AMBA Webinar
Responding to a Potential Privacy or Security Breach, Internal and External Strategies
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
12:00 Noon EST / 11:00 a.m. CST / 9:00 a.m. PST
Duration: 60 Minutes
AMBA Webinar
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
12:00 NOON EST / 11:00 A.M. CST / 9:00 A.M. PST
Duration: 60 Minutes
Attendees will learn about the requirements for early reinstatement and how to apply for reinstatement. This webinar is scheduled for 60 minutes, with a Q & A session to follow. Registration is free for all AMBA members and Liles Parker clients.
AMBA Webinar
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
12:00 NOON EST / 11:00 A.M. CST / 9:00 A.M. PST
Duration: 60 Minutes
AMBA Webinar
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
12:00 NOON EST / 11:00 A.M. CST / 9:00 A.M. PST
Duration: 60 Minutes
Both healthcare providers and third-party billers often have a difficult time trying to determine whether their efforts qualify as “good faith efforts to collect” outstanding amounts. Additionally, what does HHS-OIG mean when it says that “routine” waivers are likely to violate the federal Anti-Kickback Statute. When can you give someone a discount? When do you have to return an overpayment?
In this webinar, attorneys Heidi Kocher and Gunnar Jurgen will discuss the risks your practice may run when dealing with overpayments and waiving co-payments and deductibles for patients covered by governmental and private payor plans. This webinar is scheduled for 60 minutes with a Q & A session to follow.
AMBA Webinar
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
12:00 NOON EST / 11:00 A.M. CST / 9:00 A.M. PST
Duration: 60 Minutes
In December 2020, the “No Surprises Act” was signed into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Since being passed, this legislation has been misinterpreted and incorrectly applied by providers. Additionally, several Court challenges have caused HHS to amend the appeals process on several occasions.
In this session, attorneys Michael Cook and Heidi Kocher will cover the highlights of the legislation and implementing regulations, and address practical problems that have arisen at the practice level. This webinar is scheduled for 60 minutes with a Q & A session to follow.
AMBA Webinar
Tuesday, June 13, 2023
12:00 NOON EST / 11:00 A.M. CST / 9:00 A.M. PST
Duration: 60 Minutes
Despite their best efforts, health care related entities are at risk of making mistakes in the administration of their compliance with the public programs. Effective compliance programs are an absolute necessity for all health care related entities to minimize both the likelihood of committing serious mistakes and for addressing them when they occur, and third party billing companies and physician practices are no exception.
Join Michael Cook and Regina Marano as they discuss both best practices and practical advice in developing and administering these programs, including the original model compliance guidance that the OIG published a number of years ago for each of these segments, along with updated OIG guidance applicable to all health care-related entities.
AMBA Webinar
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
12:00 NOON EST / 11:00 A.M. CST / 9:00 A.M. PST
Duration: 60 Minutes
AMBA Webinar
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
12:00 NOON EST / 11:00 A.M. CST / 9:00 A.M. PST
Duration: 60 Minutes
John Pierce served as a federal prosecutor in three different U.S. Attorney’s Offices around the country. He also served on the Attorney General’s Advocacy Committee for Health Care Fraud. After leaving the DOJ, Mr. Pierce has represented various healthcare providers and suppliers around the country in criminal healthcare fraud investigations and prosecutions.
During this session, Mr. Pierce will discuss the current criminal risk areas facing third-party companies, owners, and staff, along with the physician practice for whom they work. He will discuss recent prosecutions by the government and cover steps you can take to reduce your level of risk. Join John Pierce and moderator Robert Liles as they discuss the current criminal enforcement landscape facing your billing company and/or physician practice. This webinar is scheduled for 60 minutes, with a Q & A session to follow.
AMBA Webinar
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
12:00 NOON EST / 11:00 A.M. CST / 9:00 A.M. PST
Duration: 60 Minutes
Unfortunately, most third-party billing company agreements with physicians have either been copied off of the internet or modeled off of a general “service” contract. Neither of these approaches protects your company! During this webinar, we will discuss many of the pitfalls of using a poorly written billing agreement. We will also discuss how you can incorporate compliance into your agreement, thereby making it easier to protect yourself (and your physicians) by periodically auditing your client’s charts to ensure that their billings are properly documented and support medical necessity.
In this webinar, attorney Richard Pecore and Heidi Kocher will discuss the importance of having a sound contract in place. This webinar is scheduled for 60 minutes with a Q & A session to follow.
