Speaker Profile
WILLIAM MACK COPELAND
William Mack Copeland, MS, JD, Ph.D., LFACHE, practices health care law in Cincinnati at the firm of Copeland Law, LLC, where he is president and CEO. He is also president of Executive & Managerial Development Group, a consulting entity providing compliance and other fraud and abuse related services. A graduate of Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Bill is a frequent author and speaker on health law topics. Copeland is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, American, Ohio and Cincinnati Bar Associations and is a life fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. A former hospital chief executive officer, he was awarded the American College of Health Care Executives Senior-Level Healthcare Executive Regent’s Award in 2007.
William Mack Copeland
November 20 2024
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
The Federal False Claims Act: Enforcement and Recent Updates
The session will provide an overview of the Federal Civil False Claims Act (FCA) and how it works. It will also provide an assessment of enforcement activities, showing how healthcare providers may be at risk. In addition, the session will review recent cases and show how they potentially impact healthcare providers.We will start with a review of the Federal False Claims Act and discuss how it works and how..
William Mack Copeland
December 17 2024
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
The Anti-Kickback Statute: Year in Review
The AKS is currently the focus of law enforcement officials. The Statute provides that the offer or payment, as well as the solicitation or receipt, of “any remuneration” in exchange for referrals of any good, facility, service, or item for which payment may be made in whole or in part under Medicare/Medicaid, is prohibited.Recent cases and/or enforcement actions involving the AKS, violation of wh..
William Mack Copeland
January 08 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Stark After Tuomey, Intermountain Health, Akron General, Prime Healthcare and Kalispell Regional.
The session will provide an overview of the physician anti-referral law (known as Stark II), and its available exceptions. It will also show how violation of Stark II can raise FCA concerns, and it will provide an assessment of enforcement activities, showing how participants may be at risk. In addition, the session will review recent cases and show how they potentially impact participants.Claims filed by h..
William Mack Copeland
February 05 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Physician Employment Agreements: Problem Areas that can be Landmines
We will review the elements of the physician employment agreement that can cause the greatest problems, focusing on the pitfalls and the complications that can develop when the parties do not fully understand what is being agreed to. Such items as corporate practice, term and termination, termination for cause, duties of the physician, call, non-compete clauses, and compensation are all items that should be..
William Mack Copeland
March 19 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
90 Minutes
Anti-Kickback, Fraud, Stark, and Marketing - Where are the Landmines?
This webinar will provide an in-depth understanding of the Federal False Claims Act, Federal Anti-Kickback and Stark laws, and discuss how marketing activities can trigger either or both. It will also provide the basic building blocks you will need to develop and maintain your company’s precious commodity your reputation and eliminate exposure to fraud charges based on marketing practices. It will also cove..
William Mack Copeland
April 09 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
The Disruptive Practitioner: A Danger to the Hospital's Operation
Most disciplinary policies are progressive. A progressive policy applies increasingly more severe sanctions to additional incidents of bad behavior. It is very important that the organized medical staff have a disruptive practitioner policy. This webinar will discuss the development of such a policy, including what it should include, and how it should be implemented. It is also important to understand what ..
William Mack Copeland
May 14 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
90 Minutes
Paying for Referrals: A Danger to Your Freedom
The session will provide an overview of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and review what it prohibits, as well as review the Statute’s available safe harbors. It will also show how violation of the AKS can raise FCA concerns, and it will provide an assessment of enforcement activities, showing how participants may be at risk. In addition, the session will review recent cases and show how they potentially imp..
William Mack Copeland
June 18 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
The Federal Anti-Kickback Statute And Stark Law: What Physicians, Hospitals and Other Providers Need to Know
This webinar will focus on the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and Stark Law (Stark), the federal anti-referral legislation, with an in-depth discussion of each and their relationship with the federal False Claims Act. It will also provide a review of enforcement priorities by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and Department of Justice (DOJ), as well as cases that are pertinent to these enforcement acti..
William Mack Copeland
july 16 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
How to Stay Compliant: A Deep Dive into Recent Anti-Kickback Statute Enforcement Actions
This webinar will provide an in-depth review of recent enforcement actions taken by the HHS OIG. We will also briefly review the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”), discuss any new safe harbors, and OIG Advisory Opinions that have been issued. Areas Covered The AKS New Anti-Kickback Safe HarborsNew OIG Advisory OpinionsEnforcement Actions taken by OIGWho Should AttendHospital executives, particularly CEOs, COOs,..
William Mack Copeland
August 20 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Stark: What It Is And How To Comply
The session will provide an overview of the physician anti-referral law (known as Stark II), and its available exceptions. It will also show how violation of Stark II can raise False Claims Act concerns, and it will provide an assessment of enforcement activities, showing how participants may be at risk. In addition, the session will review recent cases and show how they potentially impact participants.Clai..
William Mack Copeland
September 17 2025
01 : 00 PM EST
60 Minutes
Fraud And Compliance Year In Review ( 2023): Looking Back, Planning Ahead
In this webinar, our panel discusses critical trends and developments in healthcare fraud and abuse, compliance, and enforcement in 2023. Topics covered include recent government enforcement initiatives, Stark and Anti-Kickback developments, self-disclosures and settlements, trends, and changes in the industry that will impact healthcare organizations and their contracting and compliance efforts in 2024.Lea..
William Mack Copeland
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Fair Hearings from A Hearing Officer’s Perspective
It sometimes becomes necessary for the medical staff to recommend to the governing board that the medical privileges of a practitioner either be removed or denied. Before such an adverse action is taken, it is very important that the practitioner is afforded due process. That requires planning. It is extremely important to set the stage properly. This session will provide the perspec..
William Mack Copeland
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
Marketing to Medicare or Medicaid Beneficiaries - What You Can and Cannot Do
This program will discuss the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute, what it prohibits, its penalties, its scope and its exceptions. It will also discuss how the Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act of 1987 changed the Act and how it is administered. It will also discuss how the 1987 Act added protections for entities covered by the AKS. The program will also review guidance from the Department ..
William Mack Copeland
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
The Anti-Kickback Statute: 2023 - Year in Review
This webinar will focus on cases and enforcement actions taken by the HHS OIG and its law enforcement partners in 2023. We will also briefly review the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”), discuss safe harbors, particularly the new proposed safe harbor for coordinated care and associated value-based arrangements, and OIG Advisory Opinions that have been issued in 2023, as well as pertinent cases involving the AKS..
William Mack Copeland
Recorded Webinar
60 Minutes
The Anti-Kickback Statute: Enforcement Actions Over the Past Two Months
This webinar will provide an in-depth review of enforcement actions taken by the HHS OIG over the previous two months. We will also briefly review the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”), discuss any new safe harbors, and OIG Advisory Opinions that have been issued. Learning ObjectivesProvide attendees with an understanding of the Federal AKSProvide a perspective of how the Inspector General’s (OIG) office views ..