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Wayne State University Law School:
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Board of Visitors, member, 2003-2009
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Law School Alumni Association: President,
1998-1999; Member, Board of Directors, 1997-2003
Wayne State University School of Medicine:
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Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine
Residency Program, 2003-present
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Lecturer, Year II Medical Ethics Course,
2000-2003
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Committee of Visitors, Vera P. Shiffman Medical
Library, 1999-2003
Wayne State University Honors College:
Healthcare Financial Management Association:
American Health Lawyers Association (Faculty, Annual
Meeting, 2007) (member since 1986)
Oakland County Bar Association (Medical Legal
Committee, 2008-present; Public Advisory Committee
on Judicial Candidates, 2004)
American Bar Association (Health Law Section)
Education and Peer Review Ratings
J.D. cum laude, 1982, Wayne State University Law
School, Detroit MI.
B.S. (Accounting) 1974, Franklin University,
Columbus OH.
AV Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating, the
highest rating for legal ability and general ethical
standards, for many years.
Selected as a Michigan Super Lawyer (Health Law) by
publishers of Law & Politics every year since Super
Lawyers began rating lawyers in Michigan.
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America in health care
law.
Overview of Practice Areas and Experience
Business Organization:
Organizing and advising many health care entities,
including physician group practices, physician
organizations, rehabilitation facilities and
agencies, diagnostic facilities, community mental
health agencies, clinical laboratories, home health
agencies, durable medical equipment suppliers and
others, in the areas of business organization,
administrative structure, employment and independent
contractor agreements, certificates of need,
compliance programs, third party payment compliance,
Medicare certification, personnel policies and
medical records organization.
Contracting:
Negotiating and drafting many health care contracts
and arrangements, such as physician employment and
shareholder agreements, hospital-physician joint
venture agreements, management services agreements,
physician capitation arrangements, participation
agreements, medical director contracts, consultant
agreements, co-ownership arrangements for medical
equipment, and space sharing agreements.
Payer Audits:
Representing physicians, providers and suppliers in
Medicare, Blue Cross and other third party payer
audits.
Fraud-and-Abuse:
Advising clients in health care fraud-and-abuse and
physician self-referral matters, including Stark
Law, anti-kickback law and Michigan licensing
restrictions. Represented physicians in leading
Michigan case on physician self-referral.
License Discipline:
Representing physicians and other health care
professionals in State license disciplinary
investigations and proceedings.
Medical Staff Credentialing:
Representing physicians and other health care
professionals in credentialing and staff privilege
matters.
Compliance Programs:
Designing and instituting compliance programs;
on-going compliance counsel.
Legal Disputes and Litigation:
Representing health care entities and professionals
in legal disputes, mediation, facilitation and civil
litigation involving payment disputes,
breach-of-contract claims and other health care law
matters. Experienced as court-appointed case
facilitator.
Investigations:
Representing health professionals and entities in
civil fraud investigations and cases, seizures under
search warrant, federal grand jury inquiries and
other criminal and quasi-criminal investigations and
proceedings.
Business Sales and Purchases:
Representing sellers and purchasers of health care
facilities and practices.
Employee Benefit Plans:
Negotiating and drafting contracts between employee
benefit plans and health care provider
organizations.
Government Relations:
Experienced in legislative and administrative
matters, including drafting, lobbying and testifying
for and against health care legislation at the State
and federal levels.
Frequent speaker and author
on health law topics.
Selected Presentations and Articles on Health Law
Topics
“Retail Trends in Health Care Delivery,”
portion of program
15th Annual Michigan Health Law Institute,
Plymouth, Michigan; sponsored by The Institute of
Continuing Legal Education and the State Bar of
Michigan Health Care Law Section. Presentation
March 2009.
“Physician Agreements,”
chapter in Representing Physicians Handbook;
published by the American Health Lawyers
Association. 2009 Publication Pending.
“Legal
Issues: What Every Physician Should Know,”
portion of Clinical Skills and Competency rotation,
Internal Medicine Residency Program, Wayne State
University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
Lecturer. October 2008 - January 2009.
Roundtable Discussion Moderator, “Stark Law and
Anti-Kickback Law Update,”
Annual Meeting, Health Care Law Section, State Bar
of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan. September 2008.
