By Barbara R. Fallon

Whether you are a novice or a seasoned veteran of the health care accounting and finance environment you will be able to increase your awareness of the challenges you face and insights into those you can expect to hurdle in the future at the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) 2023 Annual Health Care Industry Conference, according to Mia Thomas, CPA, CGMA, Sr Dir of Learning.

Specialists and decision makers in the field will provide a rich agenda of the latest data, resources, and insights that explore the most pressing issues facing the health care accounting and business community. Knowledgeable attorneys, CPAs, health care executives, FBI agents, cybersecurity advisors, analysts, tax specialists and government leaders will address hot topics including: political advocacy; network, cloud, mobile and application security threats; AI and new technology; health care fraud; the talent pipeline; employment retention tax credits(ERD); updates to 340B program; healthcare compliance; strategic planning and future challenges in health care finance and accounting policies and concepts, and MORE.

Expert Insight

For example, keynote speaker, Laura M. Dillon, Washington Council Ernst & Young LLP, will share an inside view of the dynamic federal health policy landscape including health policy priorities for the newly inaugurated 118th Congress and expected regulatory activity from the Biden Administration in 2023. This includes the latest on physician pay policies, the public health emergency, implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act, and compliance and enforcement updates pertaining to surprise billing, transparency, interoperability regulations and more.

Participants will also have the golden opportunity to listen to FBI agent, Keith Givens, outline elements of federal health care fraud violations including what to do if you suspect health care fraud; measures to take to protect your organizations or clients and steps to take if you are a victim of health care fraud. Cybersecurity advisor, Sanjay Deo, will share expertise on how to deal with increasing frequency and sophistication of ransomware attacks that may threaten patient safety and outcomes, how to build proactive technology defense, and advice on ransomware negotiation and mediation.

In addition, attendees can explore in-depth issues regarding Stark compliance guidelines in physician practice valuations, broad concepts of white-collar crime, legal issues in health care compliance and trends in long term care with hands-on authorities in the field.

Also, Florida fixture CPA Tommy Inzina, retired CEO of Baycare Health Systems, will open the conference and share his personal 40-year journey in the field and outline some common mistakes he navigated so attendees can avoid or, at the minimum, curtail the consequences along their career path.

As if up to 17 hours of CPE credits, a comprehensive wealth of new insights into professional trends and hurdles, career path advice, and future predictions aren’t enough, attendees can network in the Solutions Center where one-on-one discussions with leaders and high-level colleagues in the field who need little or no introduction will be available to all.

 Prime Venue

This year the May 25-26th FICPA annual conference has a new location – Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Orlando – offering premium educational networking opportunities for you and fun for any family you may bring along this holiday weekend.

For detailed conference information, registration and accommodations, visit https://www.ficpa.org/event/health-care-industry-conference-hcc.-0