Knowledge in Bloom at HCCAci

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By Ashley Willard Heaivilin
ashley.willardheaivilin@cerner.com

Spring has sprung and knowledge is blooming at the 2015 HCCAci! I have returned to the compliance institute this year as a second time attendee and member of HCCA. I’ve looked forward to this opportunity for the past year, hoping that I would return and find the conference to be, once more, the most relevant conference to the healthcare compliance community that I have yet experienced during my compliance career. I’m excited to report that I am just as bedazzled by the CI this year as a child on their first visit to Disneyworld! I’ve brought my learning agenda: HIPAA refresher, OCR audit/updates, FTC knowledge, etc. and I’m overwhelmed with the amount of information I’m bringing out of my sessions, not only answering my current questions, but challenging the grounds of my knowledge I’d thought firmly founded! I’m also excited to find myself surrounded by clients, coworkers and like-minded professionals all working simultaneously and collaboratively to push compliance into mainstream business practice, bettering processes, and driving the industry in a safer, more efficient direction. I’m thrilled to be a member of an association that so thoroughly meets my own company’s motto: “Healthcare is too important to stay the same”; I couldn’t agree more and I’m proud to be a part of the movement!