2011 Speeches

“Health Care Reform: The Push for Quality, Efficiency & Integration” by Adrienne Dresevic, Esq. and Kathryn Hickner-Cruz, Esq., HCAM/MCAL Annual Convention & Expo, October 4, 2011.

“ZPICs, RACs, MICs and More: What Radiology Practices Need to Know about Federal Auditing Programs” by Jessica L. Gustafson, Esq. and Abby Pendleton, Esq., AHRA 2011 Annual Meeting and Exposition, Grapevine, TX, August 17, 2011.

“Recent Developments and Key Legal Issues Impacting Radiology Practices” by Adrienne Dresevic, Esq. and Jessica L. Gustafson, Esq., AHRA 2011 Annual Meeting and Exposition, Grapevine, TX, August 16, 2011.

"An Unprecedented Era of Claims Scrutiny: Successfully Managing Targeted Medical Review, Recovery Audit Contractor and Medicaid Integrity Audits" by Jessica L. Gustafson, Esq., Nebraska Hospice and Palliative Care Association 2011 Annual Conference, Lincoln, NE.

“The Michigan Audit Landscape: Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Payor Audits” by Connie Blachut, MPH, MBA, and Jessica L. Gustafson, Esq., moderated by Abby Pendleton, Esq., State Bar of Michigan Health Care Law Section Teleconference, June 15, 2011.

"Physician-Hospital Alignment Strategies: How to Align Without a Sale" by Kathryn Hickner-Cruz, Esq. and Carey F. Kalmowitz, Esq., Decision Health Physician-Hospital Alignment Strategies 2011, Las Vegas, NV, June 7, 2011.

“Covenants Not to Compete in the Michigan Health Care Marketplace” by Thomas W. H. Barlow, Esq., moderated by Abby Pendleton, Esq., State Bar of Michigan Health Care Law Section Teleconference, June 1, 2011.

"The Business of Medicine" by Robert S. Iwrey, Esq., Genesys Hospital OB/GYNs, Grand Blanc, MI, May 24, 2011.

"The Current Audit Landscape, Is Your Organization Prepared?" by Abby Pendleton, Esq., Albany, NY, NYSARC, May 10, 2011.

“The Compliance Landscape for Chronic Pain” by Neda Mirafzali, Esq. and Abby Pendleton, Esq., Advanced Techniques for Acute and Chronic Pain Management 2011, Detroit, MI, May 1, 2011.

“The Fraud and Abuse Environment for Anesthesiologists” a webinar by Abby Pendleton, Esq., Anesthesia Business Consultants, LLC, Tulane University School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology & The Center for Continuing Education Tulane University Health Sciences Center, April 26, 2011.

"Compliance in the Age of Electronic Health Records" by Jessica L. Gustafson, Esq. and Abby Pendleton, Esq., Health Care Compliance Association's 15th annual Compliance Institute, Orlando, FL, April 10-13, 2011.

"How RAC & MIC Audits Will Affect LTC Facilities" by Jessica L. Gustafson, Esq., 2011 Health Care Association of Michigan (HCAM) Spring Leadership Conference, March 31, 2011.

"Multiple Presentations on Stark Law and the HITECH Act" by Adrienne Dresevic, Esq. and Stephanie P. Ottenwess, Esq., RBMA Building Better Radiology Marketing Programs Conference, Portland, OR, March 20-22, 2011.

"Legal Issues Regarding Difficult Pain Patients: Noncompliance, Drug Testing and Terminating Physician/Patient Relationships" by Abby Pendleton, Esq., MGMA AAA Conference, Baltimore, MD, March 20, 2011.

"Navigating Claim Denials" by Jessica L. Gustafson, Esq. and Abby Pendleton, Esq., World Research Group Panel Discussion, March 2, 2011.