Audits from Front to Back of the House Webinar

How well is your center prepared for CMS and other audits, from the front to the back of your center in all departments? Hear from three members of the FHCA Risk & Compliance Council on best practices for the most common and important audits your center will face, including RACs and MACs, UPIC and more. Be informed of the most relevant trends in auditing from audit contractors to help your centers successfully manage these challenges.

After viewing this program, participants will learn how to:

Discuss typical audits that skilled nursing facilities face in today's environment
Provide some "Best Practices," tips and tools
Review the different types of Audit Contractors
List trends for long term care centers

No CEUs are offered for this on-demand program.

COST: FREE to FHCA Members

Dan Coggins

Corporate Compliance Officer

Avante Group Inc.

Daniel Coggins brings over 30 years of operational and compliance experience through a variety of healthcare settings. These include skilled rehabilitation, assisted living, psychiatric hospital services, and behavioral healthcare. Mr. Coggins currently works as the Corporate Compliance Officer for Avante Group Inc., Avante Physician Services, and Avante Home Care Services. Mr. Coggins is a licensed nursing home administrator and is certified in healthcare compliance (CHC & CPCO). Mr. Coggins received his Master’s in Health Administration from Ohio University, MBA from the University of Dayton, and a Bachelor’s Degree from Wheeling University.

Risty Smith

Corporate Compliance Officer

Risty Smith, OTR/L, CHC, is a Corporate Compliance Officer. His experience includes building compliance programs for multi-state rehabilitation, skilled nursing, home health, hospice, private duty nursing, assisted living, and durable medical equipment providers. He is a contributing member of the Florida Healthcare Association Risk & Compliance Council. He has placed a special emphasis on establishing and maintaining HIPAA/HITECH complaint privacy and security practices, including the incorporation of telehealth into clinical practice.

Jean Stiles

President and Chief Compliance Officer

Surety Compliance

Jean Stiles, MBA, MA, CHC, President and Chief Compliance Officer of Surety Compliance, has a world of knowledge and experience when it comes to long-term care industry compliance. Jean began working in long-term care in the mid-1985, as a Speech Language Pathology and quickly moved to work within a Therapy Consulting Company as Account Executive over a large, long- term care organization’s Rehabilitation Program. At the turn of the Prospective Payment System (PPS) in 1997, Jean started her own Consulting Company focusing on the transition to PPS and the surrounding compliance of the new program. In 2002, Jean joined a large Long-Term Care organization where she served in many roles from Vice President of Rehab Services, Corporate Compliance Officer/Privacy Officer, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Vice President of Clinical Reimbursement for over 17 years. As a Long-Term Care Compliance Company, Surety provides compliance oversight. audit and guidance to LTC organizations around risk/compliance exposure and assists them in mitigation strategies. Jean and her team of Nurses, Therapists, Human Resources, Business Office and Medical Record experts, deliver professional and knowledgeable support for about risk areas of those defined departments. Surety compliance offers Risk Assessment completion, Compliance Policies and Manuals, Medical Record Review and release, Directed Compliance Audits, Monthly Education and Hotline/Investigation processes