Robert Liles

In recent years, agency owners, managers, supervisors, marketers, billers and coders have been finding themselves under law enforcement's microscope. In this session, we will discuss the changing focus of State and Federal prosecutors as their focus has transitioned from the company itself to individuals within a company who are determined to be culpable for the alleged wrongdoing. In this webinar, attorney Robert W. Liles will discuss ways you can reduce your individual level of risk.

In this session, we will discuss these timely enforcement issues and cover ways that your company can reduce its level of risk associated with a breach of Protected Health Information (PHI) and / or Personally Identifiable Information (PII). We will also discuss the current Federal and State enforcement efforts associated with breach events.

At the outset, it is important to keep in mind that there are significant differences between the OIG Exclusion List and the CMS Preclusion List. During this session, we will discuss your obligations, as a Medicare or Medicaid provider, to ensure that your employees, agents, contractors, and vendors have not been excluded from participation in Federal health care programs. We will also discuss the impact of the CMS Preclusion List on your employment and contracting practices. Both OIG and CMS contractors are actively on the lookout for violations. In this webinar, attorney Robert W. Liles will discuss the importance of exclusion screening, how to screen and which exact databases must be screened – according to both Federal and State regulations, how often and which individuals and entities must be screened, and how providers must document their exclusion screening efforts in order to comply with the law.