A cyber security incident is a fact that most organizations will experience. How the response to those incidents and how those incidents are investigated will determine whether there is a breach. Once that occurs, the clock is ticking, having to figure out what happened, how it happened, and who did it, along with the looming legal ramifications from a cyber security breach leave many organizations wondering if they are prepared and if the incident gets to a point of a breach, how will they recover.

Learning Objectives:

1. Gain knowledge of the current threat landscape and where attackers are targeting organizations.
   
2. Understand the difference between a cyber incident and breach.
   
3. Learn the steps necessary to prepare, respond, and recover from a cyber security breach.

This session will provide an overview of the following new requirements of ASC 842 Leases:

1. Accounting models for both a lessee and a lessor
   
2. Key ingredients of the accounting model
   
3. Effective date and transition requirements
   
4. Disclosures
   

Learning Objectives:

1. Recognize the new requirements of ASC 842 Leases.
   
2. Learn the changes in effective date and transition requirements.
   
3. Understand the disclosure requirements.

Health care providers are faced with many challenges and key decisions. This facilitated panel discussion, including CFOs from various health care providers, will share insights on the key issues facing their organizations. A Q&A period will allow participants to share best practices and insights on key issues. Attendees will: Gain insight into actual strategies that successful CFOs have used to navigate the waters of functioning in an integrated health care system and health care reform and have an opportunity to pose specific questions to successful CFOs regarding any issues or concerns that the attendee may have encountered.

Learning Objectives: 

1. Identify the top issues facing Healthcare CFOs in 2019.
   
2. Learn about the action plans to address those issues and financial industry trends that impact the healthcare industry as a whole.

The health care industry is highly regulated by a variety of criminal and civil fraud and abuse laws. An effective program to ensure compliance with those laws is essential to health care providers. This session will include a discussion of current compliance “hot topics” of particular significance to providers and their advisors. The session will cover the major court decisions interpreting the federal False Claims Act; how enhanced data analytics and the Yates memo have changed the way in which corporate and individual violators of the fraud and abuse laws are identified, investigated, and held accountable; the Trump administration's proposed reforms to current Stark Law and Anti-Kickback regulations to encourage value-based care; the 60-day Medicare and Medicaid overpayment statute and CMS's corresponding 60-day rule; and the components and value of effective compliance programs in the current regulatory environment.

Learning Objectives:

1. Gain a better understanding of the 60-day overpayment provisions and the information that may trigger a duty to investigate potential overpayments.
2. Determine an awareness of major court decisions impacting compliance with federal laws, including the False Claims Act.
3. Obtain a reminder that the government also may seek to hold individuals accountable for regulatory violations.
4. Receive a broad overview of the government's recently-proposed reforms to federal fraud and abuse regulations.
5. Understand how to mitigate risk by implementing effective compliance programs.