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Areas of Practice
Health and Hospital Law, Administrative Law,
Civil Litigation
Education
J.D., University of North Carolina,
1979
B.A.,
University of North Carolina, 1975
Representative Experience
- Represents health care facilities, providers, and
trade associations regarding compliance with state and federal statutes and
rules
- Represents health care providers,
facilities, and trade
associations in administrative and civil proceedings
- Advises health care facilities and
practices on acquisitions, sales, contracts, and business issues
Representative
Engagements
- Advised national health care trade
association in the development of a website for members to exchange
internal business benchmarking information and in drafting an agreement
to license the use of the copyrighted business forms developed by the
association
- Assisted national trade association in
developing awareness document concerning applicability of the HIPAA
Privacy Rule to its members
- Advised provider of medical devices in
developing website disclosures and procedures to comply with the HIPAA
Privacy Rule and other web-based issues
- Advising health care providers and
employer-sponsored health plans in complying with the HIPAA Privacy and
Security rules, and drafting compliance documents
- Advising organization that accredits home
health and other community-based services nationally with regard to
business, contract and regulatory compliance issues
- Representing nursing homes and assisted
living providers in matters involving compliance with licensure,
Medicare and Medicaid standards, as well as state licensing requirements
- Advising and assisting a North Carolina
regulatory board in organizing, adopting its temporary and permanent
rules, and in ongoing issues regarding the interpretation of the scope
of its organic statute, and actions against licensees
- Representing health care providers in
licensing issues pending before professional licensing boards
- Representing nursing homes, home health
agencies, and other community-based services in transactions involving
purchase and sale of businesses and assets
- Advising and representing health care
providers in certificate of need issues including documenting exemptions
from review for new services, and establishing the basis for approval of
applications to establish new hospital-based, nursing home, home health,
dialysis, and other services
- Representing physician groups in assessing
issues involved in merger of practices
Professional/Community Activities
North Carolina Society of Health Care
Attorneys, President, 2002 - 2003
North Carolina Bar Association
- Chair, Health Law Section, 1991 - 1992
- Chair, Public Information Committee,
1998 - 2000
Certified Superior Court Mediator
Member, Health Care Compliance Association
Member, International Association of Privacy
Professionals
Member, Privacy Work Group, North Carolina
Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance (NCHICA)
Board Member, North Carolina Assisted Living
Association, 1995 - 2004
Frequent speaker on Risk Management and
Regulatory Compliance issues for health care providers and facilities
Notable
Accomplishments
Ranked among Law & Politics magazine's
North Carolina “Super Lawyers” (Health Care Law), 2006 - 2008
Recognized in
The Best Lawyers in America®
(Health Care Law), 2007 - 2008
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