Course Description:

One common management mistake in the P2P cycle is adhering to a reactive anti-fraud posture. A criminal act committed in, for example, the purchasing department through a kickback scheme, may be detected and dealt with on an “emergency” basis. Meanwhile, equally, if not more costly frauds may be going unnoticed in the receiving and account payable areas.

Anti-fraud experts urge a proactive, comprehensive P2P anti-fraud approach. It should be include assessing fraud risks in all three phases ... conducting regular audits that comprise testing for these risks and ... following up with effective internal control design and monitoring.

Course Description:

Formal written Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are required both by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA). Almost every deficiency identified in FDA’s 483s and Warning Letters can be traced back to deficiencies in SOPs at an organization. SOPs are often inadequate, miss important elements, do not contain important tools to increase compliance with the SOPs and many times are hard for the personnel who follow them to understand. They are frequently poorly written, communicated, monitored and enforced.

This two day In-person seminar will provide step by step instructions to create SOPs for FDA-regulated organizations. Throughout the workshop, the instructor will discuss case studies and examples to highlight the common errors and potential solutions. Additionally, the logistics of creating, maintaining, scope, training and documentation will be reviewed. Pros and Cons of paper and electronic SOPs will also be discussed.

The Business Owners’ Buffet is an efficient, interactive lunch workshop to learn about tools, ideas and resources available to help small business owners improve and enhance the way they operate their small business.

"Our job is to make change. Our job is to connect to people, to interact with them in a way that leaves them better than we found them, and more able to get where they’d like to go.” - Seth Godin in Linchpin

Course Description:

The Final Rule for the Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act) is out! New federal legislation governs relationships between physicians and medical device, drug, and biotech manufacturers. The Sunshine Act requires detailed reporting in 2014 of ''transfers of value'' made in 2013 to physicians and teaching hospitals as well as physician ownership in companies. The information reported will be made public by CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) and penalties for non-compliance are substantial.

Are you aware of changes made between the Proposed Rule and the Final Rule of Physician Payment Sunshine Act (Sunshine Act)? Are you prepared to track and report gifts and payments made to physicians and teaching hospitals? Is your CEO, CFO or CCO prepared to certify your prospective submission in March of 2014? Are you prepared to report physician ownership? Are you sure the Sunshine Act applies to you? This one day in-person seminar will review the Final Rule of Sunshine Act, walk you through real world examples, and provide an opportunity for you to ask questions.

Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs.

Course Description:

This highly interactive 2 day in-person seminar will explain how to use any type of process to enhance risk and control identification and contribute important information to the overall risk management plan. Attendees will gain the skills for understanding risk management, how to do effective risk assessments, and how to include business process mapping into any enterprise risk management program, risk assessments and audit processes. The seminar will explain how any work function really operates, to identify risks and opportunities for improvement, and to implement changes or new processes that will have an immediate impact on both the participant’s own, and the organization’s, objectives.

neMedForumNY 2013, June 26th-27th at the Metropolitan Club in New York City, will feature 60 private and public companies with sector-altering technology and a growing reputation. Technologies at the benchtop level will present alongside revenue-positive market-stage companies.

OneMedForum NY2013 is a gathering of leading investors and management of some of the most promising emerging life science companies in Asia and North America. Through panels, workshops, and up-close programming with top industry leaders, attendees explore strategies for company growth finance with healthcare investors looking for outsized returns.

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About Startup Weekend: Startup Weekends are 54-hour events designed to provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical entrepreneurs. Beginning with Friday night pitches and continuing through brainstorming, business plan development, and basic prototype creation, Startup Weekends culminate in Sunday night demos and presentations.