Continuing Education Programs (CEU)

Overview: Several of the recent Stark Law cases and settlements have highlighted the risks of entering into contracts for physician leadership. In this webinar, Mr. Wolfe will discuss why these contracts must satisfy a Stark Law exception, and why compensation paid to physician leaders must be at fair market value and on terms that are commercial reasonable. He will also discuss key features of effective and defensible contracts. The webinar will include practical strategies that health care executives can use to enhance the defensibility of these arrangements, including potential features of an organizational policy. Why should you Attend: In recent years, the health care industry has seen unprecedented engagement of physicians leaders to serve as medical directors and in other administrative roles. With increasing emphasis on clinical quality and value this trend is only expected to accelerate.

This webinar will provide updated insights and better treatment for ADHD based on current research. It is important to understand that roughly 70% of those with ADHD have an additional diagnosis, and many of those individuals with comorbidity have an underlying condition that is solely causing the client to meet criteria for ADHD. As a result, it is important to learn how to identify the underlying symptoms and causes and to not treat the disorder as a category. In this workshop we will discuss different underpinnings of ADHD through imaging studies and areas of the brain that are most impacted in those with ADHD. This understanding will help clinicians and parents better target interventions. We will discuss lower order causes found in the orbitofrontal and subcortical areas, as well as higher order weaknesses such as working memory and mental flexibility.

This webinar for HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates will explain: What a complete HIPAA Risk Analysis - Risk Management program is and how to do one. How to automate, simplify, document and complete your HIPAA Risk Analysis - Risk Management by an interactive, intuitive process: To identify and analyze Risks to all Protected Health Information (PHI) - not just Electronic Protected Health Information (EPHI) Manage Identified Risks Implement your specific, customized Risk Management Plan Archive your Risk Analysis - Risk Management- Risk Management compliance for ready reference and inspection by OCR Craft your next HIPAA Risk Analysis - Risk Management from the data entered in the archive - modify and supplement with no need to start from scratch.

Overview: Trigger point injections-use of ultrasound guidance-are payers covering this? Are there limitations on how many trigger points can be performed in a specified period of time? Chemodenervation for chronic migraine headache and spasmodic torticollis-proper -documentation/billing of medication administered is essential Genicular Nerve block and destruction-Why do you not code these differently? Facet/MBB block and destruction-How do you correctly count the levels? What modifiers do you use? How do you code a "periarticular" injection? Transforaminal Epidural Steroid/Selective nerve root block-bilateral versus multi-level coding Stellate Ganglion and Lumbar Sympathetic blocks-don't forget to bill for fluoro Intercostal nerve block versus paravertebral (TAP) block

Overview: One errant email or text message can cost you tens of thousands of dollars in HIPAA fines and penalties and it doesn't matter who you're communicating with: patients, staff, providers or with insurance carriers. A violation is a violation. And if you think it couldn't happen to you, think again. Text and email HIPAA violations are not always caused by what you might think. For example, you may think you are safe as long as you don't text patients - you're wrong. Many violations generally occur between providers messaging their staff. You can avoid getting hit with a HIPAA audit and violations with a few simple changes to your current processes. But you have to be able to identify the danger zones. National HIPAA expert, John Brewer, will walk you through how to escape being hit with HIPAA emailing and texting violations.

Overview: This webinar will explain about Ransomware attack on a Covered Entity or BA that encrypts PHI is presumed to be a HIPAA Breach according to the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Ransomware including new, more treacherous varieties used by cyber-criminals to attack the Healthcare Industry HIPAA Rules that apply to Ransomware attacks "Social Engineering" tricks criminals use to sneak Ransomware into Electronic Information Systems What to do if your organization suffers a Ransomware attack Best practices to: Prevent Prepare Respond Recover from Ransomware Attacks Why should you Attend: Healthcare is the biggest target for Ransomware attacks in 2017. New types of Ransomware are particularly dangerous. They not only lock up your information system - they steal Protected Health Information (PHI).

