Reading the Tea Leaves | Top Ten Risks Your Home Health Agency / Hospice will Face in 2023?

[3651] Reading the Tea Leaves | Top Ten Risks Your Home Health Agency / Hospice will Face in 2023?
A 2022 TAHC&H Member Webinar - Now Available to All!

Presentation Info:

• TAHC&H Virtual Event | 2022 Monthly Member Webinars | Recorded for On-Demand Access
• Presentation Date | December 7, 2022

Program Description: There are likely challenges and risks facing your home health agency and / or hospice in the upcoming year. What are the chances that your agency will be audited? What are the administrative enforcement remedies currently being pursued by CMS program integrity contractors? How should your agency respond? In this webinar, attorneys Richard Pecore and Leonard Schneider will discuss ways your agency can reduce its level of risk.

HCSSA Topic(s) Addressed:

• §558.259[d][4]agency responsibilities
• §558.260[a][3]basic principles of management in a licensed health-related setting
• §558.260[a][6]risk assessment and management
• §558.260[a][7]financial management

Education-Training Credits:

• TX HCSSA Administrator/Alternate Continuing Education
• 1.0 Clock Hr(s)

TAHC&H Faculty/Presenter(s): Richard Pecore and Leonard Schneider | Liles Parker Attorneys & Counselors at Law

About the Presenter(s):
Richard Pecore is a licensed Texas attorney with over 20 years of experience. Mr. Pecore is a graduate of the University of Texas and South Texas College of Law Houston. Mr. Pecore joined Liles Parker as an associate attorney in January 2012 and became a partner with the firm in February 2016. Mr. Pecore has worked on a variety of health care related matters, and the past 6 years focusing on Medicare and Medicaid administrative provider appeals and creating provider regulatory compliance plans. Since joining Liles Parker, Mr. Pecore has focused on “big box” Medicare and Medicaid overpayments. He has successfully defended overpayment cases ranging in value from $15,000 to $6 million dollars. Mr. Pecore is a Certified Medical Compliance Officer with PMI, is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association. Mr. Pecore lives in Kingwood, Texas.

About the Presenter(s):
Leonard Schneider ’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. He has also been selected to serve as City Attorney for a number of cities and municipalities. In this capacity, he has performed a wide range of legal services, ranging from contract drafting and administration to affirmative civil litigation on behalf of his municipal clients. Mr. Schneider has extensive experience ensuring that applicable statutory and regulatory requirements are met by municipalities. Since joining Liles Parker, Mr. Schneider has expanded his practice to also include a wide variety of health law matters and cases. Mr. Schneider also served as the Assistant District Attorney for Galveston County in Texas. In this role, he prosecuted both felony and misdemeanor criminal cases and honed his litigation skills with significant time before a judge and jury. While he seldom prosecutes criminal cases in his current role, his experience in this field has afforded him a strong skill set in working with criminal law. Mr. Schneider is also responsible for litigation brought by or against the cities he represents, often managing teams of attorneys brought in specifically for each case. In this way, he keeps his litigation skills fresh. His criminal and civil litigation trial experience allows him to give practical and timely advice to clients in civil matters, including business litigation, contracts, breach of contracts, collections, elections, and economic development. In addition to practicing law, he has authored and presented papers on corporate law issues, landlord/tenant arrangements, evictions, economic development, and city council meetings. He also currently instructs business students on ethics and business law as an adjunct professor at two universities.

[3651] Reading the Tea Leaves | Top Ten Risks Your Home Health Agency / Hospice will Face in 2023?