January 31,2003

Grassley to Address Major Anti-health Care Fraud Conference

Event: remarks at the Sixth National Congress on Health Care Compliance
Date/time: Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2003, at 1 p.m.
Location: the Grand Hyatt Hotel, 1000 H St. NW, Washington, D.C.

Description: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, is scheduled to give a
keynote address at this major anti-health care fraud conference. Grassley, the Senate
author of the 1986 amendments strengthening the False Claims Act, is expected to
address the state of health care fraud enforcement and the Finance Committee’s health
care oversight agenda in the 108th Congress.

Conference details follow.



WASHINGTON, DC, USA
-- MEDICAL INDUSTRY E-MAIL NEWS SERVICE(TM) --
DEC. 10, 2002 -- The Sixth National Congress on Health Care Compliance, Feb. 5-7, 2003, in
Washington, DC, announced today that US Dept. of Health & Human Services Inspector General Janet Rehnquist has joined the faculty of the 2003 Congress as the keynote speaker on the morning of Thursday, Feb. 6, 2003.

OTHER KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

-- Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, Ph.D., President, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences,
Former Provost, Harvard University, Washington, DC
-- Senator Chuck Grassley (R/IA), US Senate, Chairman, US Senate Finance Committee,
Washington, DC
-- Donald A. (Andy) Purdy, Jr., Deputy to the Vice Chair, Senior Advisor, IT Security and Privacy,
The President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, The White House, Washington, DC
-- James Sheehan, Esq., Assistant U.S. Attorney, and Chief, Civil Division, Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

FEATURED FACULTY:

ON FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS, ENFORCEMENT & PROSECUTION:

-- Judge Ruben Castillo, Vice Chair, US Sentencing Commission, Washington, DC
-- Timothy Delaney, Supervisory Special Agent, Health Care Fraud Unit, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Washington, DC
-- Richard Kusserow, President, Strategic Management Systems, Former Inspector General, DHHS,
Washington, DC
-- James Sheehan, Esq., Asst US Attorney, & Chief, Civil Div, Eastern District of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA

ON THE RE-EMERGENCE OF HEALTH CARE ANTITRUST:

-- Mark Botti, Esq., Antitrust Div, Chief of the Div's Litigation Section, US Dept of Justice,
Washington, DC
-- Marcus H. Meier, Esq., Deputy Asst Director, Healthcare Div, US Federal Trade Commission,
Washington, DC
-- Douglas Ross, Esq., Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine, Chair, Health Industry Committee Antitrust Section, American Bar Association, Seattle, WA

ON TRADITIONAL HEALTH CARE REGULATION:

-- William J. Mahon, Executive Director, National Healthcare Anti-Fraud Association, Washington,
DC
-- Thomas J. Miller, Manager of Exempt Organizations Technical, Exempt Organizations Div,
Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC
-- Russell G. Ryan, Esq., Asst Director, Enforcement Div, US Securities & Exchange Commission,
Washington, DC
ON QUALITY & MEDICAL ERRORS REDUCTION:
-- Harvey V. Fineberg MD, Ph.D., President, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences,
& Former Provost, Harvard University, Washington, DC

ON HEALTH CARE PRIVACY, DATA SECURITY & HIPAA:

-- William Braithwaite MD, Pricewaterhouse Coopers & former Sr Advisor on Health Information
Policy, DHHS, Washington, DC
-- Alan S. Goldberg, Esq., Partner, Goulston & Storrs, Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland
Law School, & Moderator, AHLA HIT Listserve, Washington, DC
-- John C. Parmigiani, Director HIPAA Compliance Services, CTG HealthCare Solutions, Inc. &
Former Director of Enterprise Standards, HCFA, Cincinnati, OH
-- Harriet Pearson, VP, Workforce & Chief Privacy Officer, IBM, Armonk, NY

ON HEALTH CARE GOVERNANCE AFTER ENRON:

-- John Bentivolglio, Esq., Partner, Arnold & Porter, Former Special Counsel for Health Care Fraud,
Chief Privacy Officer, US Dept of Justice, Washington, DC
-- Brenton Saunders, JD, MBA, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Past President, Health Care
Compliance Association, & Founder, Privacy Officers Association, Washington, DC

ON ETHICS:

-- Steve Priest, President, Ethical Leadership Group, Chicago, IL

ON CYBERSECURITY & BIOTERRORISM:

-- Donald A. (Andy) Purdy, Jr., Deputy to the Vice Chair, Sr Advisor, IT Security & Privacy,
President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, White House, Washington, DC
-- Helga Rippen MD, Ph.D., MPH, Director, Science & Technology Policy Institute, Rand,
Arlington, VA

ON THE LOOMING HEALTH CARE COST CRISIS:

-- John K. Iglehart, Founding Editor, Health Affairs, Project Hope, Washington, DC

AND THE FOLLOWING COMPLIANCE PROFESSIONALS:

-- Ted Acosta, JD, Sr Manager, Ernst & Young & Former Sr Counsel in HHS OIG, New York, NY
-- William Altman, VP of Compliance & Government Programs, Kindred Healthcare, Louisville, KY
-- Chris Anderson, Compliance Officer, Gentiva Health Services, Melville, NY
-- Anthony Boswell, Chief Compliance Officer, Laidlaw, Dallas, TX
-- Bob Ching, Esq., Compliance Officer, Hawaii Pacific Health, Honolulu, HI
-- Craig Greenfield, Esq., VP & General Counsel, MangnaCare, Garden City, NY
-- Chauncy J. Hunker, Ph.D., Chief Compliance Officer, Sun Healthcare Group, Albuquerque, NM
-- Rick King, Compliance Coordinator, Fresenius Medical Care, Lexington, MA
-- Nancy Lanis, Esq., General Counsel, Curative Health, Hauppauge, NY
-- Jim Moran, Executive Director Research Integrity & Compliance, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA
-- Robert Pelaia, Esq., Associate General Counsel, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL
-- Barbara S. Reiber, RN, Compliance Officer, St. Joseph Medical Center, Towson, MD
-- Michael Shaw, Esq., Sr Manager, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Former Sr Counsel & DHHS Office
of Inspector General, Washington, DC
-- Renee Silver, Esq., VP & General Counsel, Tender Loving Care Health Care Services, Inc., Lake
Success, NY
-- Karen Straub, VP, Legal Compliance Dept, Quest Diagnostics, Collegeville, PA
-- Janice Toran, Esq., Compliance Officer, Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc., Deerfield, IL
-- Sandra vander Vaart, Esq., Asst General Counsel, Laboratory Corporation of America, Burlington, NC
-- L. Stephan Vince, Esq., Ethics & Compliance Officer, TAP Pharmaceuticals, Lake Forest, IL
-- Steve Walker, Esq., VP & Special Counsel, Highmark, Inc, Camp Hill, PA

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