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Plantation Drive
Shelbyville, KY
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Jan , to Present, Stoll Keenon Ogden, Lexington, KY. Of Counsel to the Firm
April to Jan , Ball and Weed, San Antonio, TX, Of Counsel to the Firm
to Atria, Louisville, KY, Operations Counsel
to Greenebaum Doll and McDonald, Louisville, Kentucky, Of Counsel to the Firm
to Delaware Attorney General’s Office, Counsel to Various Agencies within the Department of Health and Social Services; Civil Prosecutor before many professional licensing boards; Counsel to several professional licensing boards.
Prior to attending law school held several management positions in the area of Human Resources.
As Of Counsel to the firm of Stoll Keenon Ogden, I provide nineteen years of experience in health care, compliance, administrative/regulatory, employment, and general business law to the firm’s clients nationwide. I have handled a wide range of health law compliance and business issues and currently work with clients dealing with issues with regulators in over states involving Long Term Care, Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement, licensing, and general regulatory/administrative law issues. My work in the federal arena entails matters before several agencies. Those agencies include the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the FDA, FHA, and the VA. I advise and assess the legal needs of the long-term care industry as they navigate through the many corporate laws and regulations mandated for licensing, Medicare and Medicaid certification as well as reimbursement, certificate of need, advertising, and consumer protection. I am currently certified as a Health Care Compliance professional and have implemented and prepared several compliance programs in long-term care, physician practices, durable medical equipment and infusion therapy company, and pharmaceutical company settings. These company compliance programs were prepared for both publicly and privately held companies. In addition, I am compliance counsel for health care providers currently under a Corporate Integrity Agreement.
I served as IPO regulatory counsel for several Wall Street financial underwriters when they took public a national senior living company having more than facilities in the United States. I traveled throughout the country conducting due diligence, evaluating systems, regulatory compliance, policies, and procedures relating to the risk analysis of the IPO. I continue to perform due diligence for health care clients as they seek to purchase or merge their operations in many different health care businesses, such as Long Term Care Facilities, Home Health, Hospice, Physician Practices, Durable Medical Equipment, and Pharmacy. I also prepared change of ownership documents for over facilities during my career and played a major role in many start up operations of many different health care disciplines, including pharmacies, long-term care facilities and home health agencies.
I am licensed to practice law in Kentucky, Texas, and Delaware as well as nine federal district and circuit courts. I am frequently called upon to respond to the media when major case decisions are delivered by various courts. I participated in the drafting of assisted living laws in Delaware, Texas, and Alabama. I worked on Tort Reform in Florida and Texas. I also represent individual and corporate health care providers before various state professional licensing boards.
Having been a Deputy Attorney General representing several different divisions within the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services for more than eight years, and having received the state attorney general's highest award for achievement, I understand the complexity of state government and the need to do “Your Homework” as both a regulator and as I being regulated. I prosecuted health care professionals before the Boards of Pharmacy, Health, Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing Home Administrators, Dentists, Chiropractors, Nurses, Social Workers, and Realtors. I was counsel also to Delaware’s first Ethics Commission, and counsel to the Board of Social Workers, Board of Plumbers, and the Commission on Radioactive Materials. I was Delaware’s first “AIDS” attorney with the responsibility of training all court personnel on the issues surrounding AIDS and the judicial system. I also was the attorney for the Delaware State Hospital and Delaware’s three long-term care facilities. Lastly, for several years I was also the assigned attorney for the Department of Public Health. During my tenure as the attorney assigned to Public Health, we faced major issues regarding AIDS, environmental oil spills, and I prosecuted and decertified three nursing homes. I also drafted many laws and regulations, some that have served as models in many states across the country such as those for the involuntary commitment of individuals with tuberculosis and revised the state’s involuntary commitment laws.
While a Deputy Attorney General in Delaware, I provided day-to-day counsel to the division responsible for health care facilities’ licensing and certification. I participated in the review and prosecution of regulatory deficiencies, the investigation of complaints, facility plan reviews and the promulgation of regulations. I worked closely with federal representatives of HCFA, now CMS, and the US Department of Justice and the Delaware Medicaid Fraud Unit. In addition, I successfully represented the state in a major judicial challenge to the Certificate of Need Board ruling. During the last several years, I successfully represented health care professionals and companies before the US Department of Justice when being targeted for both civil and criminal violations of various reimbursement regulations and false claim submission.