AMBA Webinar
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
12:00 NOON EST / 11:00 A.M. CST / 9:00 A.M. PST
Duration: 60 Minutes
AMBA Webinar
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
12:00 NOON EST / 11:00 A.M. CST / 9:00 A.M. PST
Duration: 60 Minutes
AMBA Webinar
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
12:00 NOON EST / 11:00 A.M. CST / 9:00 A.M. PST
Duration: 60 Minutes
AMBA Webinars of 2022
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
9:00am PST, 11:00am CST, 12:00pm EST
In July 2021, President Biden began rolling out vaccination mandates covering federal employees and contractors. At that time, President Biden also called on employers to implement their own vaccination mandates. Since that time, thousands of organizations around the country have taken steps to require their employees to be vaccinated if they work in the office. On November 21, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that employers with 100 or more employees would be required to ensure that their workers are either vaccinated for COVID-19 OR are being tested on a weekly basis. On this same date, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that health care workers at most facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid must be fully vaccinated. The CMS mandate covers more than 17 million health care workers and approximately 76,000 health care facilities. Affected health care workers must meet CMS’s new COVID-19 vaccination requirements by January 4, 2022. In recent weeks, State Attorney Generals in 22 states have filed federal cases in Missouri, Louisiana, Florida and Texas, challenging the mandate. A Federal District Court in Missouri has preliminarily blocked the mandate in 10 states and a Federal District Court in Louisiana has blocked the mandate in the rest of the country. What should your billing company and / or physician practice do? Join attorney Jennifer Papapanagiotou for a discussion of these ever-changing requirements. This webinar is scheduled for 60 minutes with a Q & A session to follow.
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
9:00am PST, 11:00am CST, 12:00pm EST
John Pierce served as a federal prosecutor in three different U.S. Attorney’s Offices around the country. He also served on the Attorney General’s Advocacy Committee for Health Care Fraud. After leaving the DOJ, Mr. Pierce has represented a wide variety of health care providers and suppliers around the country in criminal health care fraud investigations and prosecutions. During this session, Mr. Pierce will discuss the current criminal risk areas facing third-party companies, owners and staff, along with the physician practice for whom they work. He will discuss recent prosecutions by the government and cover steps that you can take to reduce your level of risk. Join John Pierce and moderator Robert Liles as they discuss the current criminal enforcement landscape facing your billing company and / or physician practice. This webinar is scheduled for 60 minutes with a Q & A session to follow.
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
9:00am PST, 11:00am CST, 12:00pm EST
In December 2020, the “No Surprises Act” was signed into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. Since being passed, this legislation has been misinterpreted and incorrectly applied by providers. In this session, attorneys Michael Cook and Heidi Kocher will cover the highlights of the legislation and address practical problems that have arisen at the practice level. This webinar is scheduled for 60 minutes with a Q & A session to follow.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
9:00am PST, 11:00am CST, 12:00pm EST
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
9:00am PST, 11:00am CST, 12:00pm EST
Despite your best efforts, regulatory violations are likely to still occur. Nevertheless, there are a number of steps you can take that can significantly improve your billing company and / or physician practice’s regulatory compliance. Attorneys Regina Morano and Michael Cook will discuss ways your organization can reduce its level of risk through the successful enhancement of your compliance program. This webinar is scheduled for 60 minutes with a Q & A session to follow.
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
9:00am PST, 11:00am CST, 12:00pm EST
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
9:00am PST, 11:00am CST, 12:00pm EST
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released guidance regarding how health care providers participating in Medicare and / or. In this webinar, attorneys Paul Weidenfeld and 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 employees providers must screen, and how providers must document their exclusion screening efforts in order to comply with the law. This webinar is scheduled for 60 minutes with a Q and A session to follow.
Tuesday, September 13, 2022
9:00am PST, 11:00am CST, 12:00pm EST
Unfortunately, most third-party billing company agreements with physicians have either been copied off of the internet or modeled off of a general “service” contract. Neither of these approaches protects your company! During this webinar, we will discuss many of the pitfalls of using a poorly written billing agreement. We will also discuss how you can incorporate compliance into your agreement, thereby making it easier to protect yourself (and your physicians) by periodically auditing your client’s charts to ensure that their billings are properly documented and support medical necessity. In this webinar, attorney Richard Pecore will discuss the importance of having a sound contract in place. This webinar is scheduled for 60 minutes with a Q & A session to follow.
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
9:00am PST, 11:00am CST, 12:00pm EST
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
9:00am PST, 11:00am CST, 12:00pm EST
Join us as Tom Collinson, Chief Legal Officer for RXNT, and Robert Liles, Liles Parker discuss the benefits and risks of using EHR systems that have primarily been developed by programmers with minimal input from clinicians, coders, and billers who are responsible for ensuring that services performed and recorded are factually accurate and fully comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.They will also discuss administrative, civil, and criminal cases that have been brought based on false or fraudulent information entered into EHRs and risks to doctors. Additionally, they will talk about issues identified by auditors and how those issues could have been avoided. And finally, Tom will discuss updates regarding the use of EHRs. This webinar is scheduled for 60 minutes with a Q & A session to follow. Registration is free for all AMBA members and Liles Parker clients. Please Register Here:
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
9:00am PST, 11:00am CST, 12:00pm EST
Join us as we discuss the likely challenges and risks facing your practice and / or third-party billing company in the upcoming year. What are the chances that your organization will be audited? What are the administrative enforcement remedies currently being pursued by Zone Program Integrity Contractors? How should your organization respond? In this webinar, attorneys Richard Pecore and Leonard Schneider will discuss ways your organization can reduce its level of risk. This webinar is scheduled for 60 minutes with a Q & A session to follow. Registration is free for all AMBA member and Liles Parker clients. Please register here: