Dispatches From HCCA Conference
The Health Care Compliance Association is hosting its annual conference this week — and hosting it in Boston, hometown of Radical Compliance, so we’ve been on scene all week to hear keen compliance insights and score some free food.
As usual, we’ve pulled together a selection of social media posts so those not attending can see what went on, what was said, and what good points are worth pondering, even if you weren’t here to ponder them with your peers.
First, a view of the crowd. As you can see, it was large: HCCA estimates attendance at 3,200 people.
#HCCAci 2019 pic.twitter.com/vFZGIeDLSt
— Andrea (@legal10101) April 8, 2019
Congratulations to Berda Wilson, of Norton Sound Health Corp., who traveled all the way from Nome, Alaska, to receive her award!
Debbie Troklus and this year’s award winner Berda Wilson after the general session #HCCAci pic.twitter.com/Z4H44dddXG
— HCCA (@theHCCA) April 8, 2019
A good point raised about conflicts of interest.
#HCCAci conflicts themselves are not nefarious, issue is identifying and managingthem properly, need to think broadly ~Frank Sheeder @AlstonBirdLLP #pya @PYAHealthcare
— Lori Foley (@LoriAFoley) April 9, 2019
Inspiration from Diana Nyad, renowned endurance swimmer, to start Day 2.
Inspirational keynote. #HCCAci Lessons from endurance athlete Diana Nyad. #compliance pic.twitter.com/bYmrMkG5u8
— Nancy Beckley (@NancyBeckley) April 9, 2019
It’s all about the analytics, people. We’ve talked about this.
#HCCAci 205 Data Analytics Rev Compliance & Auditing. Andy Kins & Kate Welti from Mayo. “Examining data sets to draw conclusions, don’t let analytics be intimidating.” Then they showed a neat, colorful, complicated visualization easily developed in Tableau. #gratefulformyd&ateam
— Roberta Verville (@robeverv) April 8, 2019
This is no joke. I attended another session where a whistleblower told of confronting a suspected fraudster, who turned on the tears to throw the whistleblower off the trail.
Session 504: Investigation Skills “Coming up next, tips for when the interviewee is crying.” pic.twitter.com/lFZBYBvog3
— Walter E. Johnson (@walter_johnson1) April 9, 2019
Words of wisdom from a Massachusetts regulator about data privacy breaches.
“As data becomes cheaper to collect and store by personal entities and as the value of data increases in the market, the consequences of a breach are that much more intense,” said Sara Cable of the Massachusetts AG Office. #HCCAci
— FairWarning🌎🛡️ (@FairWarningLLC) April 8, 2019
And my own tribute to Roy Snell, recently retired head of HCCA and SCCE, who was at the conference to sign copies of his book The Accidental Compliance Professional.
Considering how many drink tickets I’ve swiped from @RoySnellSCCE over the years, I had this last one signed for posterity #HCCAci #compliance pic.twitter.com/vwcKEoJDeo
— Matt Kelly (@compliancememe) April 8, 2019
You can find other tweets and updates about the HCCA conference under the hashtag #HCCAci. It was great to meet new compliance professionals, and good luck to all taking their certification tests on Wednesday!