Prior to my career in law, I was a human resource professional for twelve years and have significant experience in labor relations and union negotiations. During my legal career, I also provide HR consulting and advice to many of my clients. I also enjoy providing risk management guidance and training in-house in these areas. I also was a graduate school professor at Wilmington College in Wilmington Delaware for eight years during my time in the Delaware Attorney General’s office. I taught in Wilmington College’s graduate school program for public administration and business including but not limited to Administrative, Insurance and Health law. I speak nationally and have written many articles on various health laws, licensing, and regulatory law issues. Most recently, I presented to Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland government officials in the area of health regulation and policy development, as well as SIPTU, the union for government health employees; lecturing on cultural diversity. This presentation was on March , in Savannah, Georgia.
I am a member of hcPRO’s Editorial Advisory Board on Long Term Care Publications.
I am presently writing a book on the retention of health care workers in the long-term care industry.
Awarded membership in the College of the State Bar of Texas, . This is an honorary society of the best trained Texas lawyers. Members are qualified attorneys who are interested in both high ethical standards and improved training for all Texas attorneys.
, September, Defense Research Institute, Presenter, The Assisted Living and Nursing Home Industry Today.
, July, Kentucky Assisted Living Association, Presenter, The Unionization of the Long Term Care Industry.
, June, Medical News, Interviewed Regarding the Changing Long Term Care Industry and the Needs of Aging America. Compliance and Business Investors
, June, Assisted Living Executive, Author, Survey Challenges Ahead for Assisted Living Industry
, May, Spring Conference Presenter, South Carolina Residential Care Homes Association, Significant Healthcare Litigation
, June, NBI, Presenter, Special Litigation Techniques for Nursing Homes
, May, Advance Magazine for Long Term Care Management, The Coverage (Insurance) Gap
, April, Oklahoma Assisted Living Association, Presenter, Winning at the Survey Game
, February, Assisted Living Management Report, Interview Relating to Operational Risk Management
, June, Medical News, Interview with State Officials – Certificate of Need Status
, June, Assisted Living Executive, Making Experts of Front Line Staff
, May, Assisted Living Executive, Deficit Reduction Act Impact on Long-Term Care
, February, Medical News Editorial, Author, KY Summit on Pandemic Flu Preparations
, Contributing Author for the Indiana Assisted Living Association Newsletter
, January, Assisted Living Executive, Author, Finesse Required When Addressing Family and Resident Issues
, January, Arizona Assisted Living Association, Presenter, Stakeholders' Participation in Regulation Revisions
, December, Fayette County Bar Association, Presenter, Long Term Care Facilities and Regulatory Compliance
, November, National Business Institute, Writer and Presenter, Protecting Our Elderly: Assessing Nursing Home Malpractice Accountability in Kentucky
, November, American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, Presenter, Mediation and Arbitration, Rational Alternatives to Lawsuits
, November, Oklahoma Assisted Living Association, Keynote Speaker, Survey Management; Inspiring and Retaining Employees in the Long Term Care Industry
, September, co-author of “With Arbitration, Resident Disputes Are Resolved Faster, Cheaper” in Assisted Living Executive
, July, Idaho Health Care Association, Speaker, "Winning Surveys"
, Summer, Indiana Assisted Living Association, Winning the Survey Game
, Spring, Kentucky Assisted Living Care Association, the Hot Legal Issues in Kentucky Assisted Living and Personal Care Environment.
