Janet focuses her practice in the area of health care law, including long-term care survey and certification, state and federal regulation, physician and nurse practice, and fraud and abuse involving hospitals, suppliers, insurers and physicians. She retains active licenses as a registered nurse and a nursing home administrator and has extensive health care experience.
Janet is a member of the editorial advisory board of Caring for the Ages, a monthly newspaper for long term care practitioners. She has been a frequent speaker on health law related topics, particularly in the area of long term care. Janet is also a co-author of the Post-Acute Care Handbook: Regulatory, Risk & Compliance Issues, 2015, published by the American Health Lawyers Association.
Representative Experience
- Represented U.S. Healthvest in connection with the acquisitions of Lake Behavioral, Smokey Point and Silver Oaks, all psychiatric hospitals.
- Represented a skilled nursing facility certified for medicare and medicaid in regulatory matter resulting from the social media disclosure of an individual's private health information resulting in a regulatory investigation
- Represented a skilled nursing facility in an appeal of proposal to revoke nursing home license by the Ohio Department of Health and other regulatory matter related to Medicare and Medicaid decertification.
- Represented a hospice organization in an audit by governmental agencies which included medical record review and data analysis. Represented provider in defense of the audit results through assistance with redetermination
- Assisted a nursing facility in the development of a plan of correction for multiple citations including immediate jeopardy and substandard care.
- Represented a skilled nursing facility in an appeal of civil money penalties for alleged Medicare and Medicaid noncompliance that resulted in the withdrawal of a penalty in excess of $500,000.
- Assisted a nursing facility in an informal dispute resolution proceeds that resulted in the deletion of an immediate jeopardy citation.
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