| Biography | Nora Liggett is a partner at Waller Lansden. She advises providers on a variety of regulatory compliance issues, including Medicare fraud and abuse, the federal Stark law and other physician self-referral prohibitions, HIPAA and EMTALA. Ms. Liggett has extensive experience developing Stark-compliant income distribution plans. Ms. Liggett also assists physician groups, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, home health agencies and other provider facilities with licensing, certificate of need (CON) applications and other state regulatory issues. She also assists clients in obtaining Medicare and Medicaid certification and in transferring licenses and permits. Ms. Liggett co-authored the chapter on "Corporate Compliance Plans" in Health Care Fraud and Abuse: Practical Perspectives, published by the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. and the Health Law Section of the American Bar Association. Ms. Liggett's regulatory experience includes the development of corporate compliance programs for surgery centers, hospitals and imaging centers. Ms. Liggett is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward White, Inc.) and America's Leading Lawyers for Business (Chambers & Partners) for her work in healthcare law. Ms. Liggett provides counsel on healthcare operations and regulatory issues such as Medicare and third party reimbursement and enrollment, managed care contracting and development, and medical staff issues. She has extensive experience with the negotiation and drafting of management contracts, provider contracts, medical director and specialty services contracts, and physician recruitment and employment contracts. Ms. Liggett has served as regulatory counsel on numerous physician-hospital joint ventures of diagnostic imaging centers, comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities (CORFs), cancer centers, ambulatory surgery centers and dialysis centers. In these matters, she provides counsel on structuring joint venture transactions to navigate the complex array of state and federal self-referral and anti-kickback prohibitions. She also assists joint venture clients with obtaining licenses, CONs and Medicare and medical provider numbers, as well as the most advantageous methods of Medicare enrollment. Ms. Liggett recently has provided regulatory counsel in the sale of assets of an investor-owned hospital to a municipal hospital system and the acquisition of three outpatient treatment centers by an NYSE-listed healthcare services provider. Clerkships and Previous Affiliations: Law Clerk to Chief Justice Frank F. Drowota of the Tennessee Supreme Court, 1989-1990. Professional Activities: Member, American Health Lawyers Association; Member, Health Law Section of the American Bar Association; Former Chair, Teleconference Committee of the American Health Law Section; Member, Health Law Section of the Tennessee Bar Association; Chair, Health Law Committee of the Nashville Bar Association; Member, Nashville Young Health Care Leaders; Author of the chapter "Corporate Compliance Programs" in Health Care Fraud and Abuse: Practical Perspectives (BNA 2002); Former Co-Editor, Waller Lansden's Health Law Newsletter. Articles: 5/19/2011, Survey Shows Healthcare Providers Preparing for ACO Era as Government Announces New Incentives for Participation in Accountable Care Organizations; 4/6/2011, Additional Information About Accountable Care Organizations; 4/1/2011, Federal Government Addresses Accountable Care Organizations and Requests Comments; 12/1/2010, "You Can't Have One Without the Other; Removing Regulatory Roadblocks on the Path to Healthcare Reform," Business Law & Governance; 3/25/2010, Healthcare Reform Bill Prevents New Physician Ownership in Hospitals; 11/11/2008, Ambulatory Surgery Centers - 2009 Outlook; 9/18/2008, Firm Ranked Number One for Health Care, Government Relations, Mass Tort Litigation, Bankruptcy, Antitrust and Tax Law in Nashville and Tennessee; 3/14/2008, Waller Lansden News: Eighteen Waller Lansden Attorneys Recognized as "Leaders in their Field" in the 2008 edition of Chambers USA; 11/7/2007, CMS Releases Final 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule; 9/11/2007, Waller Lansden News: Best Lawyers in America Honors 45 Waller Lansden Attorneys; 8/31/2007, CMS Releases Stark Phase III Regulations; 7/25/2007, CMS Issues Final ASC Payment Rule; 7/16/2007, CMS Proposes Significant Changes To Stark Law and Diagnostic Imaging Laws; 7/16/2007, Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Contains Significant Stark Law Changes; 5/7/2007, CMS Proposes Hospital Payment Reforms and Disclosure Requirements; 3/26/2007, CMS Reviewing Erythropoiesis (EPO) Monitoring Policy; 2/7/2006, New Law Prohibits Specialty Hospitals from Enrolling in Medicare; 1/20/2006, The Patient Care Ombudsman: How To Get Employed In This New Role In Bankruptcy Cases; 2/23/2005, OIG Gives Green Light to Gainsharing; 1/21/2005, MedPAC Recommends Extending Stark Moratorium on Specialty Hospitals; 7/6/2004, CMS Releases First Advisory Opinion on Stark Specialty Hospital Moratorium; 4/5/2004, Stark Phase II Regulations Released at Last; 4/5/2004, Significant Revision Affecting In-Office Ancillary Services Exception; 2/26/2004, CMS to Change Payment to Dialysis Providers; 2/2/2004, New CMS Rules Make Sweeping Changes to Physician Reimbursement for Dialysis Services. |