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Health Care Fraud Summits

On June 8, 2010, President Obama announced a nationwide series of regional fraud prevention summits as part of a multi-faceted effort to crack down on health care fraud. They brought together an array of federal, state and local partners, beneficiaries, providers and others to discuss innovative ways to eliminate fraud within the U.S. health care system. Links to materials and videos are below.

March 15, 2011: Detroit

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Valerie Parisi, Dean, Wayne State School of Medicine; Peter Budetti, MD, JD, Deputy Administrator for Program Integrity, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Barbara McQuade, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); Allan Gilmour, President, Wayne State University; Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States; Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services
Paul Bridgewater, Moderator, President and CEO, Detroit Area Agency on Aging; James Varpness, Regional Administrator, Region 5 Administration on Aging, HHS; Jo Murphy, Director, Michigan Senior Medicare Patrol Program; Linda Burney, Michigan Senior Medicare Patrol Volunteer
Hank Bond Walther, Moderator, Deputy Chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division, DOJ; Maureen Reddy, Supervisory Agent, Detroit Health Care Fraud Squad, FBI; Darren Bartnik, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Office of the Inspector General, Health and Human Services (HHS); Peter Caplan, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Chief, Affirmative Civil Litigation, DOJ; John Neal, Assistant Chief, Fraud Section of the Criminal Division, DOJ
Peter Budetti, MD, JD, Moderator, Deputy Administrator for Program Integrity, CMS; Vickie Neal, Area Director, National Insurance Crime Bureau Area 8 Operations; Martha Pollock, MD, Corporate Medical Director, Integrated Health Services, Beaumont Hospitals; L. Albert Villarin, Jr., MD FACEP, National Director of Physician Services, Thomson Reuters; Cynthia F. Wisner, J.D., Associate Counsel, Trinity Health
Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General, HHS

Dec. 16, 2010: Boston

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J. Keith Motley, PhD, Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Boston; Peter Budetti, MD, JD, Deputy Administrator for Program Integrity, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Carmen M. Ortiz, U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts; Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ);  Attorney General Eric Holder; HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
Ann L. Hartstein, Moderator, Secretary, Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs; Kathy Greenlee, Assistant Secretary for Aging (HHS); Lucilia Prates, Director, Massachusetts Senior Medicare Patrol; Yves-Rose Chrispin, Senior Medicare Patrol/SHINE Counselor, Haitian American Public Health Initiative; Virginia Lemire, SHINE Counselor and Volunteer  (Lincoln, MA)
Daniel Anderson, Moderator, Deputy Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, DOJ; Sara Bloom, Chief Affirmative Civil Litigation, U.S. Attorney’s Office; Susan Winkler, Chief, Criminal Health Care Fraud Unit, U.S. Attorney’s Office; Robert Patten, Managing Attorney, Medicaid Fraud Division, Office of the Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Christine E. O’Neill, Supervisory Special Agent, Health Care Fraud Program Coordinator, Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI); Phil Coyne, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Peter Budetti, MD, JD, Deputy Administrator for Program Integrity, CMS; Julie Taitsman, MD, JD, Chief Medical Officer, Office of the Inspector General, HHS; Robert LoNigro, MD, MS, Chief Medical Officer, CeltiCare Health Plan of Massachusetts; Richard M. Dupee, MD, FACP, AGSF, Chief, Geriatrics Service, Tufts Medical Center; David O. Barbe, MD, MHA, Member, Board of Trustees, American Medical Association 