“The Intersection of Today's Law and Tomorrow’s
Medicine: Legal Protection for Physicians at the
Forefront in Developing New Techniques and
Treatments,”
portion of Advanced Vaginal & Pelvic Reconstructive
Surgery program; sponsored by Workshops in Pelvic
Surgery; The Royal College of Obstetricians and
Gynaecologists, London, UK. Presentation June 2008.
“Health Care Antitrust Update,”
portion of program Antitrust in the Health Care
Field, Novi, Michigan; sponsored by the Antitrust
Law Section, State Bar of Michigan. Presentation May
2008.
“Medical Staff Privileges & Licensing,”
portion of program
14th Annual Michigan Health Law Institute,
Plymouth, Michigan; sponsored by The Institute of
Continuing Legal Education and the State Bar of
Michigan Health Care Law Section. Presentation
March 2008.
“Home
Health Agencies: Legal Issues and Compliance,”
portion of Home Health Agency Management Program,
A.D. Maxim Seminars, Troy MI, Miami FL and Chicago
IL. Presentations November 2007 – February 2008.
“Legal
Issues: What Every Physician Should Know,”
portion of Clinical Skills and Competency rotation,
Internal Medicine Residency Program, Wayne State
University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
Lecturer. October 2007 - January 2008.
Program Chair “Consumer-Driven Health Care:
Better Care or a Passing Fad?” and Roundtable
Discussion Moderator, “Stark Law and Anti-Kickback
Law Update,” Annual Meeting, Health Care Law
Section, State Bar of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan.
September 2007.
“Corporate Practice of Medicine: Physicians,
Physician Extenders & Allied Health Professionals,”
portion of program
13th Annual Michigan Health Law Institute,
Plymouth, Michigan; presenter and program moderator;
sponsored by The Institute of Continuing Legal
Education and the State Bar of Michigan Health Care
Law Section. Presented March 2007.
“Clients’ Use of the Health Care Lawyer as a
Marketing Tool - When Does the Lawyer Cross the
Line?”
chapter in
Health Law Handbook,
2007 Edition, published by WestGroup Publishing
2007.
“Legal Issues For Physicians,”
portion of Clinical Skills and Competency rotation,
Internal Medicine Residency Program, Wayne State
University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
Lecturer. October 2006 - January 2007.
“Legal Ethics: Clients’ Use of the Health Care
Lawyer as a Marketing Tool – When Does the Lawyer
Cross the Line?”
portion of Annual Meeting, American Health Lawyers
Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Presented
June 2006.
“Anti-Kickback and Stark Law Update,”
portion of Health Care Law Roundtable, Novi,
Michigan; sponsored by State Bar of Michigan Health
Care Law Section. Discussion Leader. May 2006.
“Recent Developments in Antitrust,”
portion of program 12th Annual Michigan
Health Law Institute, Troy, Michigan; sponsored
by The Institute of Continuing Legal Education and
the State Bar of Michigan Health Law Section.
Presented March 2006.
“Legal Issues: What Every Physician Should Know,”
portion of Integrative Medicine rotation, Internal
Medicine Residency Program, Wayne State University
School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan. Lecturer.
October 2005 - January 2006.
“Stark Law and Fraud-and-Abuse,”
Health Care Law Roundtable, portion of State Bar of
Michigan Health Care Law Section Annual Meeting,
Dearborn, Michigan. Discussion Leader. September
2005.
“New Stark Regulations,”
portion of program 11th Annual Michigan
Health Law Institute, Troy, Michigan; sponsored
by The Institute of Continuing Legal Education and
the State Bar of Michigan Health Law Section.
Presented March 2005.
“Legal Issues for Physicians,”
portion of Integrative Medicine rotation, Internal
Medicine Residency Program, Wayne State University
School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan. Lecturer.
September - December 2004.
“Stark Law Phase II Regulations: Physician Issues,”
portion of Health Care Law Roundtable, Livonia,
Michigan; sponsored by State Bar of Michigan Health
Care Law Section. Discussion Leader. June 2004.
“Systems-Based Practice – Legal Issues,”
Core Competency program, Michigan State University
College of Osteopathic Medicine, Statewide Campus
System, East Lansing, Michigan. Lecturer.
