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Contact: Linda Jenkins
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MCOL ARRANGES DISCOUNT FOR FIFTH ANNUAL NATIONAL CONGRESS ON HEALTH CARE COMPLIANCE FEATURING THE NATION'S LEADING HEALTH CARE ENFORCEMENT & COMPLIANCE PROFESSIONALS
February 6 - 8, 2002, Grand Hyatt, Washington DC
http://www.ComplianceCongress.com 

WASHINGTON DC USA -- NOV. 29, 2001 -- The Fifth Annual National Congress on Health Care Compliance announces its special fifth annual Congress featuring the nation's leading health care regulators and compliance professionals, Feb. 6-8, 2002, at the Grand Hyatt, Washington DC.

ANNIVERSARY NETWORKING RECEPTION & PERFORMANCE

An extraordinary anniversary networking reception and performance will also feature the renowned political satire group, the Capitol Steps, on the evening of Thursday, February 7, 2002.

HEADLINE SPEAKERS

Headlining this year's Compliance Congress are Tom Scully, CMS Administrator, Professor Malcolm Sparrow of Harvard University and representatives of the DHHS, DOJ, FBI, FTC, IRS, SEC and the National Healthcare Antifraud Assn.

The Congress will also feature a presentation by Linda Tiano, Esq., Sr VP and General Counsel, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield of New York, NY, titled "Reflections from Ground Zero: Disaster Planning for Compliance (or What to Do When Your Building is Destroyed)."

MCOL $100 DISCOUNT

MCOL has arranged a special price for its members wishing to attend the Compliance Congress. The $100 discount is non-transferable and only applies to current MCOL members. To receive this special discount, simply submit your conference registration as follows: You must register via fax or mail using the form at the back of the Congress brochure or by printing the form off of the Congress website, www.ComplianceCongress.com. Please include your MCOL membership username and reference this discount on the form. Note that you may not register online since this special MCOL discount is not built into the online registration form.

Take advantage of this special offer and plan now to attend the Congress. If you have additional questions, please contact the Conference Office at 800-684-4549 or go to the conference web site at www.ComplianceCongress.com.


BACKGROUND

Compliance professions confront numerous new challenges in the new millennium, ranging form the implications of international terrorism, through integration of ethical concerns into compliance regimes, to the challenge of compliance with new regulation of health care privacy and data security in the form of GLB and HIPAA.

The Congress will offer a plenary session Qui Tam update and a variety of concurrent sessions regarding implementation strategies for corporate integrity agreements. The Congress will feature a plenary presentation by Dr. Bill Braithwaite, popularly known as Dr. HIPAA, on the status of federal and state regulatory initiatives regarding healthcare privacy and data security. A focused track of concurrent sessions will address HIPAA compliance strategies. All registrants will receive a HIPAA Manual and Forms.

PREEMINENT EDUCATIONAL EVENT

The Congress is and has been the preeminent educational event on the topic of healthcare regulation and compliance in the US. Below see a partial roster of past Compliance Congress faculty members.

AGENDAS

For the agendas to all past Compliance Congresses, please see
http://www.ComplianceCongress.com.

THE 2002 CONGRESS WILL FEATURE:

-- Thomas Scully, Administrator, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Dept of Health & Human Services, Washington DC

-- Malcolm K. Sparrow, Ph.D., Professor, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University & Authur, Why Fraud Plagues America's Healthcare System, Cambridge MA

-- John Iglehart, Founding Editor, Health Affairs & National Correspondent, New England Journal of Medicine, Washington DC

-- Brenton Saunders, LD, MBA, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Past-President, Health Care Compliance Assn & Founder, Privacy Officers Assn, Washington DC

-- John Bentivolglio, Esq., Partner, Arnold & Porter; and former Special Counsel for Healthcare Fraud and Chief Privacy Officer, US Dept of Justice, Washington DC

-- Richard Kusserow, President, Strategic Management Systems and former Inspector General, DHHS, Washington DC

