Shows
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM023: Compliance and Telemedicine with T.J. FerranteToday I am talking with T.J. Ferrante. T.J. is senior counsel and a board certified health care lawyer with Foley and Lardner. I asked T.J. to come on the show because he is an expert in the legal and compliance issues associated with telemedicine. The use of telemedicine has exploded over the last few years and I think these issues will be relevant to so many of us in compliance. T.J. can be reached at: tferrante@foley.com Podcast website: www.compliancemastermind.com Rebekah can be reached at: compliancemastermind@gmail.c...
2018-06-2640 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM022: Changing the Perception of Compliance with Jay AnstineToday I am talking with Jay Anstine of Bluebird Healthlaw Partners. Jay is a lawyer and compliance officer and we are going to discuss strategies you can use to engage with leadership and be seen as a partner as opposed to an obstacle (or as my colleague described it a few years ago, a myopic obstructionist). Jay has some very practical suggestions for building rapport and building relationships to help remove some of the perception that compliance is a barrier to operations. I will include all of Jay’s contact information in the show notes which you can access th...
2018-06-1231 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM021: Engaging Physicians in Compliance with CJ WolfToday I am talking with CJ Wolf. CJ is a physician who now works in compliance full time as a senior compliance executive at Healthicity. Given his background and experience I knew he would be the perfect person to talk about strategies to engage physicians in the work of compliance. CJ can be reached at: CJ.Wolf@healthicity.com Healthicity Blog: https://www.healthicity.com/blog Podcast website: www.compliancemastermind.com Rebekah can be reached at: compliancemastermind@gmail.com Remember to subscribe to the show! Disclaimer: On this...
2018-06-0536 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM020: National Practitioner Data Bank with Sharon PetersToday on the show I am talking with Sharon Peters. Sharon is a partner in the Portland office of Lewis Brisbois and is a member of the firm’s Healthcare and Labor and Employment practices. Sharon and I are talking about the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). The NPDB is a web-based repository of reports containing information on medical malpractice payments and certain adverse actions related to health care practitioners, providers, and suppliers. Established by Congress in 1986, it is a workforce tool that prevents practitioners from moving state to state without disclosure or discovery of potentially damaging performance issues. Wit...
2018-05-1538 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM019: Accreditation and Compliance with Fran CarrollToday on the show I am talking with Fran Carroll. Fran is the Corporate Compliance and Privacy Officer for the Joint Commission and we are going to talk about something that was confusing to me as a young compliance officer and is still an area of opportunity for most health care providers, and that is the relationship between compliance and accreditation. Fran provides an interesting perspective about the synergies and potential ways to leverage the expertise of both disciplines and I think our conversation will help identify some possible improvements that may be helpful in your own...
2018-04-2430 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM018: Vendor Management with Marti ArvinToday on the show I am talking with Marti Arvin. Marti is the Vice President of audit strategy for CynergisTek and has more than three decades of operational and executive leadership experience in the fields of compliance, research, and regulatory oversight in both academic medical and traditional hospital care settings. Marti and I are talking about vendor management. This is one of those areas that I think can be very overwhelming and it's hard to know where to start. In our conversation Marti provides some very practical suggestions and tactics to help you evaluate your organization’s ven...
2018-03-2046 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM017: MACRA, MIPS, and APMs: What The Acronyms Mean For Your Compliance ProgramToday we are talking all about value based care and alternative payment models. The transition from payment for the volume of care provided to payment for the value that care brings, is here to stay and as compliance officers we need to get our arms around these new payment models in order to determine how they impact our organizations and our compliance programs. So today I’m going to talk about where to begin. First we'll discuss how to evaluate the compliance program requirements associated with value based care and alternative payment models, and what steps you need to ta...
2018-03-1325 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM016: Social Media with Janet KennedyToday on the show I am talking with Janet Kennedy about social media. Janet is a social media expert, has over 20 years experience in marketing and is the host of the “Get Social Health” podcast. She is also the founder of the Get Social Health Academy, a coaching and eLearning consultancy producing online courses for Healthcare Associations, Medical Societies, and private practices. I loved my conversation with Janet because we talked about some of the compliance aspects of social media, but also how social media is being used in healthcare. We talk about who is using social medi...
