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Significant changes to the legal and regulatory landscape in 2009 will affect health care companies—even without passage of health care reform legislation. These changes will impact your clinical operations, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, workforce, and relationships with physicians. Get up to speed on these developments at the 2010 Health Care Regulatory Update jointly sponsored by the CHA and Faegre & Benson LLP.

This program will provide a comprehensive update on the significant legal and regulatory changes from 2009 that are important to health care companies, including the following topics:

• Fraud and abuse enforcement trends
• New incentives for electronic medical record implementation
• Major changes to HIPAA privacy and security rules, including mandatory reporting and the Red Flag Rules
• Elimination of physician consultation codes
• Enactment and implementation of Colorado's hospital provider fee
• Developments in Colorado and federal employment law that affect your workforce
• Up-to-date news on Medicare RAC audits
• Developments in the ongoing push for hospital–physician integration
• Peer review confidentiality under new Colorado Supreme Court precedent
• Changes to the Stark Law (stand in the shoes, under arrangements, and per click compensation, and mandatory unwinding of some relationships)
• Medicare reimbursement changes in the 2010 physician fee schedule and IPPS rule
• Update on quality data reporting requirements

This program will help you better understand the legal and regulatory issues facing your organization—and effectively respond to challenges in this environment.

This event has been approved for 4 CLE credits.