Annual Symposium 2027

Proposals due December 7, 2026

The Symposium will be held on Monday, March 15, 2027

The Touro University Jacob D. Fushsberg Law Center Institute for Health Law, Bioethics, and Policy is calling for proposals to participate in its symposium, Health Care Accountability and Compliance. The symposium will be held in person on Monday, March 15, 2027, at Touro’s Manhattan Campus, 3 Times Square, New York, NY.

Changes in health care delivery, ownership, enforcement, and technology are testing whether existing laws and compliance systems adequately prevent misconduct, protect patients and public resources, and ensure accountability for legal compliance, quality of care, and access to care. The symposium will examine potential legal reforms and institutional responses.

This interdisciplinary symposium will bring together legal, clinical, compliance, research, and policy perspectives. We welcome proposals from faculty, practicing attorneys, compliance professionals, health care providers, researchers, and policymakers. The symposium explores four themes:

Compliance Systems and Regulatory Design
This theme examines how law structures compliance obligations and whether existing compliance systems effectively prevent, detect, and remedy misconduct.

• Legal standards governing the design and evaluation of compliance programs
• Regulatory incentives affecting organizational behavior, institutional culture, ethical obligations, and the prevention of misconduct
• Institutional responses to uncertain, overlapping, or changing legal requirements
• The authority, independence, and responsibilities of compliance officers and legal counsel
• Regulation, professional responsibility, and accountability within the health care workforce

Technology, Data, and Innovation
This theme examines how technological and medical innovation creates new compliance obligations and complicates existing forms of accountability.

• Artificial intelligence, automated documentation and coding, and the use of data analytics in compliance and enforcement
• Health data privacy, cybersecurity, information governance, and emerging fraud-and-abuse theories involving technology
• Digital health, telehealth, remote care, and innovative technology-based business models
• Oversight of technology vendors and other third parties, and responsibility for technology-related violations and harms

Corporate and Institutional Accountability
This theme examines the legal mechanisms for holding health care organizations, professionals, owners, and investors accountable to patients, regulators, and the public.

• Fiduciary duties and the oversight responsibilities of boards, officers, and senior management
• Organizational and professional accountability for quality of care, patient safety, discrimination, and patient harm
• Accountability of owners, investors, management companies, and operators in health care, including private equity-backed entities and arrangements
• Ownership and financial transparency, nonprofit obligations, corporate-practice-of-medicine restrictions, and professional independence

Enforcement and Organizational Response
This theme examines federal and state enforcement of health care laws, the reach and effectiveness of available enforcement tools, and organizational responses to suspected violations.

• False Claims Act litigation and the evolution of federal and state health care fraud enforcement
• Enforcement priorities and program integrity in Medicare Advantage, managed care, and value-based arrangements
• The role of administrative, civil, and criminal remedies in safeguarding public resources, protecting access to care, and ensuring accountability for quality of care
• The effectiveness of enforcement, including investigations, voluntary self-disclosure, whistleblower actions, and remediation

Proposals addressing related questions of accountability and compliance in health care are also encouraged.

Presentation Guidelines, Submission Instructions, and Deadline
We welcome proposals for presentations or discussion groups. Presentations will be 20 minutes and discussion groups 50 minutes. Proposals are due by December 7, 2026. Please submit in the link below:

• Presenter contact information
• Proposal title
• Proposal description (300-500 words)
• Discussion group proposals should identify a proposed moderator and two to four proposed discussants, each of whom has agreed to participate if selected.

Speakers will be offered the opportunity to publish an article on the topic of their presentation in the symposium edition of the Touro Law Review.

Please direct all questions to Professor Joan Foley at (631) 761-7181 or by email jfoley@touro.edu.