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Course Information
  • smart_display Format

    Live Online with Live Q&A

  • signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level

    Intermediate

  • work Practice Area

    Employment and Workers Comp

Date & Time
  • event Date

    Tuesday, April 22, 2025

  • schedule Time

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

  • timer Program Length

    90 minutes

Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.

$197.00

This CLE webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of federal workers' comp programs, including those administered by the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP). The panel will examine unique considerations for healthcare providers when dealing with OWCP and best practices for developing a DOL compliance program. The panel will also discuss what to expect in a DOL workers' comp audit/investigation and offer defense strategies.

Faculty

Geoffrey Shapiro
Attorney
Shapiro Federal

Mr. Shapiro is a third generation worker’s compensation attorney. For over 30 years he has represented injured workers’ and employers in Ohio workers’ compensation and personal injury claims. For the past 15 years Mr. Shapiro has focused his practice on Federal Workers’ Compensation representing civilian employees of the federal government who are injured at work (FECA). His practice also includes victims of insurance bad faith regarding health, property and life insurance. Mr. Shapiro is known throughout the legal community and among his clients as a hard-nosed fighter while being honest and straightforward. He has been recognized for numerous awards by his peers for his outstanding professionalism and trial work and in 2019 he was inducted as a Fellow in the College of Workers’ Compensation Attorneys. 

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Description

Healthcare providers who bill the DOL's workers' compensation programs, including those administered by the OWCP, must carefully comply with strict rules and regulations or risk severe civil and criminal penalties.

Workers' compensation counsel focused on defending clients in the federal workers' comp sphere as well as healthcare compliance counsel must be aware of behavior that triggers federal audits/investigations and best practices for helping clients navigate these complicated processes. Counsel should also be able to guide clients through developing a DOL compliance program to help mitigate risks of audits/investigations and to assist with defense strategies.

Listen as our expert panel examines the federal workers' comp system and offers practical guidance for navigating federal audits and investigations. The panel will discuss the most common types of practices that could trigger audits/investigations, what providers can expect during the audit/investigation process, and defense strategies. The panel will also offer best practices for mitigating the risk of enforcement actions.

Outline

  1. Introduction
    • DOL OWCP and federal workers' comp programs
    • DOL healthcare fraud overview
  2. Audit/investigation triggers
  3. Navigating the audit/investigation
  4. Defenses
  5. Penalties
    • False Claims Act
    • Criminal and civil penalties
  6. Recent examples/case studies
  7. DOL compliance programs
  8. Best practices for mitigating risk of enforcement actions

Benefits

The panel will review these and other important considerations:

  • What unique considerations for healthcare providers dealing with OWCP should counsel be aware of?
  • What can be expected by healthcare providers in a federal audit/investigation? What are best practices for helping clients navigate these processes?
  • What should be included in a DOL compliance program to help mitigate the risk of a federal audit/investigation and/or limit penalties?