Hear Directly from CMS, HHS OIG, FTC, DOJ and IRS on ACOs -9/14/11 - Washington, DC

July 20, 2011 - PRLog -- ACI’s 2nd National Forum on Clinical Integration and ACO Formation (September 14-16, 2011) will help you navigate the legal and business complexities associated with the formation, structure and implementation of Accountable Care Organizations – both within and outside the parameters of the Shared Savings Program -- and other integrated health care delivery models in this era of Health Care Reform. This conference will lead you step by step through the formation, governance, financing, and privacy issues associated with integrated health care delivery systems, including Medicare ACOs – from both the public and private payor vantage points.

Benefit from Two Unprecedented, Hands-On and Practical Workshops Addressing Key Components to the Foundation and Development of ACOs.

Hear Directly from Agency Representatives on Fraud and Abuse, Antitrust and Tax Concerns
Our in-depth preconference workshop will give you the unique opportunity to speak with current representatives from CMS, FTC, DOJ and IRS and a former representative from the HHS OIG:
• Michael S. Wroblewski, Performance-Based Policy Payment Staff, Center for Medicare, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Julie E. Kass, Principal, Ober Kaler (formerly Senior Counsel, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, Industry Guidance Branch)
• Markus H. Meier, Assistant Director of the Health Care Division, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission
• Gail Kursh, Deputy Chief, Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Legal Policy Section
• Judith E. Kindell , Senior Technical Advisor to the IRS Director, Exempt Organizations, Internal Revenue Service

No other conference currently on market will provide you with the chance to meet with representatives from the agencies that drafted these critical guidances in a small group setting. Come prepared to ask them your most pressing ACO questions. Surely, you will want to register for this session before all seats are gone.

Our Master Class on Building a Compliant HIT Infrastructure for ACOs and Other Clinically Integrated Entities: Legalities, Practicalities and Realties of Biomedical Informatics and Interoperability will help you decipher the mysteries of building a solid platform for your Health Information Technology infrastructure. Clinical and financial integration cannot be achieved without a sound, flexible health information technology infrastructure. This workshop will help ensure that the HIT platform on which this infrastructure is designed will be both HIPAA and the HITECH Act compliant.

To register for this esssential and authoritative legal and business event, call 888-224-2480, email CustomerService@AmericanConference.com or visit our Website. Mention Priority Service Code: ACO - LI when registering and save $200 off current registration rates.

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