Nov. 5, 2010: Brooklyn, NY

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Michael A. Gerber, Interim Dean and Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School; Peter Budetti, Deputy Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Loretta Lynch, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York; HHS Secretary Kathleen SebeliusAttorney General Eric Holder
Lilliam Barrios-Paoli, Moderator, Commissioner, New York City Department for the Aging; Cindy Padilla, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aging; Amy Bernstein, Director, NYC Senior Medicare Patrol/Health Insurance Information Counseling Assistance Program (HIICAP) Program; Felice Hannah, Senior Medicare Patrol Volunteer
Greg Andres, Moderator, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice (DOJ); Peter Grupe, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, FBI; Joe Napolitano, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Office of the Inspector General, HHS; Richard Donoghue, Chief Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York; Bill Harrington, Health Care Fraud Coordinator, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York; Hank Bond Walther, Deputy Chief, Fraud Section, DOJ; Gerry Brave, Chief of the Organized Crime & Rackets Bureau, Queens County District Attorney’s Office
Daniel Anderson, Moderator, Deputy Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, DOJ; Spencer Turnbull, HEAT Initiative Administrator, Office of Inspector General, HHS; Heidi Wendel, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York; Paul Kaufman, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York
Peter Budetti, MD, JD, Moderator, Deputy Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Frank J. Dubeck, Jr., MD, FACP, CPE, Chief Medical Officer for Medical Policy and Clinical Editing, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield; Judy Harris, Director of Compliance, Yale Medical Group; Thomas Lohmann, Director of Operations, National Insurance Crime Bureau Area 7 Field Office; Robert R. Walther, MD, FACP, Vice Chair and Clinical Professor of Dermatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons

Aug. 26, 2010: Los Angeles

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Peter Budetti, Deputy Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; André Birotte Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California; HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius; Attorney General Eric Holder
Nina Weiler-Harwell, Ph.D., Moderator, Associate State Director of Advocacy, AARP California ; David Ishida, Administration on Aging Region 9 Administrator; SMP Julie Schoen, Special Projects Director, California Health Advocates; Diane Caradeuc, California Senior Medicare Patrol Volunteer
Greg Andres, Moderator, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Criminal Division, U.S. DOJ; Il Jeon, Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge, HHS OIG; Tandra D. Waldrop, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI; Wendy Weiss, Civil Health Care Fraud Coordinator, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California; Beong-Soo Kim, Chief, Major Frauds Section, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California; Tony Sidley, Assistant Chief of Investigations Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud & Elder Abuse, California Department of Justice; Hank Walther, Acting Deputy Chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division, DOJ
Peter Budetti, Moderator, Deputy Administrator of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ; Spencer Turnbull, Senior Counsel, HHS Office of Inspector General; Jack Resneck Jr., MD, University of California, San Francisco; Dr. Phillip Baldi, D.O., Medical Director, Medical; Eugene Washington, MD, M.P.H, Vice Chancellor UCLA Health Sciences and Dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine; Margaret Hambleton, Senior VP, Ministry Integrity, Chief Compliance Officer, St. Joseph Health System

July 16, 2010: Miami

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HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius; Attorney General Eric Holder
Constantinos Miskis, Administration on Aging Region 4 Administrator, Moderator; Kathy Greenlee, Assistant Secretary for Aging, HHS; Makeba A. Huntington-Symons, Florida SMP Program Manager; Sandra Colon-Ferrer, South Florida SMP Specialist, CMS; Joe Schwartz, SMP Volunteer
Greg Andres, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, DOJ, Moderator; Brian Martens, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Office of the Inspector General, HHS; Brian Waterman, Special Agent, FBI; Ryan Stumphauzer, Deputy Chief and Health Care Fraud Coordinator, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida; Mark Lavine, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida; Hank Bond Walther, Acting Deputy Chief, Fraud Section, Criminal Division, DOJ; William Shepherd, Florida Statewide Prosecutor, Office of the Attorney General
Peter Budetti, Deputy Administrator for Program Integrity, CMS, Moderator; Lewis Morris. Chief Counsel to the Inspector General, HHS; Peter Weissman, MS, FACP, FACE, Associate Clinical Professor-Medicine and Endocrinology, University of Miami Milller School of Medicine; Kathy Reep, Vice President/Financial Services, Florida Hospital Association; Louis Saccoccio, Executive Director, National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association
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