The American Conference Institute’s 8th Annual Forum on Sunshine Act, Open Payments, and Aggregate Spend Compliance will take place from October 14th and 15th in New York City this year. View the conference website, including the speakers, program agenda, and workshops here.
The ACI Conference features an impressive speaker lineup. Subject matter experts from pharmaceutical and device companies will shed light on challenges and best practices related to Sunshine Act compliance and offer their take on how to make the most of Sunshine data for internal monitoring purposes. Legal specialists will also provide insight into mitigating exposure to liability that could stem from Open Payments reports. Speakers will also offer a “deep dive” into the Sunshine Act provisions in the 21st Century Cures Act legislation.
View the full list of speakers here.
The conference also has a session featuring speakers from the U.S. attorneys office that will likely provide hints as to how this stream of payment data will affect their prosecution efforts. The government enforcers’ panel, entitled “Sharing Insight and Initiatives to Enforce Sunshine Act Compliance Now that the Data is Public,” will include Jacob T. Elberg, Chief Health Care & Government Fraud Unit, U.S. Attorney’s Office‚ District of New Jersey; David L. Kirman, Assistant United States Attorney, Criminal Health Care Fraud Coordinator, Major Frauds Section, United States Attorney’s Office, Central District of California; and Cody Wiberg, Pharm.D., M.S., R.Ph., Executive Director, Minnesota Board of Pharmacy.
“Taking a completely new approach not offered anywhere else in the market, this event will allow you to benchmark with your peers to avoid exposure to liability stemming from Sunshine Act reporting requirements,” the event website states. “Managing and maximizing the utility of the data collected has never been more important now that the government, competitors, and whistleblowers/relators are able to access the reported data.”
The conference will offer attendees the opportunity to “[i]dentify what works and what needs work now that two reporting cycles are now in the books and Sunshine Act implementation has been ongoing for a year. Benchmark with your peers and ensure that your compliance program is robust enough to overcome all of the challenges that are arising from Sunshine reporting.”
Registration is available here.