-- Timothy Delaney, Supervisory Special Agent, Health Care Fraud Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington DC

-- James Sheehan, Esq., Asst U.S. Attorney and Chief, Civil Div, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

-- William Braithwaite, PricewaterhouseCoopers and former Sr Advisor on Health Information Policy, Dept of Health & Human Services, Washington DC

-- Judge Ruben Castillo, Vice Chair, US Sentencing Commission, Washington DC

-- Jeffrey W. Brennan, Esq., Asst Dir, Bureau of Competition, Healthcare Div, Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC

-- David C. Jordan, Esq., Asst Chief, Healthcare Task Force, Antitrust Div, US Dept of Justice, Washington DC

-- Russell Ryan, Esq., Asst Dir, Enforcement Div, Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington DC

-- Thomas J. Miller, Manager of Exempt Organizations Technical, Exempt Organizations Div, Internal Revenue Service, Washington DC

-- William J. Mahon, Executive Dir, National Healthcare Anti-Fraud Assn, Washington DC

-- Edward Petry, Executive Dir, Ethics Officer Assn, Belmont MA

-- John A. Gallagher, Ph.D., Dir, Center for Ethics in Health Care, Atlanta, GA

-- Alan Yuspeh, JD, MBA, Sr VP, Ethics, Compliance & Corporate Responsibility, HCA, Nashville TN

-- Alan Goldberg, Esq., Partner, Goldston and Storrs & Chair, American Health Lawyers Assn HIT List serve, Boston MA

-- Alice Gosfield, Esq., Alice Gosfield & Assocs, PC and Chair, NCQA, Philadelphia, PA

-- Steven S. Lazarus, Ph.D., FHIMSS, President, Boundary Consulting, LLC and Chair, Workgroup on Electronic Data Interchange, Denver CO

-- Lisa Murtha, Chief Audit & Compliance Officer, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA

-- Linda V. Tiano, Esq., Sr VP & General Counsel, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, New York NY

-- Ted Acosta, Esq., Sr Manager, Ernst & Young and Former, Sr Counsel, DHHS Office of Inspector General, New York NY

-- Eileen T. Boyd, Esq., Managing Dir, KPMG and former Asst Inspector General, Dept of Health & Human Services, Washington DC

-- Michael L. Shaw, Esq., Sr Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers and former, Sr Counsel, DHHS Office of Inspector General, Washington DC

-- Robert Litt, Esq., Partner, Arnold & Porter and former, Principal Assoc Deputy Attorney General and Deputy Asst Attorney General, US Dept of Justice, Washington DC

-- William Altman, VP of Compliance & Government Affairs, Kindred Healthcare, Louisville KY

-- Michael Neville, Dir, Compliance Audit, Fresenius Medical Care North America, Lexington MA

-- Lee J. Dobkin, Esq., Deputy General Counsel, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia PA

-- Jane Whitney, Dir of Compliance & Practice Support Services, Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York NY

-- Glenna Jackson, VP Compliance, MedStar Health, Washington DC

-- James Rose, Corporate Dir of Internal Audit, Humana, Louisville KY

-- Judy Harris, Compliance Officer, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT

-- Renee Silver, VP, General Counsel & Compliance Officer, Tender Loving Care/Staff Builders, Lake Success NY

-- Bret S. Bissey, Chief Compliance Officer & Chief Privacy Officer, Deborah Heart & Lung Center, Browns Mills NJ

-- Anna Slomovic, VP for Public Policy & Strategy, FHC Health Systems, Falls Church VA

-- Pam Grimm, Esq., Assoc Counsel, UPMC Health System, Pittsburgh PA

-- Anthony Boswell, Chief Compliance Officer, Laidlaw, Inc., Dallas TX

-- Cheryl Battee, Sr VP for Corporate Compliance, Integrated Health Services, Inc., Sparks MD

-- Robert Pelaia, Esq., Assoc General Counsel, University of Florida College of Medicine, Jacksonville FL

