Andrew B. Wachler - Royal Oak, MI

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan, 1978
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1974
    B.G.S.
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: William Branstrom Award

Current Employment Position(s)

• Managing Partner

Classes and Seminars

• The Current Landscape of Medicaid and Medicare Contractors, Healthcare Financial Management Association in St. Louis, MO, January 19, 2012
  
• The Changing Audit Landscape: MICs, MACs, RACs and ZPICs, NAHC Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NV, October 3, 2011
  
• MICs, MACs & RACs: Strategies for Success, HCAM & MCAL Annual Convention & Expo in Mt. Pleasant, MI, October 2, 2011
  
• The New Audit Landscape: MICs, MACs, RACs and the Impact on Physician-owned Hospitals, Physician Hospitals of America (PHA) Annual Conference in Keystone, CO, September 22, 2011
  
• MICs, MACs and RACs: Emerging Issues and Appeal Strategies, American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living Annual Convention & Expo in Las Vegas, NV, September 19, 2011
  
• Strategic Approaches to Challenging Inpatient-Outpatient Denials at the ALJ Hearing, AHA Webinar, August 24, 2011
  
• Strategic Approaches to Challenging Inpatient-Outpatient Denials at the ALJ Hearing, RAC Monitor Webinar, June 28, 2011
  
• RACs, ZPICs, and More - The Latest Improper Payment Initiatives for Governing Audits, MGMA Webinar regarding Recent Improper Payment Initiatives, May 12, 2011
  
• Preparing for and Surviving a Third Party Payor Audit, Indiana Medical Society in Merrillville, IN, April 27, 2011
  
• The New Landscape of Audits: MICs, MACs, RACs and ZPICs, HCCA’s 15th Annual Compliance Institute, April 13, 2011
  
• "What You Can Do When a Payor Doesn’t Reimburse Your Claim & Addressing BCBSM Physician Office Infusion Therapy Audits", Michigan Society of Hematology and Oncology, April 12, 2011
  
• The Changing Audit Landscape: Medicare, Medicaid & Third Party Payors, Michigan Medical Group Management Association’s Spring Conference, March 24, 2011
  
• Medicaid RAC Appeals – Similarities and Differences with Medicare RAC Requirements and Processes, 5th Annual RAC Summit, March 9, 2011 - March 11, 2011
  
• Full Steam Ahead: Latest Developments in Medicare and Medicaid, American Bar Association’s (ABA) Emerging Issues Conference, with James G. Sheehan, Office of the New York State Medicaid Inspector General, February 23, 2011 - February 25, 2011
  
• Medicare and Medicaid Audits: A Year in Review, American Health Lawyers Association’s (AHLA) Hospital and Health Systems Law Institute, February 9, 2011 - February 11, 2011
  
• Legal Update with Kathleen Houston Drummy, Esq. and Ryan D. Meade, Esq., 4th National Medicare RAC Summit, September 14, 2010
  
• Anatomy of an Appeal, 4th National Medicare RAC Summit, September 13, 2010
  
• How to Defend, Repay or Self-Disclose Issues that may be Identified in the Expanding Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Program, Physician Advisors Congress, July 19, 2010 - July 20, 2010
  
• Diagnostic Imaging - A Comprehensive Approach: Anti-Markup Payment Limitations, IDTF Rules and Their Interplay with Stark and Fraud and Abuse Laws with Lisa Ohrin, former Stark Regulator, Radiology Business Management Association's (RBMA) Radiology Summit, May 24, 2010 - Present
  
• Diagnostic Imaging - Stark and Fraud and Abuse Laws Affecting Diagnostic Imaging Facilities, Radiology Business Management Association's (RBMA) Radiology Summit, May 24, 2010 - Present
  
• How to Never Report Any Accidental Disclosures of Private Health Information (Legally) and Other Tales of HIPAA Compliance, Ambulatory Surgery Center Association's Annual Meeting, May 21, 2010 - Present
  
• Understanding CMS's Recent Program Integrity Initiatives: RACs, MACs, MICs and ZPICs with Kimberly Brandt, Director of Medicare Integrity Group and Angela Brice-Smith, Director of the Medicaid Integrity Group, AHLA Webinar, May 19, 2010 - Present
  
• RAC Preparation & Successful Appeals," Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA): 14th Annual Compliance Institute, with Susan Emanuel, System RAC Coordinator, Catholic Healthcare West, April 18, 2010 - April 21, 2010
  
• The New Audit Landscape: MICs, MACs and RACs, American Bar Association (ABA) Teleconference, with James Sheehan, New York Medicaid Inspector General, April 7, 2010
  
• Medicare Claims Appeals Advanced Workshop, American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA): Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues, with James P. Kelly and Lester Perling, March 24, 2010 - March 26, 2010
  