2018-02-2733 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM015: Big Data and Data Analysis with Chris HaneyToday I am talking with Chris Haney about Big Data and data analysis. This is another topic on my 2018 bucket list of areas that have intimidated me in the past. The good news is that Chris is an expert and explains these concepts in a way that non-statisticians can understand. This episode provides a great overview of data in healthcare and how we can utilize data analysis in our compliance programs. Chris talks about prioritizing our data analysis, proactive versus reactive approaches, and the role of statistical sampling. Chris Haney is the Managing Director of the Forensus Gr...
2018-02-1337 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM014: Strategic Mentoring with Jenny O'BrienToday I am talking with Jenny O’Brien. Jenny is the Chief Compliance Officer for UnitedHealthcare, including UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement. On the show Jenny and I talk about career strategy, and in particular we talk about how she has leveraged mentors in various ways throughout her career. I also ask her about leadership, what that looks like at different stages in a career, and she provides some great leadership strategies that have worked for her. Jenny can be reached at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenny-o-brien-b39446a/ I can be reached at: compliancemastermind@gmai...
2018-02-0624 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerThe Intersection of Cybersecurity and Compliance with Donna GrindleHappy New Year everyone and thanks for joining me for the first episode in 2018. One of my goals for 2018 is to tackle subjects that have intimidated me in the past, see if I can get some clarity, and begin to feel more confident about my knowledge of those topics. Today is one of those episodes, so if you’ve ever been somewhat intimidated by cybersecurity, I think you are really going to enjoy my conversation with Donna Grindle. Donna is the founder of Kardon Compliance and also the co-host on the Help Me With HIPAA Podcast. If you...
2018-01-3030 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM012: End of Season 1 and 12 Podcasts You'll Want to FollowOn today's show I am talking about what is next for the podcast in 2018 and highlight 12 podcasts you will want to check out while this one is taking some time off for the Holidays. I can't wait to share new episodes, new compliance leaders, and some great content with you in the new year. In no particular order, here are links to the podcasts I mention on the show. If the show has a website I link directly to that, if not I will give the link to the show in iTunes. 1. Compliance Conversations: https://ww...
2017-11-1411 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM011: LinkedIn strategies for your career with Brenda ManningOn today's show I am talking with Brenda Manning. She helps dispel the myth that LinkedIn is only for job seekers and provides some great advice for leveraging LinkedIn in your career. If you want to follow up with Brenda she can be reached at: bkmanning1@gmail.com I can be reached at: compliancemastermind@gmail.com Remember to subscribe to the show! Disclaimer: On this podcast I speak only for myself and what I share are the opinions of me alone. My guests also speak for themselves only and do not repr...
2017-11-0729 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM010 Inside MSSP ACO Compliance ProgramsI am really excited about today’s show. One of the reasons I started this podcast is because I think compliance officers learn so much from listening to other compliance officers share their experiences. Today we are going inside the structure of the ACO compliance programs for two large health systems. We will talk with their compliance officers and each of will respond to the same questions so you’ll get a really good understanding of their organizations, how they have set up their compliance programs and how they interact with governance and operational leadership. We’ll also talk about...
2017-10-3136 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM009: Compliance and Ethics Week or How to Make Compliance FunToday I thought it would be fun to take a break from talking about legal and regulatory obligations and talk about how we can make compliance engaging and maybe even a little fun. Corporate Compliance and Ethics Week is coming up the week of November 5th – 11th. I know a lot of organizations use this week to highlight their compliance program. I also know a lot of other organizations maybe don’t celebrate any particular week, but may do something outside of the box every once in a while to help raise the profile of the compliance function. Eve...
2017-10-2416 min
The Curiosity Hour PodcastEpisode 43 - Joshua Casteel (The Curiosity Hour Podcast by Tommy Estlund and Dan Sterenchuk)Season 2, Episode 43 - In Memory of Joshua Casteel (Dec. 1979-Aug. 2012)
Tommy and I are honored to present this special episode in memory of the life of Joshua Casteel. Joshua was a classmate of ours at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. We're honored to have Joshua's mother, Kristi Casteel, join us on The Curiosity Hour Podcast to talk to us about her son's life.
Joshua Casteel was a United States Army soldier, conscientious objector, writer, playwright, and divinity student. He was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in a Christian Evangelical family to pa...