Overview: This lesson will be addressing how practice/business managers (or compliance offers) need to get their HIPAA house in order as HIPAA is now fully enforced and the government is not using kid gloves any more.It will also address major changes under the Omnibus Rule and any other applicable updates for 2016 and beyond. There are an enormous amount of issues and risks for covered entities and business associates these days as it relates to patients ability to sue you and the Federal governments audit process. I will speak on specific experiences from over 17 years of experience in working as an outsourced compliance auditor, expert witness on HIPAA cases, and thoroughly explain how patients are now able to get cash remedies for wrongful disclosures of private health information. More importantly I will show you how to limit those risks by simply taking proactive steps and utilizing best practices

Overview: Incident-to coding for your non-physician practitioners (NPPs) services in conjunction with a supervising physician continues to generate confusion- and 2018 will be no exception. So, it's no surprise that these claims generate higher than average denials, and lead to hefty penalties for physician practices ranging from $163K to $1.5 million - but they don't have to. Obviously, being paid 100% vs. 85% for your NPPs services is the goal. However, correctly maneuvering through complex incident-to guidelines so you can avoid audits and fines is anything but easy. That's where expert coder, Rhonda Granja, B.S., CMC, CMOM, CMA, CPC, comes in. Rhonda has put together a 60-minute training session to help you cut through the confusion of these difficult coding situations. Even if you don't see Medicare patients, you should still take note. Private carriers usually end up following suit with CMS at some point.

Overview: In this session Mr. Wolfe will provide an overview of the regulations that impact health care leases. He will also discuss best practices for negotiating and drafting leases on behalf of health systems, hospitals, medical groups and physician practices. The webinar will focus on regulatory requirements, key provisions, valuation considerations and potential pitfalls that should be avoided. Why should you Attend: As health care organizations develop leasing arrangements with referring physicians, it's critical that they understand the key business, legal and regulatory considerations and trends that Mr. Wolfe will discuss in this webinar. For example, a new exception for timeshare arrangements recently went into effect under the Stark Law.Any health care organizations looking to enter into a new timeshare leasing arrangement should understand the requirements of this new timeshare exception.

Covered entities and business associates have very specific requirements under the HIPAA Privacy Rule, HIPAA Security Rule and Breach Notification Rule. Enforced by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) HIPAA appears to be constantly changing, not based on new regulations, but guidance and newsletters from the OCR, Office of the Inspector General, Office of National Coordinator and CMS. In addition, OCR adopts many of the publications from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Without a clear understanding of how to apply the standards in your office, you will most likely be in violation of some aspect of HIPAA every day. Small matters such as not posting your Notice of Privacy Practices (NPP) in your waiting room or not listing electronic exchanges on your Notice.

Overview: This session will provide specific and easy to implement strategies to help ALL clinicians, not just pain management specialists. Pain management is more than "passing meds." This session is not about different types of pain medications. Rather, it is about building a relationship with the patient and together finding the best method of managing pain. At times, healthcare professionals cannot completely remove all pain. However, even patients experiencing some pain (that is tolerable) can still give high patient satisfaction scores. Pain management is much more than managing the pain; it is also about managing the perceptions. Choosing the right words is as important as choosing the right medications. Why should you Attend: The inability to clearly understand all facets of pain management could lead to disaster on many levels. Improper communication about pain could lead to patient mismanagement and devastating consequences, including serious medical issues and death.

Overview: The HIPAA Rules and HHS/OCR guidance provide a simple, easy to use 3 Step Safe Harbor for using unencrypted email and text messaging to engage patients. This session will explain the 3 Step HIPAA Safe Harbor. The secret is - HIPAA Rules are easy to follow, step-by-step - when you know the steps. Why should you Attend: Patient Engagement is a cornerstone of effective patient care. Communication technology offers indispensable patient engagement tools. Secure patient portals are available. So are encrypted text message and email products. But patients overwhelmingly choose non-secure communication tools like text messaging and email. Appointment reminders, healthcare instructions, patient satisfaction surveys, health and wellness newsletters and recall reminders are just a few patient engagement tools sent electronically by regular (unencrypted) email and text messaging.