• The New Audit Landscape: MICs, MACs & RACs, American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) Physicians and Physician Organizations and Hospitals and Health Systems Law Institutes, February 25, 2010
  
• RAC Audits: Latest Developments, Successful Appeal Strategies for DMEPOS Providers, and Emerging Issues, American Association of Homecare (Teleconference), February 22, 2010
  
• Medicare & Medicaid Contractors: Inside Out, American Bar Association (ABA) - Emerging Issues in Health Care Law, February 18, 2010
  
• Medicare & Medicaid Contractors: Inside Out, American Bar Association, Co-Speaker, James Sheehan New York Medicaid Inspector General, February 18, 2010
  
• The New Audit Landscape: MICs, MACs & RACs, American Health Law Association (AHLA) - Legal Issues Affecting Academic Medical Centers, January 21, 2010 - January 22, 2010
  
• The New Audit Landscape: MICs, MACs & RACs, Other Teaching Institutions, January 21, 2010 - January 22, 2010
  
• RAC and Medicare Audits, Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA), November 17, 2009
  
• A Comprehensive Approach: The Interplay of Stark Law and the Anti-Markup and IDTF Provisions on Diagnostic Imaging Facilities," co-speaker with Lisa Ohrin, Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA), October 28, 2009
  
• Current Legal Issues for Hospices, National Hospice Work Group, October 23, 2009
  
• RACs and Medicare Audits: Compliance Tips and Successful Appeals Strategies, National Association of Homecare & Hospice (NAHC), October 13, 2009
  
• Latest Developments Related to the Nationwide Expansion of the Recovery Audit Contractors, Michigan Bar Association Health Law Section, September 24, 2009
  
• Recovery Audit Contractors: An Overview of Current Legal and Appeal Strategies, American Society of Medicare Association Counsel (ASMAC), September 18, 2009
  
• Building a RAC Shield: Best Practices in Preparedness & Case Studies of Success." Co-Presented with Susan Bihler, Director of Utilization Management at Florida Hospital, The 4th Annual Hospital and Health System Financial Management Congress, September 23, 2009
  
• Recovery Audit Contractors and Medicare Audits: Compliance Tips and Successful Appeals Strategies, Indiana Association for Home & Hospice Care, May 19, 2009 - May 21, 2009
  
• Latest Developments in Stark and Anti-Markup for Billing Companies, Healthcare Billing and Management Association, May 8, 2009
  
• Recovery Audit Contractors and Medicare Audits, 2009 Spring Educational Conference of the Healthcare Billing and Management Association (HBMA), May 6, 2009 - May 8, 2009
  
• RAC Audit Appeals Strategies and Defenses for Overturning Hospital RAC Denials, National Healthcare Compliance Audioconference, May 5, 2009
  
• Ready or Not, Here They Come! Preparing for and Defending RAC Audits, 2009 Annual Meeting of the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA), April 26, 2009 - April 29, 2009
  
• The Basics: How the RAC Appeals Process Works, National Medicare RAC Summit, March 5, 2009 - March 6, 2009
  
• Recovery Audit Contractors and Medicare Audits, 2009 American Bar Association (ABA) Emerging Issues Conference, February 18, 2009 - February 19, 2009
  
• Managing the Recovery Audit Contractor Review Process, World Research Group, December 8, 2008 - December 9, 2008
  
• Recovery Audit Contractors: Past, Present and the Future (with Melanie Combs-Dyer, senior technical adviser for CMS' division of recovery audit operations), 2008 American Bar Association (ABA) Health Care Law Section Washington Summit, November 17, 2008 - November 18, 2008
  
• Recovery Audit Contractors & Medicare Audits: Successful Appeals Strategies and Compliance Tips, 2008 Annual Meeting of the National Association of Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), October 11, 2008 - October 15, 2008
  
• Diagnostic Imaging Services: Latest Developments in the Stark Law and Anti-Markup Provisions, 2008 Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) Annual Meeting, September 4, 2008 - September 6, 2008
  
• New Developments in Medicare Audits Recovery Audit Contractors Defense and Compliance Strategies, 2008 Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA) Annual Meeting, September 4, 2008 - September 6, 2008
  
• Stark Perspectives: Self Referral Provisions in the 2009 IPPS Final Rulemaking, ABA, Teleconference, August 28, 2008
  
• A Stark Reality: New Rules We Need to Know, AHLA, Teleconference, August 14, 2008 - August 21, 2008
  
• Recovery Audit Contractors: Everything you wanted to know about RACs but were afraid to ask (with Melanie Combs-Dyer), ABA Health Law Section, Teleconference, August 13, 2008
  
• The Medicare Appeals Process and Strategies for Successful Appeals, Michigan Home Health Association (MHHA), May 14, 2008
  
