Compliance Mastermind: Strategies for your healthcare compliance program and your career Rebekah Latchis: Compliance Officer and podcaster

Today 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.com
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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 accuracy or completeness of any information on the podcast or in the show notes. This podcast should not be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please consult a qualified attorney before taking any action that could have legal implications to you or your business.

Today 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 through your podcast app or by going to the podcast website, compliancemastermind.com. Jay has a great weekly newsletter that you can sign up for on his website so definitely check that out.
Jay's website: https://www.bluebirdhealthlaw.com 
Podcast website: www.compliancemastermind.com 
Rebekah can be reached at: compliancemastermind@gmail.com
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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 accuracy or completeness of any information on the podcast or in the show notes. This podcast should not be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please consult a qualified attorney before taking any action that could have legal implications to you or your business.

Today 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 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 accuracy or completeness of any information on the podcast or in the show notes. This podcast should not be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please consult a qualified attorney before taking any action that could have legal implications to you or your business.

Today 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. With the increasing focus on quality care and patient safety I think this is a very timely topic and Sharon provides some great insights.
Sharon can be reached at: Sharon.Peters@lewisbrisbois.com 
Podcast website: www.compliancemastermind.com 
Rebekah 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 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 accuracy or completeness of any information on the podcast or in the show notes. This podcast should not be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please consult a qualified attorney before taking any action that could have legal implications to you or your business.

Today 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 organization.
Fran can be reached at: fcarroll@jointcommission.org 
Podcast website: www.compliancemastermind.com 
Rebekah 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 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 accuracy or completeness of any information on the podcast or in the show notes. This podcast should not be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please consult a qualified attorney before taking any action that could have legal implications to you or your business.

Today 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 vendor relationships and ensure that you have the appropriate controls in place.
You can reach Marti at: marti.arvin@cynergistek.com or https://cynergistek.com 
Podcast website: www.compliancemastermind.com 
Rebekah 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 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 accuracy or completeness of any information on the podcast or in the show notes. This podcast should not be used in any legal capacity whatsoever. Please consult a qualified attorney before taking any action that could have legal implications to you or your business.