2017-10-201h 59
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM008: Compliance and the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP)Today we are talking about the Medicare Shared Savings Program. On the show I provide a short overview of the MSSP, we discuss the mandatory compliance plan elements, other regulatory requirements that are important for ACO compliance officers to be aware of and monitor, I talk about the waivers available in the MSSP, and I share my Top 10 Compliance Risks for MSSP ACOs. This is an episode that I think will be helpful for anyone working with the MSSP, not just compliance officers. Whether you are responsible for quality, care coordination, analytics, governance, or you are the A...
2017-10-1728 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM007: Trends in Healthcare Enforcement with Sean McKennaToday I am talking with Sean McKenna about trends in healthcare enforcement and the implications for compliance programs. We also talk about whistleblowers, the types of individuals who make successful whistleblowers and what organizations can do to help address issues internally before an individual feels compelled to go to take action. Sean also has some great insights on leading compliance practices. You can find Sean on Twitter at @SeanMcKennaLaw Email: mckennas@gtlaw.com Remember to subscribe to the show! Disclaimer: On this podcast I speak only for myself and what I share...
2017-10-1043 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM006: Preparing for an OCR Investigation with Kotrina O'NealToday we talk with Kotrina O'Neal about how to prepare for an OCR investigation, what you should always have available, and what documentation the OCR typically asks to see during a HIPAA privacy investigation. Kotrina can be reached at Kotrina_ONeal@bshsi.org Remember to subscribe to the show! Disclaimer: On this podcast I speak only for myself and what I share are the opinions of me alone. My guests also speak for themselves only and do not represent the opinions of their firms or organizations. All content provided on this podcast is fo...
2017-10-0332 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM005: Compliance Best Practices with Mark PastinToday I talk with Mark Pastin of the Health Ethics Trust about compliance program best practices, the trends he is seeing, and what that means for where healthcare compliance programs are going. This show will be relevant for you whether you are building a compliance program or you have a well established program but want to stay ahead of the curve. You can find more information about the Healthcare Best Compliance Practices Forum here: http://bestcompliancepractices.com Remember to subscribe to the show! Disclaimer: On this podcast I speak only for myself and what...
2017-09-2623 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM004: Operational Integration and the Future of the HCCA with Roy SnellToday is the second half of my conversation with Roy Snell, CEO of the Healthcare Compliance Association (HCCA) and the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE). In this episode we talk about communicating with the Board and leadership, operational integration, the future of the compliance profession and the future of the HCCA/SCCE. Remember to subscribe to the show! Disclaimer: On this podcast I speak only for myself and what I share are simply my opinions. My guests also speak only for themselves and do not represent the opinions of their firms or organizations. Al...
2017-09-1926 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM003: HCCA/OIG Resource Guide and DOJ Memo with Roy SnellToday on the show we are talking with Roy Snell, CEO of the Healthcare Compliance Association (HCCA) and the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE). Roy and I go in depth into the HCCA/OIG Resource Guide on Compliance Program Effectiveness, including the back story behind the collaboration and how to use the guide in your own program. We also talk about the Department of Justice Fraud Division Memo on Evaluating Compliance Programs and Roy discusses why he thinks the memo is probably the second most important document in our profession. I've divided up our conversation...
2017-09-1230 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM002: Compliance Training PlansToday on the show we are talking about compliance training plans. I will discuss strategies to help you identify the content of your plan, and we'll talk about some best practices that will inform the type of training you'll want to include on your plan. Remember to subscribe to the show! Disclaimer: On this podcast I speak only for myself and what I share are the opinions of me alone. My guests also speak for themselves only and do not represent the opinions of their firms or organizations. All content provided on this po...
2017-09-0516 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM001: Compliance Training Interview with Andrea MerrittToday on the show Rebekah talks with Andrea Merritt about compliance training, the needs of adult learners, how to make your training engaging, how to make it "stick", and much more. Remember to subscribe to the show! Disclaimer: On this podcast I speak only for myself and what I share are the opinions of me alone. My guests also speak for themselves only and do not represent the opinions of their firms or organizations. All content provided on this podcast is for information purposes only. Neither I or my guests make any representations as to the...
2017-08-3039 min
Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your careerCM000: Welcome to the Compliance Mastermind PodcastWelcome to the first episode of Compliance Mastermind, a podcast hosted by Rebekah Latchis where we talk strategies and tips for your health care compliance program and your career. In this first episode Rebekah talks about her background, the title of the podcast, and much more. Remember to subscribe to the show!
2017-08-2505 min