• Recovery Audit Contractors and Medicare Audits, 2008 Radiology Summit of Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA), May 4, 2008 - May 7, 2008
  
• Medicare Claims Appeals Advanced Workshop, AHLA Institute on Medicare and Medicaid Payment Issues, April 9, 2008 - April 11, 2008
  
• What's a Doc to Do? Stark II Phase III and Anti-Markup Rules: The Impact on Physician Relationships and Ventures, American Bar Association Health Law Section, February 6, 2008
  
• Stark Primer - Part II, Physician's Perspective, Michigan Bar Association, Health Care Law Section, January 31, 2008
  
• The Medicare Appeals Process, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, 2007
  
• The Medicare Appeals Process, American Health Lawyers Association 2007 Annual Physicians and Physicians Organizations Law Institute, 2007
  
• New Developments in Third Party Payor Audits, 2007 Radiology Summit of Radiology Business Management Association (RBMA), 2007
  
• The Medicare Appeals Process, Annual Meeting of the Michigan Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, 2007
  
• The New Medicare Appeals Process, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, November 11, 2006 - November 24, 2006
  
• The New Medicare Appeals Process, Annual Meeting of the Health Care Compliance Association, October 1, 2006 - October 3, 2006
  
• The New Medicare Appeals Process and Strategic Approaches to Medicare Audits, American Health Lawyers Association Annual Physicians and Physicians Organizations Law Institute, August 2, 2006 - September 2, 2006
  
• Key Legal Compliance Issues Facing Skilled Nursing Facilities, Healthcare Association of Michigan (HCAM), 2006
  
• Healthcare Legal Issues that Impact Radiology Practices, American Healthcare Radiology Administrators, 2006
  
• The New Medicare Appeals Process and Strategies for Successful Appeals, American Bar Association Health Law Section, 2006
  
• The New Medicare Appeals Process, Associated Professional Sleep Societies, 2006
  
• The New Medicare Appeals Process and Strategies for Successful Appeals, Michigan Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, 2006
  
• Out of Network Billing: What Your ASC Needs to Know, Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association FASA 2006, 2006
  
• The New Medicare Appeals Process, Michigan Podiatric Association, 2006
  
• HIPAA Update, American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Annual Meeting, January 10, 2005
  
• Stark II and Fraud and Abuse: Basic Business Considerations and Recent Developments, Healthcare Conference through the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, January 4, 2005
  
• HIPAA Security: How to Effectively Work With Attorneys and Consultants, Tenth National HIPAA Summit, January 4, 2005
  
• HIPAA Security Basics: Collaboration Between Attorneys and Consultants, Ninth National HIPAA Summit, January 11, 2004
  
• HIPAA Security Workshop for ASCs, Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association's 2004 Annual Meeting, January 5, 2004
  
• Compliance with Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Laws, 2004 Healthcare Conference through the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants, January 4, 2004
  
• Explaining Compliance to Physician Clients, 10th Annual Michigan Health Law Conference Sponsored by ICLE, January 4, 2004
  
• Fraud and Abuse Update 1998/99, Medicare and Medicaid: Enforcement, Compliance and the Transition to Managed Care in Michigan, Lorman Education Services, 1999 - 2000
  
• Voluntary Disclosure Issues 2000, Medicare and Medicaid: Enforcement, Compliance and the Transition to Managed Care in Michigan, Lorman Education Services, 1999 - 2000

Pro Bono Activities

• ABA Health Law Section, Editorial Board
• ABA Health Law Section Payment and Reimbursement Interest Group, Vice Chair
• ABA Health Law Section Healthcare Policy Task Force, Vice Chair
• ABA Health Law Section Health Law and Policy Coordinating Committee, Vice Chair
• Medical Group Management Association

Published Works

Articles

• What You Need to Know: Inpatient Denials and Part A/Part B Reimbursement, The RAC Monitor, January, 2012
  
• CMS Launches New Demonstration Programs, ABA Health eSource, January, 2012
  
• Increased Spending Will Bring Heightened Scrutiny to Laboratory Billing Practices, Advance for Medical Laboratory Professionals, January, 2012
  
• Another Round of Contractors: The Medicaid RAC Final Rule, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, December, 2011
  
• CMS Demonstration Program for Part A to Part B Rebilling, Pre-Payment Review Come with Significant Implications for Hospitals and Other Providers Undergoing RAC Audits, The RAC Monitor, November, 2011
  
• Landscape of Medicare and Medicaid Contractors, The RAC Monitor, October, 2011
• Challenging the Denials of Short-Stay Inpatient Hospital Claims, Michigan Medical Law Report, Fall, 2011
• Using Data Mining as a Component of Audit Defense, The RAC Monitor, September, 2011
• