Health and Hospital Law Committee

2.4 hrs. MCLE credit

1. Testing the Effectiveness of Healthcare Compliance Programs
Speakers: Donn H. Herring:  Member, Health Care Practice, Lathrop & Gage, St. Louis; Martie Ross:  Member, Health Care Practice, Lathrop & Gage, Kansas City; and Hal Wagner - Corporate Compliance Officer and Counsel, Phelps County Regional Medical Center. 

Key topics to be addressed will include:

• The type and number of internal reviews audits and investigations;
• Updates from the 2007 OIG work plan;
• How to document efforts in minutes of corporate compliance committees, including identifying recurring problems or themes;
• Best practices that have been adopted from other corporate compliance programs;
• Revisiting and refining the duties of the corporate compliance officer; and
• Case examples illustrating key compliance strategies.

2. Healthcare Legislative Update
Jerry Sill, General Counsel, Missouri Hospital Association