April 2004.
“Negotiating and Drafting Hospital/Physician
Agreements,”
portion of program Michigan Health Law Institute,
Troy, Michigan; sponsored by The Institute of
Continuing Legal Education and the State Bar of
Michigan Health Law Section. Presented March 2004.
“Legal Issues for Physicians,”
portion of Integrative Medicine rotation, Internal
Medicine Residency Program, Wayne State University
School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan. Lecturer.
September - December 2003.
“Legal Issues for Dentists: What Every Dentist
Should Know,”
Oakland County Dental Society luncheon speaker
series, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Presented April
2003.
“Law and Medicine,”
portion of Year
II Medical Ethics course, Wayne State University
School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan. Presented
April 2003.
“Legal Issues for Physicians: What Every Physician
Should Know,”
Internal Medicine Residency Program, Wayne State
University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
Lecturer. September - December 2002.
“Still Crazy After All These Years: Michigan
Looks to the Stark Law To Make Its Physician
Self-Referral Law More Clear,” Michigan Health Law
Report (publication of State Bar of Michigan, Health
Care Law Section), published September 2002.
“Public Act 402 of 2002: Replacing
Indenbaum With a Michigan Version of The Stark
Law,” statewide teleconference sponsored by the
State Bar of Michigan, Health Care Law Section.
Presented August 2002.
“Law and Medicine,”
portion of Year
II Medical Ethics course, Wayne State University
School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan. Lecturer.
April 2002.
“Legal Issues in Counseling: What Every Counselor
Should Know,”
joint program of the Michigan Association of
Marriage and Family Counselors and the Michigan
Mental Health Counselors Association, Royal
Oak, Michigan. Presented January 2002.
“Law and Medicine,”
portion of Year II Medical Ethics course, Wayne
State University School of Medicine, Detroit,
Michigan. Lecturer. January 2001.
“Medical Practice Compliance: Making It Work For
You, Your Staff and Your Patients,”
with John A. Cook and Nancy L. Lukey, Pontiac,
Michigan; sponsored by Oakland Physician Network
Services. Presented January 2001.
“Dealing with the Payers,”
portion of program Investigations and
Organizational Compliance, Lansing, Michigan;
sponsored by the Health Care Compliance Association
(Michigan Chapter). Presented November 2000.
“Third Party Payer Audits: Practical Advice for
Physicians”
and “Compliance Programs for Physician
Practices,” portions of program Corporate
Compliance: Investment or Expense, Saginaw,
Michigan; co-sponsored by Saginaw Cooperative
Hospitals, Inc., and Yeo & Yeo, Certified Public
Accountants. Presented November 1999.
“Fraud and Abuse in the Home Care Industries”
portion of program Season of Change - 1999 Annual
Conference, Grand Rapids, Michigan; sponsored by
the Michigan Home Health Association. Presented May
1999.
“Third Party Payer Audits: Practical Advice for
Physicians,”
Southfield, Michigan, sponsored by the Healthcare
Financial Management Association, Eastern Michigan
Chapter, Compliance Committee. Presented March
1999.
“Physician Billing and Payment: Blue Cross/Medicare
Reimbursement Update,”
portion of program Michigan Health Law Institute,
Troy, Michigan; sponsored by The Institute of
Continuing Legal Education and the State Bar of
Michigan Health Law Section. Presented March 1999.
“Drafting Documents for Professional Practices,”
portion of program 1998 Drafting Business and
Corporate Document Series, Troy, Michigan;
sponsored by The Institute of Continuing Legal
Education. Presented December 1998.
“Compliance for Medical Practices”
and “Third Party Payer Audits,” portions of
program Protecting Your Practice: Audits, Fraud &
Abuse, Botsford General Hospital Seminar Series
1998, Farmington Hills, Michigan. Presented
November 1998.
“Compliance For Small Medical Practices,”
portion of program Health Care Compliance: How To
Avoid Prosecution, East Lansing, Michigan;
sponsored by Michigan State University and Sparrow
Health System. Presented November 1998.
“Compliance For Medical Practices,”
sponsored by the Orthopedic Managers Association,
Troy, Michigan. Presented October 1998.