, Author and Speaker, Delaware State Bar Association, Health Law Section, "Current Litigation Trends in Nursing Homes Using Federal Regulations as Roadmaps for Plaintiffs"
, Author and Speaker, Assisted Living Federation of America, Spring Annual Conference, "Optimizing Performance for Deficiency Free Surveys"
, Author and Speaker, Stoll Keenon and Park Winter Conference for Kentucky Nursing Homes, "Preparing for Medicare Part D"; "Winning at the Survey Game"
, Author and Speaker, KALFA Annual Conference, "Current Trends in Assisted Living Law"
, Author and Speaker, AZALFA Annual Conference, "Defensive Documentation" and "Winning at the Survey Game"
, Author and Speaker, NAPA Annual Meeting, "Pressure Sore Guidelines and Impact on Litigation - The New Rules"
, Author and Speaker: Arizona Assisted Living Federation of America, Mid Year Conference, "Survey Success"
, Author and Speaker: Kentucky Assisted Living Association Personal Care Homes, Regulatory Workshop, "Understanding Powers of Attorney and Legal Guardianship"
, Spring, Author and Speaker: KALFA, Kentucky Assisted Living Facilities Association, Annual Conference, "Kentucky's Assisted Living Industry and Deception and Fraud Avoidance"
, Spring, Author and Speaker, Washington Health Care Association, Annual Conference, "How to Draft a Plan of Correction" for Long Term Care Facilities
Spring, , Author and Speaker, Washington Health Care Association, "Defensive Documentation for Nursing Homes"
Spring, , Author and Speaker. Stoll, Keenon & Park, LLP, Fifteenth Annual, Conference "Medicare Modernization Act of "
, Spring, Author and Speaker, ALFA, Assisted Living Federation of America, Annual Conference, Chicago, "Arbitration Agreements in Assisted Living"
, Spring, Author and Speaker, The Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) "Legal Ramifications of Nurse Delegation"
, Spring, Author and Speaker, The Texas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, annual conference, "Risk Management and OSHA's Ergonomic Guidelines"
, Fall, Author and Speaker, The Texas Assisted Living Association, annual conference, "Arbitration and Assisted Living Contracts"
, Fall, Author and Speaker, The Pennsylvania Assisted Living Association, annual conference, "Managing Risk in Assisted Living Facilities"
, Fall, Author and Speaker, The Texas Assisted Living Association annual conference, "Risk Management in Assisted Living Facilities"
, Spring, Speaker, Kentucky Assisted Living Facilities Association Conference, Negotiated Risk Agreements
, Spring, Speaker, Assisted Living Facilities of America National Conference on State Regulatory Changes
, Spring, Speaker, Kentucky Association of Senior Housing, Helping Financially Troubled Facilities
, Spring, Speaker, Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse, Ostomy and Incontinence Nurses Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah
() Speaker, Involuntary Commitment Statutes, Delaware State Police
() Speaker, Freedom of Information Act, Delaware State Medical Office Conference Executive Staff
Adjunct Professor, Administrative Law, Wilmington College Graduate School of Public Administration ()
Adjunct Professor, Employment Law, Wilmington College Graduate School of Public Administration ()
Adjunct Professor, Business Law, Wilmington College Graduate School of Business ()
Contributing Editor, Delaware Bar Association Health Law Letter ()
Editor, Greenebaum, Doll and McDonald, Health Law Newsletter ()
Article, Reflections on Providing Aid, Delaware Lawyer (April, )
Article, States Look for Due Diligence in Staffing, Provider Magazine, American Health Care Association (Sept. )
Presenter, State Boards of Professional Regulation and Licensing Membership Training on Ethics ()
Panelist AIDS in the Workplace, The Court of Common Pleas, Delaware ()
Panelist, Long-Term Care and Patient Negligent and Abuse, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services ()
Drafted Delaware's First Involuntary Commitment Statute for Individuals Refusing Treatment for Tuberculosis; sat on provider related committee for the development of Alabama's assisted living regulations and Texas assisted living regulations
BARS, MEMBERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS
• Kentucky Bar Association
• Delaware Bar Association
• Texas Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• American Health Lawyers Association
• American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics
• American Society of Pharmacy Law
• Member, Board of Directors, Texas Assisted Living Association
• Member, President's Council, Legal Committee, Assisted Living Association of America
• Member and Past First Chair and Founder, Delaware State Bar Association's Health Law Section
• Member, Board of Directors, Medical News, Louisville, KY
• Member, Kentucky Assisted Living Association
• Member, Kentucky Public Health Association
• Member, Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities
• Member, Health Care Compliance Association
• Past Industry Member, Indiana Assisted Living Facilities Association
• Affiliate Member, Kentucky Chapter Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• Past Member, Defense Research Institute
• The International Legal Fraternity of Phi Delta Phi
• The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
• Panel Member, National Arbitration Forum
• Past Member, Board of Directors, San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind
• Past Member, Board of Directors, Alabama Assisted Living Association
• Past Member, Association of State Mental Health Attorneys
• Past Member, Government Relations Committee for the Assisted Living Federation of America
Hobbies are Fine Arts (Watercolor and Acrylic painting), Travel, Music, and two canine companions.
References available upon request.
