Craig Smith, Partner, Hogan Lovells US LLP to Speak at KCs Understanding the New System: Final Rule on Fraud Prevention in Medicaid, Medicare and CHIP Live Webcast
Summary
While at Hogan Lovells, Craig has represented health care clients in a wide range of matters, including class action litigation, internal compliance investigations, and in corporate transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures.(For more details, please visit: http://www.knowledgecongress.org/event_2011_Fraud_Prevention.html)Event SynopsisThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule effective March 25, 2011, which enacts a number of program integrity provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).These provisions aim to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).The rule focuses primarily on the new and technically complicated enrollment processes for health care providers and suppliers and CMS’s expanded authority to impose payment suspensions.Health care providers and suppliers will need to work closely with their compliance officers and corporate counsel to ensure that an effective process is in place.The Knowledge Group is assembling a panel of key thought leaders and experts to give insights of the most important issues.§§ 405.370 through 405.372- Withholding payments- Future of payment suspensions and compliance plans- Other ProvisionsAbout Craig SmithCraig Smith rejoined Hogan Lovells in 2008 after serving as General Counsel for Floridas Agency for Health Care Administration.Craig oversaw significant class action and other complex litigation against the agency at the trial court and appellate court levels, and he addressed many critical health care issues, including statewide Medicaid-managed care reform and the appropriate expansion of electronic health information.While serving as the chief legal officer of one of the nations largest Medicaid programs, Craig coordinated frequently with federal officials at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Justice.