Government enforcement speakers join with compliance and legal experts at the HCCA's 3rd Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Institute

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 12, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Attendees of the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) 3rd Annual Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Institute will have the opportunity to learn government enforcement leaders' focus and their rationale on a variety of health care compliance issues. This unique conference, being held October 29-November 1, 2017 at the Capital Hilton in Washington, DC, includes 19 sessions where government enforcement speakers are combined with compliance and legal experts. This pairing of speakers offers an excellent opportunity for conference goers to gain strategic insight into compliance and risk concerns for their organizations.

"There are a lot of opportunities out there to hear about what enforcement authorities want in healthcare," said HCCA CEO Roy Snell. "This is an invaluable opportunity for healthcare compliance professionals to hear it in the government's own words."

Government enforcement speakers to include:

• Lena Amanti, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia,
• Joseph Beemsterboer, Chief, Healthcare Fraud Unit, Fraud Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice,
• Andrea Treese Berlin, Senior Counsel, Office of Inspector General (OIG)-U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
• Daniel Bernstein, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida,
• David Blank, Senior Counsel, OIG-HHS,
• Nancy Brown, Senior Counsel, OIG-HHS,
• Gary Cantrell, Deputy Inspector General for Investigations, OIG-HHS,
• George Codding Sr., Assistant Attorney General, State of Colorado,
• Bernard Cooney, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey,
• Candice M. Deisher, Assistant Attorney General, Virginia Attorney General's Office,
• Laura Ellis, Senior Counsel, OIG-HHS,
• Katie Fink, Senior Counsel, OIG-HHS,
• Tamara Forys, Senior Counsel, OIG-HHS,
• Michael Granston, Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Fraud Section, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice
• Charles Graybow, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey,
• Bradley Hart, Inspector General, State of Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services,
• Felicia Heimer, Senior Counsel, OIG-HHS,
• Michael Horowitz, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice,
• Gurujodha Khalsa, Chief Deputy County Counsel, Kern County, CA,
• Robert McAuliffe, Assistant Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch (Frauds),
• Sally B. Molloy, Trial Attorney, Fraud Section, U.S. DOJ Criminal Division,
• William J. Parente, Unit Chief, Health Care Fraud, U.S. DOJ,
• Natalie Waites Priddy, Civil Fraud Branch, U.S. Department of Justice,
• James G. Sheehan, Chief, Charities Bureau, NY Attorney General,
• Kathleen Von Hoene, Bureau Chief, MFCU-Complex Civil Enforcement Bureau, Office of Attorney General, State of Florida.
• David Wiseman, Civil Fraud Branch, U.S. Department of Justice,
• David Wright, Survey and Certification Group, CMS,

Healthcare Enforcement Compliance Institute Agenda – visit www.hcca-info.org/heci
Session topics include False Claims Act, Kickback and Stark Law, OPIOD Crisis: Drug Diversion & Enforcement, Security & Cyber Risk, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Enforcement Actions, Compliance and Addiction Treatment, Managed Care Fraud Enforcement and Compliance, and much more. For complete agenda details: http://www.hcca-info.org/portals/0/PDFs/Events/Brochures/hcca-2017-heci-brochure.pdf

About the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)
The Health Care Compliance Association is a non-profit association headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. USA. HCCA serves more than 11,300 compliance and ethics professionals, offers more than 50 meetings a year, and publishes Compliance Today, a monthly magazine for its members. Visit HCCA's website at www.hcca-info.org. Tel: 888-580-8373.

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