Overview: In this session Mr. Wolfe will provide an overview of the Stark Law, including its recent changes. He will also discuss best practices for negotiating and drafting administrative arrangements on behalf of health systems, hospitals, medical groups and physician practices. The webinar will focus on regulatory requirements, key provisions, valuation considerations and potential pitfalls that should be avoided. Why should you Attend: As health care organizations and physicians develop administrative arrangements, they must manage their compliance and enterprise risk by ensuring any new arrangements are defensible under the Stark Law. Prior to moving forward with any arrangement, the parties should carefully evaluate whether the proposed structure and financial terms support compliance with Stark's technical requirements and key tenets of defensibility so they will be prepared to mount a defense in the event the arrangement is ever challenged.

Overview: Everyone in the healthcare industry knows about HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), that has been in effect since 1996. The goal of the legislation was fairly simple - to safeguard our patient health information. The law dictated to entities how to protect health information (PHI), how it can be shared, when it can be shared, and with whom it can be shared. To date, even the best of healthcare organizations struggle with feeling confident that they have all the required areas covered to protect and prevent HIPAA violations from occurring in their organization. It is well documented that by initiating proper training and implementing effective monitoring tools, HIPAA violations can be reduced or more readily identified in the workplace. Often there is not clear communication to employees about "what constitutes a HIPAA breach" and how can this be reported in your organization without "fear of retaliation."

Overview: Humans are thinking machines and most people have similar thought processes. Most people have reasonable, measured, moderate thoughts. And while there are many variations on this theme, these thoughts occur on a bell curve with most people being in the meaty part of the curve. Those with major depressive disorder (major depression), however, often have very extreme thoughts and their thought processes often exist on the very far ends of the bell curve. This can make understanding how a person with major depression acts very challenging as these actions are driven by thought processes the average person doesn't experience. While these thoughts may seem “crazy” at first, it's important to realize that these thoughts are simply an extreme part of the human experience that do fall along a continuum that is experienced by everyone.

Overview: In this session Mr. Wolfe will provide an overview of the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute. He will also discuss best practices for auditing physician contracts on behalf of health systems, hospitals, medical groups and physician practices. The webinar will focus on regulatory requirements, key provisions, valuation considerations and potential pitfalls that should be avoided. Why should you Attend: This webinar will offer best practices for implementing and auditing physician contracts to minimize liability and penalties. Areas Covered in the Session: Provide a general Stark and Anti-Kickback Overview Examine critical regulatory requirements related to physician compensation arrangements Review processes for documenting fair market value and commercial reasonableness Discuss best practices for auditing physician compensation arrangements and potential pitfalls Discuss how to resolve issues that may arise during the audit process

Overview: In this session Mr. Wolfe will provide an overview of the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute. He will also discuss best practices for structuring, negotiating physician employment agreements. The webinar will focus on regulatory requirements,key provisions, valuation considerations and potential pitfalls that should be avoided. Why should you Attend: As health care organizations and physicians develop their employment arrangements, they must ensure the employment and compensation structures are defensible under the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute. In this webinar Mr. Wolfe will describe how to develop employment structures and financial terms that comply with the technical regulatory requirements and key tenets of defensibility (fair market value, commercial reasonableness, etc.) to manage risk.

Overview: This lecture helps to unpack the basic decision-making algorithm required when deciding what wound product to place on a wound bed. The webinar divides products into absorbers and hydrators that can wick, fill, or cover wound beds depending on the wound presentation. Understanding the basic product features by category empowers the clinician to make wound care decisions that fit the presentation, frequency of wound care needed, and obstacles to consider like incontinence contamination. Why should you Attend: Wound dressing change products are ever-changing and expensive. Understanding basic categories helps with decision-making based on wound presentation regardless of the formulary constraints.

Overview: In this session Mr. Wolfe will provide an overview of the Stark Law, including its 2016 changes. He will also discuss best practices for negotiating and drafting physician practice acquisition arrangements on behalf of health systems, hospitals, medical groups and physician practices. The webinar will focus on regulatory requirements, key provisions, valuation considerations and potential pitfalls that should be avoided. Why should you Attend: As health care organizations and physician practices pursue acquisition strategies and transition to more innovative post-transaction models, they must manage their compliance and enterprise risk by ensuring any new arrangements are defensible under the Stark Law.

This lesson will be addressing how practice/business managers (or compliance offers) need to get their HIPAA house in order as HIPAA is now fully enforced and the government is not using kid gloves any more.