Fraud and Compliance Forum
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Schedule
This two-day conference will be held in-person and virtually. We are excited for attendees to connect and network in person, but for those who are unable to join us in DC, you will be able to tune in virtually. Whether you're attending on-site or online, you'll enjoy interactive sessions, expert insights, and real-time engagement designed to educate from anywhere. All sessions are recorded and will be available to both the in-person and virtual audiences following the conference. The full agenda will be available soon.
Monday, September 21, 2026 (all times are EDT)
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Virtual Pre-Conference Sessions
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Anti-Kickback, Physician Self-Referral (Stark) and CMP Bootcamp (Introductory) VIRTUAL
Kristin C. Carter, Johns Hopkins Health System
Tiana Korley, Senior Counsel, DHHS Office of the Inspector General
12:15 - 1:30 PM
What Every Health Care Lawyer Should Know About Coding: A Practical Bootcamp (Introductory) VIRTUAL
Robert A. Pelaia
Lenota Williams, Senior Director of Education, American Academy of Professional Coders
Tuesday, September 22, 2026
5:00 - 6:30 PM
In-Person Conference Attendee Assistance: Check-In and Badge Pick-Up
Come early to the AHLA Registration area to print out your badge.
5:30 - 6:30 PM
Welcome Reception
This event is included in the conference registration. Attendees, speakers, and registered guests are welcome. Interested in sponsoring this event? Sponsor.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
7:00 AM - 5:15 PM
Conference Attendee Assistance: Check-In and Badge Pick-Up
7:00 - 8:00 AM
Conference Breakfast
This event is included in the conference registration fee. Attendees, speakers, and registered guests are welcome. Interested in sponsoring this event? Sponsor.
8:00 - 10:30 AM
General Session
8:00 - 8:15 AM
Welcome and Patricia Meador Award Recognition
Christine L. White, AHLA President, Westchester Medical Center
Tony Maida, Planning Committee Chair, McDermott Will & Schulte
8:15 - 9:00 AM
1. Keynote Address IN-PERSONSTREAMING
9:10 - 10:30 AM
2. Year in Review IN-PERSONSTREAMING
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
3. An APP for That? Solving Compliance Challenges to Optimize Advanced Practice Provider Utilization (not repeated) IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Michelle Berholz Frazier
Stacy Gerber Ward, von Briesen & Roper
Milada Goturi, Thompson Coburn LLP
4. Big Data, Big Consequences: Enforcement and the Integration of Data Analytics and AI IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Anna Ferreira-Pandolfi, US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Special Agent/Criminal Investigator FBI
Albert Tenuta, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Denae Thomas, Paul Hastings
Torrey Young, "Seyfarth Shaw LLP
5. To Disclose, or Not to Disclose, That is the Question IN-PERSON
Lisa Adkins, SVP and Chief Compliance Officer, University of Maryland Medical System
John E. Kelly, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Leia C. Olsen, Lead System Compliance and Investigations Counsel, Ascension
12:00 - 1:15 PM
Lunch and Learn, sponsored by Forvis Mazars PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED
There is no additional fee; space is limited; pre-registration required. Continuing Education Credits are not available for the lunch.
1:30 - 2:30 PM
6. The Algorithm as Accomplice: AI-Driven Documentation, Coding, and the Emerging FCA Risk Landscape (not repeated) IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Robert DeConti, King & Spalding
Hoyt Sze, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Donald Yoo, Chief Compliance Officer, UCLA Health Los Angeles
7. From Benchmark to Bombshell: When Physician Pay Triggers Enforcement (not repeated) IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Kathryn Taylor, ECG Management Consultants
Bruce Toppin, Chief Legal Officer, Secretary & Privacy Officer, North Mississippi Health Services
Joseph N. Wolfe, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC
8. These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things: Underutilized Tools in CMS’s 2020 Rule Modernizing and Clarifying the Physician Self-Referral Regulations IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Christopher Janney, Dentons US LLP
Lisa O. Wilson, Senior Technical Advisor, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
9. Cyber-Fraud Is Health Care Fraud IN-PERSON
Sara McLean, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
2:45 - 3:45 PM
10. How Safe (Harbored) are Discounts?(not repeated) IN-PERSONSTREAMING
William T. Mathias, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
Heather Westphal, Senior Counsel. US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General
11. Rise of the Machines: Managing Risk in the Implementation of Technology in Health Care IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Anthony J. Burba, Barnes & Thornburg
Ted Lotchin, Chief Compliance Officer, UNC Health
Ross Whitehurst, Associate General Counsel, UHS, Inc.
