Preparing for the End of the Public Health Emergency: Stark, HIPAA, Medicare, and Other Regulatory Compliance

Mr. Hindman focuses his practice on healthcare regulatory, data privacy, cybersecurity, corporate, and transactional matters. He represents physicians and other healthcare providers and organizations in structuring group practices, joint ventures, medical device companies, as well as physician/hospital alignment strategies and involvement in accountable care organizations (ACOs). He also assits healthcare providers and businesses with potential compliance challenges, including compliance with the Stark physician self-referral law, federal and state anti-kickback laws, and corporate practice and fee-splitting restrictions.

Mr. Frost draws on more than 20 years of experience as in-house counsel to advise clients on healthcare regulatory matters, hospital operations, and medical staff issues. He serves as a trusted advisor to healthcare clients on legal and regulatory matters including complex commercial transactions, mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiations, employment issues, physician litigation, and access to electronic health records. Mr. Frost’s experience includes advising medical staffs, medical groups, and hospitals on a full range of credentialing, privileging, peer review, and quality assurance topics, as well as assisting hospital administration with governmental investigations, fraud and abuse claims, agency complaints and medical staff hearings. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Frost served as Deputy General Counsel at an integrated health network with 24 acute care hospitals and more than 200 clinics across Northern California.

Mr. Loughran monitors federal and state policy developments coming out of CMS, OIG, HHS, FDA and other federal and state agencies. He focuses primarily on federal and state health laws and regulations; Medicare and Medicaid payment systems; healthcare fraud & abuse litigation and enforcement; healthcare transaction regulation; and pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution regulation, helping healthcare and life sciences clients understand and implement changes in health care policy. In addition, Mr. Loughran is the editor of Reed Smith's "Health Industry Washington Watch" blog, which offers ongoing reporting of legislative and regulatory developments affecting Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, fraud and abuse developments and other health care regulatory changes. He also is a frequent author of articles and analyses regarding federal health policy.