Texas healthcare compliance professionals and other health care leaders concerned about managing their compliance risks and exposures may wish to consider joining the North Texas Healthcare Compliance Professionals Association on October 16, 2012 for lunch and a lively roundtable discussion of health care compliance concerns.  “Health Care Compliance Spooks & Goblins” to be led by Erma Lee, JPS Health Network District Compliance Officer and NTHCPA President on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Dallas Ft Worth Hospital Council Offices at 250 Decker Drive, Irving, TX 75062-2706.  Parties wishing to take part should RSVP here by 6:00 p.m. on October 15, 2012.

With North Texas area health care providers increasingly among those targeted for attention by the high-profile HEAT Task Force and other health care fraud stings, audits, and enforcement and requirements and enforcement tightening a myriad of other compliance areas, health care world increasingly makes health care facilities and providers negotiate a challenging spookhouse full of compliance and enforcement risks for health care organizations and their compliance teams.

The NTHCPA invites health care compliance professionals and other health industry leaders to share their  top compliance spooks and exchange strategies for finding and managing your health care compliance demons with other North Texas health care compliance leaders by participating in this  lively  participatory roundtable discussion at this month’s NTHCPA Meeting.

RSVP & Register For Invites & Updates

The meeting will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on October 16, 2012 at the offices of the Dallas Ft Worth Hospital Council, 250 Decker Drive, Irving, TX 75062-2706.

There is no charge to take part in the meeting. To help us to arrange for adequate space and refreshments for this meeting, however, advance registration is required. RSVP here by 6:00 p.m on October 15, 2012. A complimentary light lunch will be provided for those who timely R.S.V.P. Walk in guests will be accommodated on a space-available basis. While we welcome last-minute attendees, please let us know you are coming and update us if your plans change so that we can plan for appropriate space and meals!

Mark Your Calendars & Save The Date

The NTHCPA has an exciting series of future programs planned for upcoming months. Interested persons should also mark their calendars and save the date to take part in these upcoming NTHCPA Meetings and programs:

November 20, 2012 – “After November-Lame Duck Sequestration: Implications for Health Care”

Steve Love, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council

December 18, 2012 – No Study Group Meeting In Celebration of The Holiday Season

January 15, 2013 – “Physician Compensation Compliance Risks & Performance Management Tools”

Alice L. King. National Practice Leader Physician Compensation and Alignment, Towers Watson

February 19, 2013 – “CHNAs, 501(r)(9), Governance & Other Tax Challenges Facing Exempt Organizations”

Nancy Z. Evetts, Mid-America Region Leader, Not-For Profit Tax, Deloitte Tax LLP

About the NTHCPA

NTHCPA exists to champion ethical practice and compliance standards and to provide the necessary resources for ethics and compliance Professionals and others in North Texas who share these principles. The vision of NTHCPA is to be a pre-eminent compliance and ethics group promoting lasting success and integrity of organizations within North Texas.

Would you or someone you know like to join the NTHCPA, get notice of upcoming meetings or events and network on relevant professional developments with other health care professionals? Stay on top of information about upcoming meetings and share and dialogue with other NTHCPA members about health care compliance challenges and developments by participating in our meetings and events, joining our Linked In Group here and checking out the NTHCPA News here. To be added to our invitation list, we also encourage interested persons to make sure we have your current contact information by sending your current contact information including name, title, company, preferred mailing address, e-mail, and telephone number to Vice-President Cynthia Marcotte Stamer here.

Please share this invitation with others who might be interested in this topic or other NTHCPA events!

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