12. Legal Ethics: Is There an Attorney in the Room? Invoking the Corporate Advice of Counsel Defense IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Adrienne Frazior, Polsinelli
Jody Rudman, Husch Blackwell
13. Medicare Payment Provider Suspension IN-PERSON
Thomas Kessler, Kessler Healthcare Consulting, LLC
Jonathan York, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
4:00 - 5:15 PM
14. Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Beneficiary Inducements (but were too afraid to ask) (not repeated) IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Stewart Kameen, Bass Berry & Sims
Julie Taitsman, BDO USA Consulting
Benjamin Wallfisch, Polsinelli
15. When Compliance Fails: How Good Programs Lead to Fraud Liability—and How to Fix Them IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Tony Maida, McDermott Will & Schulte
Lisa Re, Arnold & Porter
16. Is Every Case a Part C Case Now? Why the Newest Waves of Medicare Advantage Enforcement Need to Be on Everyone's Radars IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Erica Blachman Hitchings, Whistleblower Law Collaborative LLC
Amy Hargreaves, Latham & Watkins LLP
Sarah Kessler, Deputy Branch Chief, Administrative and Civil Remedies Branch, HHS-OIG Office of Counsel to the Inspector General
Katherine McGrath, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
5. To Disclose, or Not to Disclose, That is the Question (repeat) IN-PERSON
Lisa Adkins, SVP and Chief Compliance Officer, University of Maryland Medical System
John E. Kelly, Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Leia C. Olsen, Lead System Compliance and Investigations Counsel, Ascension
5:15 - 6:15 PM
Networking Reception
This event is included in the conference registration. Attendees, speakers, and registered guests are welcome. Interested in sponsoring this event? Sponsor.
Thursday, September 24, 2026
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM
In-Person Conference Attendee Assistance
7:00 - 8:00 AM
Conference Breakfast
This event is included in the conference registration fee. Attendees, speakers, and registered guests are welcome. Interested in sponsoring this event? Sponsor.
8:00 - 9:15 AM
17. Medicaid Fraud Enforcement (not repeated) IN-PERSONSTREAMING
4. Big Data, Big Consequences: Enforcement and the Integration of Data Analytics and AI (repeat) IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Anna Ferreira-Pandolfi, US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Special Agent/Criminal Investigator FBI
Albert Tenuta, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Denae Thomas, Paul Hastings
Torrey Young, "Seyfarth Shaw LLP
15. When Compliance Fails: How Good Programs Lead to Fraud Liability—and How to Fix Them (repeat) IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Tony Maida, McDermott Will & Schulte
Lisa Re, Arnold & Porter
16. Is Every Case a Part C Case Now? Why the Newest Waves of Medicare Advantage Enforcement Need to Be on Everyone's Radars (repeat) IN-PERSON
Erica Blachman Hitchings, Whistleblower Law Collaborative LLC
Amy Hargreaves, Latham & Watkins LLP
Sarah Kessler, Deputy Branch Chief, Administrative and Civil Remedies Branch, HHS-OIG Office of Counsel to the Inspector General
Katherine McGrath, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
9:30 - 10:30 AM
18. Under the Microscope: Emerging Trends in Grant Fraud Enforcement and Research Misconduct (not repeated) IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Jessica Sarkis, Jones Day
Geeta Taylor, Senior Counsel, US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General
19. Third Party Risk Management in Retail Health Care Transactions: Practical Approaches (not repeated) IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Mark Bodner, Senior Counsel, Pharmacy and Health, Albertsons Companies, Inc.
Elysia Solomon, Outside General Counsel LLP
20. False Claims Act Litigation Update IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Robert Salcido, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
8. These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things: Underutilized Tools in CMS’s 2020 Rule Modernizing and Clarifying the Physician Self-Referral Regulations (repeat) IN-PERSON
Christopher Janney, Dentons US LLP
Lisa O. Wilson, Senior Technical Advisor, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
10:30 - 11:00 AM
Break and Hotel Checkout
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
21. Closing the Loop: Preventing and Addressing Drug Diversion in Clinical Settings (not repeated) IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Jason Ehrlinspiel, Chief Compliance Officer, Ardent Health
Henry Leventis, Holland & Knight, LLP
Krista Tongring, President, DEA Regulatory and Compliance Practice, Guidepost Solutions
9. Cyber-Fraud Is Health Care Fraud (repeat) IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Sara McLean, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
12. Legal Ethics: Is There an Attorney in the Room? Invoking the Corporate Advice of Counsel Defense (repeat)IN-PERSON
Adrienne Frazior, Polsinelli
Jody Rudman, Husch Blackwell
13. Medicare Payment Provider Suspension (repeat) IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Thomas Kessler, Kessler Healthcare Consulting, LLC
Jonathan York, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
12:00 - 1:00 PM
Lunch on Your Own
1:15 - 2:15 PM
22. Government DEI Investigations: Who's At Risk? (not repeated) IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Brandon Helms, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC
Scott McBride, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
23. Innovative Health Care Technology Companies: Compliance Challenges and Managing Risk (not repeated) IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Troy Barsky, Crowell & Moring LLP
Samantha Kelen, Chief Compliance Officer, Stellar Health
11. Rise of the Machines: Managing Risk in the Implementation of Technology in Health Care (repeat) IN-PERSONSTREAMING
Anthony J. Burba, Barnes & Thornburg
Ted Lotchin, Chief Compliance Officer, UNC Health
Ross Whitehurst, Associate General Counsel, UHS, Inc.
20. False Claims Act Litigation Update (repeat) IN-PERSON
Robert Salcido, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
2:30 - 3:30 PM
24. Closing General Session IN-PERSONSTREAMING
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