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Janet A. Craig: Lawyer with Stites & Harbison, PLLC

Janet A. Craig

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Lexington,  KY  U.S.A.
Phone859-226-2377

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Practice Areas

  • Administrative Law
  • Business Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Regulatory Compliance in the Zone of Market Meltdown
  • Complex / Large Litigation
  • Corporate General Services
  • Government and Regulatory Litigation
  • Insurance Coverage, Bad Faith and Regulatory Litigation
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Health Care
  • Health Care - Business Transactions and Finance
  • Health Care - Construction
  • Health Care - Employment
  • Health Care - Real Estate
  • Health Care - Regulatory and Compliance
  • Health Care Bankruptcy and Restructuring
  • Health Care Litigation and Investigations
  • Health Insurance and Managed Care
 
University Eastern Kentucky University, B.A., English/Journalism, with high distinction, 1974; Moot Court Board; Best Oral Argument, 1976; Alternate, National Moot Court Team, 1977/1978
 
Law SchoolUniversity of Kentucky College of Law, J.D., 1978
 
Admitted1978, Kentucky
 
BornMt. Vernon, Illinois, September 15, 1952
 
Biography

Janet Craig is a seasoned attorney in health care law and regulatory insurance issues. She is experienced in certificate of need and licensure, reimbursement, managed care, fraud and abuse, HIPAA, Stark I and II. She represents a host of insurers and HMOs. A former General Counsel of the Kentucky Department of Insurance, she has an active regulatory practice. She represents a host of insurers and HMOs on matters ranging from market conduct and financial exams to mergers, change of control and rate filings. She is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers, Who's Who in American Lawyers (1995 - present); The Best Lawyers In America® (1993 - present) in Health Care Law and Insurance Law; and, Best Health Lawyers in America (1995 - present).

Representative Engagements

· Represent St. Luke Hospitals on its departure from Health Care Alliance of Cincinnati and its subsequent merger with St. Elizabeth Hospital

· Represent UK Healthcare in its acquisition of Samaritan Hospital

· Represent Bluegrass Family Health in its acquisition of accounts of Signature Health Alliance of Tennessee

· Represent UK Healthcare on its sale of CHA to Humana

· Represent Citizens Security Life Insurance Co. in merger with downstream subsidy United Liberty Life Insurance Co.

· Served as Kentucky counsel on the merger of Kentucky Blue Cross/Blue Shield plan with Anthem and served as Kentucky counsel on the Anthem demutualization

· Represented the Commissioner of Insurance/Liquidator of Kentucky Central Life Insurance Co. liquidation, including a negotiation of more than $1 billion reinsurance agreement with Jefferson Pilot

· Represented University of Louisville and University of Louisville Hospital on their formation and licensing of a captive insurer and conversion of the captive into a reciprocal insurer

Recent Speaking Engagements and Publications

· "Survival and Success in the Brave New World of Health Care Reform," presented by Janet Craig and David C. Bundy, CPA, Dean, Dorton & Ford, PSC, July 16, 2010

· "CMS Proposes Rule on Stark Physician Imaging Notice," Stites & Harbison, PLLC, Client Alert, July 1, 2010

· "Managed Care," Kentucky Health Law UK, 2009

· "HIPAA Marketing and Fundraising: What's Covered and What's Not," Kentucky Health Law, UK 2002

· "Managed Care," Kentucky Health Law, UK 2000/2004

· A "Nuts and Bolts" workshop on HIPAA, University of Kentucky Health Law Seminar, March 15, 2002.

Before Stites & Harbison

Ms. Craig served as General Counsel and Director of Market Conduct and Enforcement at the Kentucky Department of Insurance. She was also Special Counsel to the Senate Insurance and Banking Committee of the Kentucky General Assembly.

More than Stites & Harbison

Janet has served on the boards of the Better Business Bureau, High Street YMCA, LexArts and the University of Kentucky Art Museum. She is currently President of the Headley-Whitney Museum Board of Directors, is on the Lexington Clinic Foundation Board. and is a member of the Eastern Kentucky University Board of Regents. She served as Chairman of the Lexington Arts and Cultural Council (now LexArts) when it raised more than $750,000 in the Horsemania public art project. She was also a member of the Leadership Kentucky Class of 2002.

Besides Stites & Harbison

She enjoys painting, gardening and spending time with her family, husband Jim, son Matthew and daughter Megan and her golden retrievers, Tucker and Gracie.

Memberships

American Bar Association

American Health Lawyers Association

Fayette County Bar Association, Health Section, member

Kentucky Bar Association, Health Law Practice Section, member

Community Involvement

Headley-Whitney Museum, Board president

Lexington Clinic Foundation, Board member

Leadership Kentucky Class of 2002

Eastern Kentucky University, Board of Regents

Industry Experience

Government Procurement & Contracts

Health Care

Insurance Carriers / Brokers / Agents

News

75 Stites & Harbison attorneys honored in Best Lawyers in America

 
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Office Information

Janet A. Craig
Stites & Harbison, PLLC
250 West Main Street, Suite 2300
Lexington, KY 40507-1758




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