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Date: Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 10:06 AM<br>Subject: Telehealth Brown Bag - How to be compliant with federal fraud and abuse laws<br>To: <a href="mailto:csbritain@gmail.com">csbritain@gmail.com</a><br><br><br>
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<div align="center"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Black; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; text-shadow: auto"><font size="7"><i>Washington Live!</i></font></span></b><span><font size="6"><i><span style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></i> </font></span><font size="7"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Black; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; text-shadow: auto"><b style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Black; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; text-shadow: auto"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Black; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; text-shadow: auto">Brown Bag</span></b></span><b style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Black; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; text-shadow: auto"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial Black; FONT-VARIANT: small-caps; text-shadow: auto"> </span></b></font></div>
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<p align="center"><span>Telehealth and Financial Relationships: How to be Compliant with Federal Fraud and Abuse Laws</span>
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<p><strong>Do you provide free equipment or services to remote telehealth sites?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Do your physicians pay fair market value for use of your telehealth equipment?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Do you know the exceptions to the federal laws that control whether you can give free services or equipment to others?</strong></p>
<p>Participate in this seminar to hear from two leading experts in the application of federal fraud and abuse laws, as they pertain to financial relationships and the delivery of health care through telehealth. This presentation will include a review of reports released by the Office of the Inspector General, at the Department of Health and Human Services, regarding fraud and abuse investigations in health care.</p>
<p>Speakers include:</p>
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<li><strong><em>Robert J. Waters</em></strong>, Counsel to the Center for Telehealth and E-Health law, the nation's leading organization focused on regulatory and policy aspects of telehealth, and Chair of the Government Relations Practice Group at the law firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP Washington, DC.</li>
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<li><strong><em>Fatema Zanzi</em></strong><em>,</em> Associate in the Health Practice Group at Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP Chicago, Illinois. Fatema focuses on assisting hospitals and health care organizations on a wide variety of matters, including health care regulatory compliance, medical staff matters, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, fraud and abuse, the Stark Law, and transactions involving health care organizations.</li>
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<p align="center"><font size="6"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff">Monday</span></b><span style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"><b><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial">,</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><b style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> September 22,</b><b> 2008</b></span></b><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><b><br>
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<p align="center"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Submit proposed questions before or during the event to <a href="mailto:info@ctel.org" target="_blank" shape="rect">info@ctel.org</a>.</span>
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<p align="center"><b><font color="#000000" size="4"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> CTeL members enjoy free access to the Washington Live! telehealth seminars as a membership benefit. The fee for non-members to participate in the telehealth seminar is $25. </span></font></b>
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