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BuildingComplianceintheHealthSector

NationalAdvisoryCommittee:HealthSector

AdamTurteltaubVicePresident,StrategicInitiatives&InternationalPrograms,SocietyofCorporateComplianceandEthicsandHealthCareComplianceAssociation

WhoWeAre

• SocietyofCorporateComplianceandEthicsandHealthCareComplianceAssociation.– Twomembershipassociations,onelegalentity– Approximately18,000members– HCCA:Healthcare(especiallyproviders)andalmostsolelyUS

– SCCE:Cross-industryandglobal– Provideeducating,networkingandcertification

KeyMessage:YouCan’tDoItAlone

YourCompany

Suppliers SalesAgents Customers

Competitors YourGovernment

OtherGovernments

GlobalEnforcement

• Multi-Jurisdictionalprosecutionsofcorruptionarebecomingmuchmorecommon:SBMOffshore,NV– TwoformerexecutivespleadguiltyintheUS– USsettlementof$238millionannouncedon29November

– TwoexecutiveschargedintheUnitedKingdomon30November

– AnothermanwantedinMonaco– CompanyisDutch– BriberywasinIraq

GlobalEnforcement

• SixpharmaceuticalcompaniesrecentlyreportedhavingopenFCPAinvestigationsintheUSandsimultaneouslyinothergeographies:Brazil,China,Colombia,Japan,Russia,Turkey,andGreece

Source:FCPABlog

GovernmentExpectations

• Criticaltogiveguidanceforwhatisexpectedinacomplianceprogram

• Helpfulforglobalcompaniesthattherehasbeenconsistencyacrossmanyjurisdictions

ContinuousDialogue• USDepartmentofJusticeCriteriaforevaluatingcomplianceprograms– https://www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/page/file/937501/download

• OfficeofInspectorGeneraloftheDepartmentofHealthandHumanServiceswiththeHCCAprogrameffectivenessdocument:– https://oig.hhs.gov/compliance/101/files/HCCA-OIG-Resource-Guide.pdf

• Ongoingwillingnessbygovernmentsgloballytospeaktocomplianceprofessionals

PeerLearning

• Industryassociationsaddressingcompliance– DefenseIndustryInitiative– AdvaMed andEucomed,PhRMACode

• Importanceoflearningfromotherindustries,notjustyourown

OngoingExperimentation

• USDepartmentofJusticebeganapilotprogramapproximately18monthsago.– Encouragedcompaniestoself-report(alreadyincentivesforself-reporting)

– Ledtoaneardoublingofself-reports– Nowbeingmadepermanent

ThankYou

AdamTurteltaubadam.turteltaub@corporatecompliance.org

+18185011232(LosAngeles)