Protecting Indian Health and Human Services Programs and their Beneficiaries:
The Basics of Health Care and Grants Management Compliance

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7:45-8:30 Registration
8:30-9:00 Welcome
Lyndsay Patty, Special Assistant and Conference Moderator

Opening Remarks
Joanne M. Chiedi, Principal Deputy Inspector General, OIG, HHS
9:00-9:30 General Overview and Compliance Programs
Amitava (Jay) Mazumdar, Deputy Branch Chief, Medicare and Medicaid Reviews, Advice Branch, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, OIG, HHS
Andrea L. Treese Berlin, Senior Counsel, Administrative and Civil Remedies Branch, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, OIG, HHS
9:30-10:15 Internal Controls—Case Studies
Patrick Cogley, Regional Inspector General for Audit Services, Kansas City, Office of Audit Services, OIG, HHS

Debra Keasling, Assistant Regional Inspector General for Audit Services, Denver, Office of Audit Services, OIG, HHS

Moderated By:
Maritza Hawrey, Assistant Director for Grants and Internal Audits Division, Office of Audit Services, OIG, HHS
10:15-10:30 BREAK
10:30-11:00 Documentation
Julie K. Taitsman, Chief Medical Officer, OIG, HHS
11:00-11:30 Single Audits-Quality Matters
Tammie Brown, NEAR Audit Manager, National Single Audit Coordinator, Office of Audit Services, OIG, HHS
11:30-12:15 The Office of Investigations
Charles Hackney, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Kansas City Regional Office, Office of Investigations, OIG, HHS

Curt L. Muller, Inspector, Special Investigations Branch, Office of Investigations, OIG, HHS
12:15-1:30 Lunch on your own onsite
1:30-2:15 Fraud and Abuse Statues, Administrative Authorities and Self-Disclosures
Andrea L. Treese Berlin, Senior Counsel, Administrative and Civil Remedies Branch, Office of Counsel to the Inspector General, OIG, HHS
2:15-3:15 Ask the Experts Breakout Session
  • Quality of care and service delivery
    Amy Ashcraft, Julie Taitsman, and Lucia Fort
  • Compliance programs and other tools for combatting fraud and abuse
    Andrea Treese Berlin, Jay Mazumdar, and Melinda Golub
  • Internal controls and single audits
    Tammie Brown, Debra Keasling, Pat Cogley, and Maritza Hawrey
  • Who is OIG and how does OIG work with IHS and tribes?
    Curt Muller, Charles Hackney, Steve Hanson, Les Hollie, Brian Harris, Anissa Andrews, Corey Dumdei, and Justin Reedy
3:15-3:30 BREAK
3:30-4:30 Achieving Quality of Care
Kate Goodrich, Director and Chief Medical Officer, CMS, HHS

Julie K. Taitsman, Chief Medical Office, OIG, HHS

David R. Wright, Director of Survey and Certification Group, CMS, HHS

Moderated By:
Amy Ashcraft, Deputy Regional Inspector General, Dallas, Office of Evaluation and Inspections, OIG, HHS
4:30 Closing Remarks
Joanne M. Chiedi, Principal Deputy Inspector General, OIG, HHS

OIG staff will remain onsite until 5:30 to answer questions