HHS Inspector General Daniel R. Levinson, Former CEO and Whistleblower Michael Woodford, FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director Joseph M. Demarest, and Ethicist Marianne M. Jennings are among the Keynote Speakers at HCCA's 2015 Compliance Institute

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leaders in business, government enforcement, ethics, and cyber security will address health care compliance professionals assembling in Lake Buena Vista, Florida for the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) 19^th Annual Compliance Institute, being held over four days in April, the HCCA announced today.

"The role of the compliance officer is growing by leaps and bounds, and the speakers reflect that. Cybercrime, whistleblowing, ethics, and the latest enforcement priorities are all on their plate at a time when public and governmental expectations are rising. This line up of speakers both speaks to the depth of the challenge and the efforts compliance officers are making to stay on top of the issues," said HCCA Chief Executive Officer Roy Snell.

HCCA's 19^th annual Compliance Institute will be held April 19 through 22, 2015 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort and will feature the following general session speakers:

Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Daniel R. Levinson has headed the HHS Office of Inspector General (IG) for over a decade. As IG, Mr. Levinson is the senior official responsible for audits, evaluations, investigations, compliance initiatives, and law enforcement efforts to combat fraud and abuse in Medicare, Medicaid, and over 300 other public health and human services programs administered by HHS. He leads an independent and objective nationwide organization of 1,700 professional staff members dedicated to promoting economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in all HHS programs.

Michael Woodford, a former CEO and a whistleblower. Mr. Woodford worked his way up through the ranks of Olympus to become the first non-Japanese head of the 92-year old company. However, he was dismissed after just four months in the position when he uncovered explosive financial irregularities.

Joseph M. Demarest, Assistant Director, Cyber Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation. As a veteran of the FBI, Joseph Demarest has worked a variety of investigative matters including counterterrorism, white-collar crime, organized crime/drugs, violent crime, and foreign counterintelligence. He has held a number of supervisory and leadership positions at the FBI Headquarters and in the field, including his former position as head of the International Operations Division. Mr. Demarest was appointed assistant director of the Cyber Division in June 2012.

Marianne M. Jennings. Professor Marianne Jennings is an emeritus professor of legal and ethical studies in business from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, having retired in 2011 after 35 years of teaching there. She continues to teach graduate courses in business ethics at colleges around the country.

About the 2015 Compliance Institute
The Compliance Institute is the primary education and networking event for professionals working in the healthcare compliance profession. Over the course of four days, conference goers have the opportunity to attend 148 sessions, covering topics such as Physician Payment Sunshine Act, Top Security Threat Trends in Healthcare, HIPAA privacy/data breach, healthcare reform and compliance, internal fraud investigations, hospital physician alignment, compliance effectiveness, and more.

2015 Compliance Institute (CI) attendees learn the latest methods and strategies for developing and improving their compliance programs in this fast changing health care industry. The CI offers ten learning tracks: Internal Audit, General Compliance and Hot Topics, Long-Term Care, Privacy & Security, Physician Compliance, Compliance Lawyer, Auditing & Monitoring, Quality of Care, How to Succeed as a Compliance Professional, and Advanced Discussion Groups.

For more information, use this link to access the Compliance Institute website http://www.compliance-institute.org/

About HCCA
The HCCA, established in 1996 and headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, is a non-profit professional membership organization with more than 9,500 members. It is dedicated to improving the quality of compliance. Visit HCCA's website at www.hcca-info.org. Tel: 888/580-8373. 

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