Practice Areas - Health Law
- Regulatory Compliance
- Legislation and Rulemaking
- Health Law Compliance
- HIPAA Compliance
| - Continuing Care Retirement Communities
- Health Care Provider Licensing and Credentialing
- Defense of Medicare and Medicaid Audits
- Fraud and Abuse
- Reimbursement
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| Mailing Address | 400 Convention Street, Suite 700P.O. Box 3513, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802 |
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| University | Louisiana State University, B.G.S., 1986 |
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| Law School | University of Memphis, J.D., with highest honors, 1989 |
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| Admitted | 1989, Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1990, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 1991, Louisiana, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; 2008, U.S. Supreme Court |
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| Memberships | Baton Rouge, Louisiana State (Health Law Section) and American (Health Law Section) Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association; Louisiana Medical Group Management Association; Louisiana Hospital Association, Society of Hospital Attorneys. |
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| Born | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
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| Biography | Phi Kappa Phi. Member, 1987-1988 and Notes Editor, 1988-1989, University of Memphis Law Review. Adjunct Professor, University of Memphis School of Law, Legal Research and Writing, 1989-1990 and 1990-1991. Law Clerk to the Hon. Bailey Brown, U.S. Court of Appeal, Sixth Circuit, 1989-1990. Author: "Professional Courtesy Exception under Stark III: Significant Changes," 2008; "Medicaid Recoupment Based on Lack of Necessity Not Permitted if Based on Review of Billing Records Alone," 2007; "Fraud and Abuse: Physicians Have Questions," LAMMICO newsletter, The Letter, July/August 2005; "In Appreciation" (Dedication to Vanderbilt Law School Dean John Wade), 17 Mem.St.U.L.Rev.; "Stein v. Plainwell Community Schools: Establishment Clause Analysis of Public High School Invocations and Benedictions," 18 Mem.St.U.L.Rev. 565; "Physicians Opting—Out of Medicare," LAMMICO Newsletter, The Letter, January-February 2001. Lecturer: "Compliance Issues," Louisiana Healthcare Financial Management Association Winter Conference, 2001 and 2002; "HIPAA Privacy and Proposed Changes to the Rule," Physician CME Seminar, 2002; "Medicare/Medicaid Fraud and Abuse,"1999, 2000 and 2001; "Qui Tam Lawsuits," Kean Miller Seminar, 2000; "False Claims Act," Lorman Education Series, 2000; Panelist, Professional Negligence Teleconference, ABA Health Law Section, Young Lawyers Division, Center for CLE, 2002. Presenter: "Deficit Reduction Act of 2005"; "Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005"; "Health Care Fraud in Quality of Care," 2006; "Collateral Consequences of Pleading Guilty to Health Law," 2006. Panelist: Fraud and Abuse Statutes Affecting Health Care Providers, ABA Health Law Section, Center for CLE, 2004; Medicaid Recoupement Based on Lack of Medical Necessities Not Permitted If Based on Review of Billing Records Alone, 2007; Professional Courtesy Exception Under Stark III: Significant Changes, 2008. |
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| ISLN | 902067484 |
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