NJ HFMA 39th Annual Institute:

The panel, moderated by Mr. Bissey, will address
best compliance practices related to vendors
and suppliers, including exclusion checks,
conflict of interest disclosures, credentialing,
quality check and measurement on vendors, etc.

October

HCCA Clinical Practice Compliance

Conference:
On October 12, Mr. Bissey will address attendees
of the HCCA Clinical Practice Compliance
Conference in Philadelphia, PA on the topic of
Physician Arrangements Strategies to Reduce
Compliance Risk.
The session, which takes place from 4 to 5 p.m., is
co-presented with Michael McKeever, Director
Internal Audit, St Peters Hospital.
The discussion will focus on actions providers can
take to develop proactive processes to deal with
the risks, including includes tips to avoid liability

October

HCCA Healthcare Compliance

Enforcement Institute:
On October 25, Mr. Bissey will present on the
topic of The Government Enforcement Official
and Chief Compliance Officer
Learned Experiences on Proactive Initiatives to
Mitigate and Minimize Risk at the HCCA
Healthcare Compliance Enforcement Institute in
Washington, D.C. Co-presented with Alec
Alexander, Partner, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson
from 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., the sessions will
cover investigations, settlements and other
experiences from Mr. Bissey and Mr. Alexander

October

HCCA Healthcare Compliance

Enforcement Institute:
They will also answer the following questions:
What is the government looking for from a
provider?
What approach should the provider take in
dealing with a government inquiry DPA or
CIA?
Who should be negotiating the CIA for
providers?
What elements is the government looking to
have contained in these agreements?
How does the government review a Boards

November

HCCA Regional Conferences:

On November 13, Mr. Bissey will address the
audience at the Scottsdale HCCA Regional
Conference about What Every Compliance Officer
Needs in Their Toolkit.
The session, which takes place from 9 to 10:30
a.m., will cover:
Resources every compliance officer needs to
develop an effective compliance program.
Methods to overcome obstacles and
challenges.
Potential strategies to achieve success.

November

HCCA Regional Conferences:

Later that month on November 20, Mr. Bissey
will also speak at the Nashville HCCA Regional
Conference with co-presenter Anna Grizzle at
Bass Berry & Sims on Hot Topics and Lessons
Learned from CIAs.

November

HCCA Regional Conferences:

The session, which takes place from 1:45 to
2:45 p.m., will:
Highlight new trends in recent Corporate
Integrity Agreements and discuss what
this may mean for compliance programs.
Offer insights on a CIAs effect on planned
audits and for cause audits, work plans,
engagement of consultants,
communication with board members, etc.
Highlight proactive compliance initiatives
that organizations can take today to
reduce the possibility of not being subject

December

New England Healthcare Internal

Auditors Conference:
On December 2, Mr. Bissey will address the
New England Healthcare Internal Auditors in
Mystic, CT. With co-presenter Dara Quinn, Vice
President of Compliance and Internal Audit,
CarePoint, Mr. Bissey will discuss Best
Practices for Managing Hospital-Physician
Relationships to Reduce Risk.

December

New England Healthcare Internal

Auditors Conference:
The session will cover:
Recent regulatory enforcement actions.
Focused Arrangements.
How to prioritize and implement strategies
for this high-risk area, including use of
tools and technology.
Best practices for auditing contracts to
identify potential noncompliance with the
basic elements of Stark and Anti-Kickback
compliance.

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