Webinar Details

False Claims Act Cases Involving Millions in Medical Fraud: What you Need to Know About Recent Court Decisions

Speaker

Mark R. Brengelman

Speciality

HIPAA and Compliance Conference

Available

All Days

Duration

60 minutes

Description

False Claims Act civil actions involve millions of dollars in medical waste, fraud, and abuse. This advanced webinar provides the basics of federal False Claims Act laws, with a detail on the two types of prosecutions for alleged false claims. 

You will understand how millions are at stake in these federal actions. 

This advanced webinar summarizes federal cases from the courts, including a landmark ruling from the United States Supreme Court that changes everything. An analysis of these court cases guides the attendee on real-world outcomes from actual federal cases.

Finally, you will learn basic tips and techniques to avoid liability and maintain defensible record-keeping.

Areas Covered:-

  • Basics of federal False Claims Act cases.
  • Two types of prosecutions for false claims.
  • Understand why millions of dollars in medical fraud are at stake.
  • The U.S. Supreme Court case changed everything.
  • Update on other federal cases – a detailed analysis.
  • Basic tips and techniques to defend yourself from liability.

Background:-

  • Federal Civil Actions in Healthcare
  • Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
  • Medical Billing

Why Should You Attend:-

Erase the fear, uncertainty, and doubt about how federal civil cases in court apply to recoup government monies when millions of dollars are on the line in False Claims Act cases.

These legal cases can be brought by the federal government directly or by private parties – who are highly motivated to do so by the bounty they may get as their share of the recouped money. 

That recouped money will come out of your pocket if you are a health care entity or health care practitioner who is the subject of these crushing court cases.

Learn the basics of false claims act causes of action then delve into the intricacies of recent federal court cases, including a case from the United States Supreme Court, and learn how they apply to you.

Who Should Attend:-

  • Healthcare Attorneys
  • Corporate Compliance Officers in Healthcare
  • Medical Records Staff of Medical Offices and Health Care Entities
  • Hospital Attorneys
  • Healthcare Practitioners Who are Covered Entities
  • Law Enforcement Officers in Healthcare Compliance
  • State Boards and agencies with jurisdiction over state licenses to practice a healthcare profession

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Mark R. Brengelman

Mark R. Brengelman became interested in law when he graduated with both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Philosophy from Emory University in Atlanta. He earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Kentucky College of Law.  Mark became an Assistant Attorney General in Kentucky in the area of administrative and professional law as the assigned counsel and prosecuting attorney to numerous health professions licensure boards.

He retired from the state government, became certified as a hearing officer, and opened his own law practice, including working as a legislative agent (lobbyist).

As a frequent participant in continuing education, Mark has been a presenter for over thirty national and state organizations and private companies as the:

Kentucky Bar Association
Kentucky Office of the Attorney General
National Attorneys General Training and Research Institute, and
Federation of Associations of Regulatory Boards.
This also includes multiple, national healthcare organizations, including:

Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards
Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy
National Council of State Boards of Nursing
National Association of State Emergency Medical Services Officials
National Association of State Contractors Licensing Agencies, and
American Association of Veterinary State Boards

Mark was the founding presenter for “Navigating Ethics and Law for Mental Health Professionals,” a continuing education training approved by five Kentucky mental health licensure boards.  He also founded “The Kentucky Code of Ethical Conduct:  Ethical Practice; Risk Management, and; the Code of Ethical Conduct” as an approved, state-mandated continuing education for social workers offered as a video-on-demand.

Mark has now worked for all three branches of state government has worked since June 2018 as the Enforcement Counsel for the Kentucky Legislative Ethics Commission, an independent regulatory body that oversees 138 elected state legislators and nearly 800 registered lobbyists.  Continuing as an ethics attorney, Mark is also the contract counsel for the Ethics Commission of the Louisville Metro Government, a city and county merged government, the largest city in Kentucky, and the 45th largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States.

Mark focuses on representing health care practitioners before licensure boards and in other professional regulatory matters and representing children as Guardian ad Litem and parents as Court Appointed Counsel in confidential child dependency, neglect, and abuse proceedings and termination of parental rights proceedings in family court.