“Fraud and Abuse Issues In The Home Care
Industries,”
portion of program Michigan Health Law Institute,
Troy, Michigan; sponsored by The Institute of
Continuing Legal Education and the State Bar of
Michigan Health Law Section. Presented February
1998.
“Medical Record Documentation of Difficult
Patients,”
portion of program Strategies for Working with
Difficult Cases - A Team Approach, Southfield,
Michigan; sponsored by Michigan Hand Rehabilitation
Center. Presented November 1997.
“Could
Medical License Sanctions be Imposed on Third Party
Payers’ Medical Consultants for Denying
Pre-Approval of Necessary Care?” Feature
Article, The Bulletin, Oakland County (MI)
Medical Society, Published September 1997.
“Self Referral After the Indenbaum Case,”
portion of program Mercy Health Services 1997
Legal Symposium, Detroit, Michigan; sponsored by
Mercy Health Services. Presented August 1997.
“Third Party Payer Audits,”
portion of program Michigan Health Law Institute,
Troy, Michigan; sponsored by The Institute of
Continuing Legal Education and the State Bar of
Michigan Health Law Section. Presented February
1997.
“Stark Law Prohibitions Against Physician
Self-Referral,”
portion of program Michigan Health Law Institute,
Troy, Michigan; sponsored by The Institute of
Continuing Legal Education. Presented February 1996.
“Third Party Payer Audits: Practical Advice For
Physicians, Part Two.”
Published: The Orthopod, April 1995; The
Bulletin, Oakland County (MI) Medical Society,
May 1995.
“Third Party Payer Audits: Practical Advice For
Physicians, Part One.”
Published: The Orthopod, September 1994;
The Bulletin, Oakland County (MI) Medical
Society, April 1995.
“Stark Law Prohibitions Against Physician
Self-Referral,”
portion of program Michigan Health Law Institute,
Troy, Michigan; sponsored by The Institute of
Continuing Legal Education. Presented February 1995.
“Confronting Resident Abuse By Nurse Aides: What You
Should Know, What You Must Do”;
Lansing, Michigan; sponsored by The Valley
Connection. Presented March 1994.
“Defending Civil Audits: Practical Advice,”
portion of program Health Care Reimbursement,
Physician Sanctions and Fraud and Abuse
Investigations; Grand Rapids and Troy, Michigan;
sponsored by The Institute of Continuing Legal
Education. Presented February 1994.
“Complying With The Stark Law: A Common Sense
Approach For Physician-Owned Laboratories,”
portion of program Medicare Do’s & Don’ts: The
Plain English Workshop; Arlington, Virginia;
sponsored by United Communications Group. Presented
September 1991.
“Medical Records: Basic Legal Considerations for
Therapists”
and “Basic Deposition Guidelines,”
Southfield, Michigan; sponsored by Michigan Hand
Rehabilitation Center. Presented May 1991.
Panelist, “An Array of Fraud and Abuse
Prosecutions - The Law Is Becoming Defined: The
Greber Case, The Kats Case, The Bay State Ambulance
Case, The Smith-Kline Lab Case and Others”;
Panel Moderator, “Alternatives and Options in a
Changing Regulatory Climate”; portions of
program Survival of Outpatient Business in the
90’s: Restructuring of Physician Limited
Partnerships to Meet New Federal Guidelines;
Fort Lauderdale, Florida; sponsored by Technicore
Corporation. March 1991.
Organizer, Host and Moderator, National Health
Lawyers Association Breakfast Reception,
Southfield, Michigan, featuring Congressman Sander
Levin; included moderating questions and answers on
the Stark Law and health care reform proposals.
February 1990.
“Fraud and Abuse,”
portion of Health/Legal Seminar, Novi,
Michigan; sponsored by Michigan Health Care Lawyers
Association and Michigan Association of Osteopathic
Physicians and Surgeons. Presented November 1986.
“Federal and State Laws Against Financial Abuse,”
portion of program Competition and New Business
Relationships in the Health Care Industry;
Detroit, Michigan; sponsored by the Federal Trade
Commission and the Federal Bar Association (Detroit
Chapter). Presented 1985. |