-- Vickie McCormick, Compliance Officer, United Healthcare, Minnetonka MN

-- Fred Verinder, VP, Compliance Operations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, and former FBI Special Agent, Chicago IL

-- Charles Brock, Chief Compliance & Ethics Officer, Abbott Labs, Abbott Park IL

-- Donna Blaschak, Supervisor - Medicare Fraud Unit, Carefirst of Maryland, Timonium MD

-- Steve Walker, Esq., VP & Special Counsel, Highmark, Inc., Camp Hill PA

-- Bob Ching, Compliance Officer, Kapiolani Health, Honolulu HI

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT:

The Colloquium offers or facilitates the following categories of continuing education credit: AAPC, ABA MCLE, ACHE, ACCME, ACPE, AHIMA, CISSP/SSCP, CNA (Nursing), HCCB, NAMSS, NASBA, PACE and PATHCOM.

REGISTRATION, EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION:

For registration information, go to the Congress website at www.ComplianceCongress.com, call 800-684-4549 or email to hccalinda@aol.com.

For sponsorship and exhibit information, go to the Congress website at www.ComplianceCongress.com, call 804-225-7422 (202) or email curtis@theemergentgroup.com.
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COMPLIANCE CONGRESS FACULTY ALUMNI 1998 - 2002
(Titles and affiliations listed as of year on faculty.)

