Mr. Hoffman is a member of the Patient
Care Ombudsman team that was appointed by the United States Trustee for
the Central District of California in the Pacifica Hospital of the Valley,
Sun Valley, California case. The Patient Care Ombudsman team is responsible
for monitoring the quality of care at the hospital while it is in bankruptcy.
Mr. Hoffman’s article, “Failing to Care: How Effective Compliance
Prevents Institutional Elder Neglect” appears in the latest issue
of Marquette University School of Law’s Elder’s Advisor. This
article was authored as part of Mr. Hoffman’s participation in the
Marquette University School of Law’s symposium titled The Kindness
of Strangers: Enhancing Lives Through Long-Term Care.
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April 18, 2010: Mr. Hoffman will be speaking at the Health
Care Compliance Association’s 14th Annual Compliance Institute in
Dallas, Texas. Mr. Hoffman will be participating in a panel discussion
titled “How to Find and Address the Real Fraud and Abuse in ‘Quality
of Care’”. Mr. Hoffman will be joined on the panel by representatives
from the government and private industry.
March 12, 2010: Mr. Hoffman will be presenting at the
PA Bar Institute’s 16th Annual Health Law Institute in Philadelphia,
PA. Mr. Hoffman will be discussing “Effective Compliance as a Deterrent
to Neglect.”
December 16, 2009: Mr. Hoffman will
be co-presenting a Health Care Compliance Association sponsored webinar
session entitled: Under the OIG Microscope: Hospice, Homecare, and
LTC Facilities in Close Focus. Mr. Hoffman will be discussing the
implications of the 2010 OIG Workplan on long-term care facilities.
October 14, 2009: Mr. Hoffman will be serving
as a moderator for a panel discussion entitled “Hospice Care: The
New Frontier for Compliance & Enforcement” at The Eastern Pennsylvania
Geriatrics Society’s Fall Program. The panelists include Margaret
Hutchinson, Assistant United States Attorney and Deborah Way, MD, Medical
Director for Hospice of Philadelphia.
September 23, 2009: Mr. Hoffman will be teaching a course entitled
“Government and Third Party Reimbursement” for Nursing Home
Administrators at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.
October 12, 2009: Mr. Hoffman will be lecturing at the
Health Care Compliance Association’s Quality of Care Compliance
Conference in Philadelphia. Mr. Hoffman’s presentation is entitled
“How Effective Compliance Assists in Ensuring Patient Safety”.
October 22, 2009: Mr. Hoffman will be co-presenting
with Diane Menio, Executive Director of CARIE, at the 34th National Citizen’s
Coalition for Nursing Home Reform (NCCNHR) Annual Meeting and Conference
in Washington, D.C. Mr. Hoffman’s presentation is entitled “Care
Transition from Hospital to Long Term Care: Why Advocacy is Critical.”
Mr. Hoffman will be discussing results emanating from a state grant awarded
to his firm by the Pennsylvania Department of Aging that focused on patient
advocacy during the hospital discharge planning process.
June 25, 2009: Mr. Hoffman will be speaking at the National
Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units’ Resident Abuse Training
Program in Baltimore, Maryland. Mr. Hoffman will be discussing Corporate
Integrity, Exclusions and License issues.
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