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Annual Conference - Conquer Fraud: Take the Fight to New Heights

Renaissance Vancouver Hotel Harbourside
September 25-26, 2008

1133 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6E 3T3 Canada,
Phone: (604) 689 9211
(see map & directions) (see venue floor plan)


Master of Ceremonies

Joel Alleyne, CHCAA Executive Director

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

  • 6:00 Welcome Reception

Day 1 - September 25, 2008

  • Registration, Breakfast / Exhibits
  • 7:00 - 8:15am
  • Welcoming Remarks
  • 8:15 - 8:30am
  • Joel Alleyne
  • Executive Director, Canadian Health Care Anti-fraud Association
  • Keynote
  • 8:30 - 9:15am
  • Top Ten Scams of 2007
  • Valerie MacLean
  • Executive Director, BC Crime Prevention Association
  • General Session
  • 9:15 - 10:15am
  • Moving to Mastery
  • Hugh Culver
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  • Coffee Break / Exhibits
  • 10:15 - 10:45am
  • Breakout Sessions
  • 10:45 - 11:45pm
  • Migrant and Temporary Workers - Impact to Workers' Compensation and Healthcare Systems
  • Trevor Mendez
  • Field Investigator, WorkSafe BC
  • Mike Johnston
  • Executive Director, Regulatory Services, Workplace Safety & Insurance Board, Ontario
  • Monica Uribe
  • Manager Audit & Investigations Branch, Ministry of Health Services BC
  • Choosing the Right Professional: Certified Prosthetic and Orthotic Care
  • David Moe
  • CPC, John Barber Prosthetics
  • James Toller
  • CPC, John Barber Prosthetics
  • Fraud in Physio: Let's Get Physical
  • Ralph Dolinsky
  • Special Provincial Constable, ICBC SIU
  • Kirk Huxley
  • Special Provincial Constable, ICBC SIU
  • Cheryl Damon
  • Investigator, ICBC SIU
  • Developing SIU Solutions to Health Care Fraud
  • James Meadway
  • Manager, Investigation Services, Northwood & Associates
  • Lunch / Exhibits Open
  • 11:45 - 12:45pm
  • Breakout Sessions
  • 12:45 - 1:45pm
  • Detecting and Preventing Occupational Fraud with Audit Analytics
  • Peter Millar
  • Director Business Development, ACL Services Ltd.
  • Online Investigations and Internet Research: Cyber Sleuthing
  • Norm Wilhelm
  • Manager of Field Services, Canpro Global Group of Companies
  • PharmaNet Case Studies
  • Darlene Therrien
  • Executive Director, Policy, Outcomes Evaluation and Research, Pharmaceutical Services, BC Ministry of Health
  • Tightening Up Your Case: A Crown's Perspective
  • Louisa Winn
  • Crown Counsel, Ministry of the Attorney General, BC
  • Coffee Break / Exhibits
  • 1:45 - 2:15pm
  • General Session
  • 2:15 - 3:15pm
  • Threat Management System
  • Mark Evans
  • Manager Corporate Security, WorkSafe BC
  • General Session
  • 3:15 - 4:00pm
  • Project False Hope: Combatting Cancer Fraud
  • Andrea Rosen
  • Deputy Commissioner of Competition, Competition Bureau Canada
  • General Session
  • 4:00 - 4:45pm
  • Special Investigation Unit: Professionals In Fighting Fraud
  • Carmen Russo
  • AHFI, CFE, Assistant VP, Investigative Services, John Hancock Financial Services
  • Closing Remarks
  • 4:45 - 4:55pm
  • Diane Geddes
  • Vice-Chair, CHCAA; Associate Manager, Great-West Life Assurance Company
  • Vendor's Reception
  • 4:55pm
  • Social / Dinner / Entertainment
  • 6:30pm
  • Wunderbread Disco Dance Band

Day 2 - September 26, 2008

  • Registration, Breakfast / Exhibits
  • 7:00 - 8:30am
  • Welcome
  • 8:30 - 8:45am
  • Morris Nord
  • Senior VP Marketing, Pacific Blue Cross
  • Opening Remarks
  • 8:45 - 9:00am
  • Lina Capobianco
  • Chair, CHCAA; Assistant VP Client & Audit Services, Emergis Inc.
  • CHCAA Dr. Edward Mazak Public Awareness Award
  • 9:00 - 9:30am
  • General Session
  • 9:30 - 10:30am
  • Fraud and Corruption in Healthcare in Europe
  • Paul Vincke
  • President, European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network (EHFCN)
  • Coffee Break / Exhibits
  • 10:30 - 11:00am
  • Breakout Sessions
  • 11:00 - 12:00pm
  • Data Mining Techniques: Unearthing Fraud
  • Ben Schwartz
  • Director of Consulting, Angoss Software Corporation
  • Out of Country Claim Fraud: Fraud From Abroad
  • Robin Spence Haffner
  • Director, Claims - Mondial Assistance
  • Project "Cafe" Case Study
  • Victor Horzempa
  • D/Sgt, Ontario Provincial Police
  • Identity Theft
  • Peter Neily
  • Cst., CFITT, RCMP
  • Lunch / Exhibits Open
  • 12:00 - 1:00pm
  • Breakout Sessions
  • 1:00 - 2:00pm
  • Chiropractic: A Hands-on Approach
  • Don Nixdorf
  • DC
  • Interviewing Techniques and Detecting Deception: Separating Fact from Fiction
  • Paul Dadwal
  • Cst., Major Crime Section, RCMP
  • Dental Fraud: Breaking the Mold
  • Rick Beyers
  • DDS
  • Information Sharing and Privacy: Probing The Limits
  • Alistair Forsyth
  • CHCAA
  • Coffee Break / Exhibits
  • 2:00 - 2:30pm
  • General Session
  • 2:30 - 3:30pm
  • Booting Footwear and Orthotic Fraud
  • Brenda Steinnagel
  • Leslie Trotter
  • BSc, DC, MBA, CPed(C), MSc.
  • Closing Remarks
  • 3:30 - 4:00pm
  • Joel Alleyne
  • Executive Director, Canadian Health Care Anti-fraud Association
  • Door Prizes

Notice: This is a draft program and the CHCAA reserves the right to modify, add, or remove information as necessary without notice.