-- James Alderson, Relator in US ex rel Alderson v. Columbia/HCA
-- John Bentivoglio Esq., Partner, Arnold & Porter, & Former Chief Privacy Office, Dept of Justice
-- Paul Berger Esq., Asst Dir, Enforcement Div, Securities & Exchange Commission
-- Anthony Boswell, Chief Compliance Officer, Laidlaw, Inc.
-- Mark Boulding, Esq., General Counsel, Medscape
-- Eileen Boyd, Esq., Compliance Officer, Stanford University
-- Victor Campbell, Sr VP, Columbia/HCA
-- Richard L. Clarke, FHFMA, President, HFMA
-- Richard Conaboy, Esq., Chair, US Sentencing Commission
-- Janet Corrigan, Dir, Institute of Medicine
-- Diane de la Mare, Esq., Dir of Legal Services, American Hospital Assn
-- Susie Draper, Compliance Administrator, Intermountain Health Care
-- Donna Eden Esq., Sr Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, DHHS
-- Robert Fabrikant, Esq., Partner, Sidley & Austin, and former Trial Attorney, US Dept of Justice
-- Richard Feinstein Esq., Asst Dir, Bureau of Competition Healthcare Div, FTC
-- Lawrence Friedman, Esq., Asst Dir, Civil Div, US Dept of Justice
-- Robert Freeman, Assoc. General Counsel, Blue Cross & Blue Shield
-- Alice Gosfield, Esq., Gosfield & Assocs
-- Bruce Merlin Fried Esq., Partner, Shaw Pittman; Former Dir, Ctr Health Plans & Providers, HCFA
-- Marvin Friedlander, Esq., Chief Technical Branch 1, Exempt Organizations Div, IRS
-- Barbara P Fuller JD RHIA, Sr Policy Advisor, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH
-- Mukesh Gangwal, Partner and National Dir of Regulatory Compliance Services, Arthur Andersen
-- Paul Gerlach, Esq., Assoc Dir, Enforcement Div, SEC
-- Alan Goldberg Esq., Partner, Goulston & Storrs
-- Odell Guyton, Corporate Compliance Officer, University of Pennsylvania
-- Donald Hackett, CEO, Dr. Koop.com
-- Michael C. Hemsley, VP, Corporate Compliance & Legal Services, Catholic Health East
-- Andrew Hendricks, M.D., Relator in U.S. ex rel Hendricks v. Roche Biomedical Laboratories
-- David Hoffman, Asst US Attorney, U.S. Attorneys Office, Eastern Dist. Of Pennsylvania
-- Chauncey J. Hunker PhD, VP, Continuous Quality Improvement, Sundance Rehabilitation Corp
-- John Iglehart, Founding Editor, Health Affairs, and National Correspondent, NEJM
-- Kristen Jenkins, District Compliance Officer, JPS Health Network
-- Al Josephs, Dir of Corporate Compliance, Hillcrest Health System
-- Edward D. Jones III, President & CEO, HIPAA Corporation & Chair-Elect, WEDI
-- Davis Jordan, Esq., Asst Chief, Healthcare Antitrust Div, US Dept of Justice
-- Mark Kleiman, Esq., Law Offices of Mark Kleiman
-- Richard P. Kusserow, Esq., President, Strategic Management Systems and former Inspector General, DHHS
-- Robert Lebinluft, Esq., Partner, Hogan & Hartson, and former Asst Dir, FTC
-- Peter Leibold, Esq. CEO, American Health Lawyers Assn
-- Donald Livingston, Esq., Partner, Arent Fox and former General Counsel, EEOC
-- Michael Magano, Esq., Acting Inspector General, DHHS
-- William J. Mahon, Executive Dir, National Healthcare Anti-Fraud Assn
-- Vickie McCormick JD, Corporate Integrity Officer, United Health Group
-- Steve Meagher, Esq., Partner, Cohen & Miller
-- Nancy Ann Min DeParle, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration
-- John Molesworth, Special Agent, FBI
-- Lewis Morris Esq., Asst Inspector General for Legal Affairs, Office of Inspector General
-- Judge Diane Murphy, Chair, Federal Sentencing Commission
-- Wayne Oaks, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI
-- Mark Pastin, PhD, President, Council on Ethical Organizations/Health Ethics Trust
-- Andy Penn, Office of Inspector General
-- Andrew Quinn, Esq., Compliance Concepts and former Asst U.S. Attorney, Pennsylvania
-- Dan Roach, VP/Corporate Compliance Officer, Catholic Healthcare West
-- Brent Saunders JD MBA, Dir, PricewaterhouseCoopers, & Past President, HCCA
-- Mamie Segall, Esq., VP, Medica Health Plans
-- JoAnne E. Sensheimer, Coordinating Stark II Regulations, Health Care Financing Admin
-- Donna Shalala, PhD, Past-Secretary of Health & Human Services
-- James Sheehan Esq., Asst U.S. Attorney & Chief, Civil Div., Eastern Dist. of Pennsylvania
-- Roy Snell, CEO/Executive Dir, Health Care Compliance Assn
-- Prof. Malcolm K. Sparrow, PhD, Lecturer in Public Policy, JFK School of Govt., Harvard University
-- John Steiner, Esq., Compliance Officer, Cleveland Clinic
-- Lisa Marie Sylvia, Esq., Mintz Levin and former Sr Counsel, DHHS OIG
-- Honorable Thomas Thompson (Invited), Secretary of Health & Human Services
-- McCartney Thornton, Esq., Chief Counsel, DHHS OIG
-- John Timmerberg, Special Agent, FBI
-- Tanya Treadway Esq., Asst. US Attorney, Dept of Justice
-- Sheryl Vacca, Dir, West Coast Compliance Practice, Deloitte & Touche
-- Greg Warner, Dir Compliance, Mayo Foundation
-- Joseph Ways, Chief, Health Care Fraud Unit, Federal Bureau of Investigation
-- Daniel Weissberg, Editor, CCH Compliance
-- Harvey Werblousky, Esq., Partner, McDermott Will & Emery and former Sr Attorney, DHHS OIG
-- Consuelo S. Woodhead, Esq., Chief, Civil Fraud Section, U.S. Attorney
-- Harvey Yampolsky, Esq., Partner, Arent Fox and former Chief Counsel, DHHS OIG
-- Howard Young, Office of the Inspector General, US Dept. of Health & Human Services
-- Alan Yuspeh JD, Sr VP Ethics, Compliance & Corporate Responsibility, HCA

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