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CompliancePalooza virtually unites compliance professionals from Medicare Advantage health plans to tackle the industry’s most pressing challenges from the CMS Final Rule and RADV updates to utilization management.
Tuesday - April 21, 2026
10:00 AM
10:00 AM – 10:05 AM
Welcome and Chairperson’s Opening Remarks
Chairperson
Tina Dueringer
CEO, Principal Advisor at Dueringer Advisors
10:05 AM
10:05 AM – 10:50 AM
Where Compliance Is Headed and How Plans Are Responding
- Identify where plans are seeing the most scrutiny today (RADV, marketing, supplemental benefits, pharmacy)
- Learn how compliance teams are prioritizing resources in a “do more with less” environment
- Walk away with immediate actions to pressure-test your own compliance strategy
10:50 AM
10:50 AM – 11:00 AM
Break
11:00 AM
11:00 AM – 11:50 AM
When Risk Adjustment Meets Reality: Improving Documentation Accuracy
- How can you connect the dots payers and providers to build sustainable and defensible programs
- Standardizing provider templates
- Ensuring continuity across care teams
- Refreshing education and communication regularly
- Foster a culture of documentation accountability
Speaker
Colleen Gianatasio
Value Based Care expert
11:50 AM
11:50 AM – 12:00 PM
Break
12:00 PM
12:00 PM – 12:50 PM
Vetting Your Vendors
- How can you create a living compliance cycle to continuously vet your vendors
- Ensuring contracts are updated on an annual basis
- Who owns what–data sharing and clear ownership of what
- Embedding technology in new relationships for more oversight
Speaker
Tina Dueringer
CEO, Principal Advisor at Dueringer Advisors
12:50 PM
12:50 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch Break
1:30 PM
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM
From Finding to Fix: Building CAPs That Actually Address Root Cause
- Why CAPs Fall Short
- Getting to True Root Cause
- Designing Corrective Actions That Actually Work
- Aligning the CAP: Condition → Root Cause → Action
- Bringing It Together
- Practical Takeaways
Speaker
Jordan Flynn
VP, Compliance at Rebellis Group
Speaker
Caitlin Purdy
Consultant at Rebellis Group
2:15 PM
2:15 PM – 2:25 PM
Break
2:25 PM
2:25 PM – 3:10 PM
The Evolving Role of the CCO
- How to communicate compliance risk to executive and boards
- Ensuring transparency and informed decision making
- Demonstrating value of the compliance function and its critical role in risk management
Speaker
Sarah Peix
Compliance & Privacy Officer at ChenMed
Speaker
Beth Socoski
VP, Compliance, Medicare Compliance Officer at Longevity Health Plan
3:10 PM
3:10 PM – 3:20 PM
Break
3:20 PM
3:20 PM – 4:05 PM
RADV Reimagined: Surviving the New Audit Landscape
- How to protect yourself with the inevitable comes
- Identifying documentation voids
- Being proactive on audit concerns
- How create an internal task force
Speaker
Colleen Gianatasio
Value Based Care expert
4:05 PM
4:05 PM – 4:10 PM
Closing Remarks
Chairperson
Tina Dueringer
CEO, Principal Advisor at Dueringer Advisors
Wednesday - April 22, 2026
10:00 AM
10:00 AM – 10:10 AM
Chairperson’s Opening Remarks and Day One Takeaways
Chairperson
Tina Dueringer
CEO, Principal Advisor at Dueringer Advisors
10:10 AM
10:10 AM – 11:00 AM
AI’s Promise and Peril
- Where is AI already embedded into workflows
- Where can AI be embedded into workflows
- What should you consider using an AI product or vendor
- How can AI proactively support teams
- What are the legal and ethical implications of utilizing AI
- How do you ensure there’s still human oversight
Speaker
Rose T. Dunn
MBA, RHIA, CPA, FACHE, FHFMA, Chief Operating Officer at First Class Solutions, Inc.
11:00 AM
11:00 AM – 11:10 PM
Break
11:10 AM
11:10 AM – 11:55 PM
Prior Authorizations: Key Conversations in 2026
- Compliance strategies are under a new level of scrutiny
- How to ensure data accuracy and transparency
- Fixing the friction and inconsistencies
- Building and establishing provider trust
Speaker
Gail Blacklock
Chief Administrative Officer at Elite Health Plan, Inc.
Speaker
Jennifer Del Villar
VP Compliance at Elite Health Plan, Inc.
11:55 AM
11:55 AM – 12:05 PM
Break
12:05 PM
12:05 PM – 12:50 PM
$673 Million and Counting: What DOJ’s MAO Crackdown on Kaiser and Aetna Means for Compliance
- The evolving DOJ enforcement strategy targeting Medicare Advantage risk adjustment—and how recent settlements signal where scrutiny is intensifying
- Inside the allegations: coding practices, provider incentives, and documentation strategies now under the FCA microscope
- Whistleblowers as catalysts: profiles, patterns, and what their cases reveal about future enforcement priorities
Speaker
Mary Inman
Partner at Whistleblower Partners, LLP
12:50 PM
12:50 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch Break
1:30 PM
1:30 PM – 2:20 PM
Compliance and Long-Term, Post-Accute Care
- Building stronger oversight
- Improving clinical diagnosis and continuity
- Standardizing documentation
- Managing care intervention
Speaker
Deanna Peterson
Sr. VP Operations and LTPAC Services at First Class Solutions, Inc.
2:20 PM
2:20 PM – 2:30 PM
Closing Remarks
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