Stacey Borowicz is an accomplished attorney who dedicates the majority of her business and regulatory practice to health care providers. Stacey brings with her more than a decade of front line experience in the health care industry as she acquired a rare set of skills as a medical researcher/scientist prior to entering the practice of law.
Stacey's experience in the healthcare representation is diverse and includes Medicare/Medicaid audit and overpayment appeals, voluntary disclosures and refunds. Stacey also brings a wealth of experience in regulatory compliance (HIPAA, Stark, anti-kickback, anti-markup rule), analyses, investigations and mitigation. Additionally, healthcare clients look to Stacey for advice on joint ventures (including hospital-physician joint ventures), mergers, acquisitions and employment-related transactions.
Stacey represents a wide array of health care clients including group practices, ambulatory surgery centers, home health agencies, sleep centers, imaging centers, long-term care facilities, hospital joint ventures and hospital-employed physicians.
Outside of the health care arena, Stacey concentrates on franchise law and assists clients with franchise agreements as well as disclosure compliance.
Memberships & Affiliations
· Ohio State Bar Association
· American Health Lawyers Association
· American Bar Association
Distinctions
· Selected for the Ohio Rising Stars® List
Experience
OIG Voluntary Self-Disclosure for Durable Medical Equipment Company
Medical Equipment Company
Represented a durable medical equipment company in OIG voluntary disclosure
Negotiation of Medicaid Enrollment and Payment Issues
Home Health Company
We represented a home health company in an attorney general investigation
Merger of Two Surgery Practice Groups
Surgical Group Practice
Merged" two medical practices into a single new practice entity
Shareholder Buy-Out Dispute
Physician Group
We represented a physician group throughout a contentious shareholder buy-out
Physician Recruitment Agreements for Group Practice Physician
Physician Group Practice
Negotiate and advise on the development of physician recruitment agreements with a large regional healthcare system
Ongoing Representation of Franchisor
Ohio Consignment Company
Ongoing representation of consignment company with multiple franchises throughout Ohio.
Merger of Six Separate Medical Practices into a Single Practice Group
Specialty Physician Practice Group
"Merged" six medical practices into a single new practice entity
Advised a Large Nursing Home Through a Medicare Audit Appeal
Nursing Home
Represented a nursing home in an audit appeal before an administrative law judge in connection with a Medicare overpayment
Acquisition of a Physician Practice by a Regional Healthcare System
Physician Practice
Advised a physician practice throughout their acquisition by a large regional healthcare system
Acquisition of a Physician Practice by a Hospital
Columbus Pulmonary Associates
Represented a physician group through their acquisition by a large regional hospital
General Representation of a Medium-Sized Physician Group
Specialty Physician Group Practice
Provide general business counsel to physician group practice, including shareholder and real estate transactions
General Representation of a Home Healthcare Company
Home Health Company
Representation of a home healthcare company in general business matters, as well as regulatory compliance and employment issues
Data Privacy Breach Regarding Confidential Financial Information
Retail Store
We advised a retailer in a data breach case where proprietary financial information of customers may have been breached
Publications
February 7, 2013, CR7631: Changes to Place of Service Coding Effective April 1, 2013
October 19, 2012, FDA Unveils New System to Track Medical Devices
Bloomberg BNA Medical Devices Law & Industry Report
July 3, 2012, CGS Changes Coding Requirements and Clarifies Modifier-25
December 7, 2011, Healthcare Providers: When In Doubt, Self-Report!
January 28, 2011, 2010 Compliance Review -- What Did I Miss?
July 1, 2010, Health Care Hot Topics (July 2010)
February 10, 2010, The Newly-Amended False Claims Act is Beginning to Stir Trouble in Courts
November 16, 2009, Health Care Hot Topics (November 2009)
August 31, 2009, Health Care Hot Topics (August 2009)
July 30, 2009, Health Care Hot Topics (July 2009)
June 19, 2009, Health Care Hot Topics (June 2009)
May 5, 2009, FTC Delays Enforcement of Red Flags Rule Until August 1, 2009 for Health Care Providers Who Extend Credit to Patients
April 16, 2009, Certain Providers Must Take Steps to Comply With FTC Red Flags Rule Before May 1st Enforcement Deadline
February 25, 2009, Health Care Hot Topics (February 2009)
November 13, 2008, 2009 Physician Fee Schedule Final Regulations
November 6, 2008, Reporting Requirements to Government Agencies
September 15, 2008, The False Claims Act: New Proposals a Cause for Concern
August 1, 2008, Health Care Hot Topics (August 2008)
January 1, 2005, "In Vitro and In Vivo Effects of Soluble, Monovalent Globotriose on Bacterial Attachment and Colonization," Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
February 20, 2004, Patent, Monovalent Saccharides and Uses Thereof
January 1, 2003, "Cox v. Miller: The Clergy Privilege and Alcoholics Anonymous," 31 Cap. Univ. L. Rev. 917
January 1, 2001, "The Fc Receptor of IgG Expressed in the Villus Endothelium of Human Placenta is FcyRllb2," Journal of Immunology
January 1, 1999, "Protein Interactions of Src Homology (SH2) Domain-containing Inositol Phosphates (SHIP): Association with Shc Displaces SHIP from FcyRll in B cells," Journal of Immunology
February 19, 1997, "Altered Gap Junctional Intercellular Communication in Neoplastic Rat Esophageal Epithelial Cells," Carcinogenesis
Presentations
December 6, 2012, "Risk Management...An Oxymoron?" Ohio Health Care Association
March 2012, "Documentation Legal Compliance," American Case Management Association
March 29, 2011, "Art of Negotiation," Ohio Women's Bar Association, Moderator
March 2010, "Physician Joint Venture Considerations," Dinsmore & Shohl Health Law Symposium
January 14, 2010, "HITECH Update," Columbus Bar Association
June 2009, "Medical Record Compliance," Central Ohio Case Managers Network
May 6, 2009, "Red Flag Rules Webinar," Speaker, Ohio Association of Medical Equipment Services
May 2009, "Medical Record Compliance," Central Ohio Case Managers Network
December 15, 2008, "2008 Federal Healthcare Law Update," Columbus Bar Association Legal Seminar
November 6, 2008, "Reporting Requirements to Government Agencies," Lorman Seminar
October 8, 2008, "Physician Employment Agreements" - Children's Practicing Physicians' Primary Care Advisory Group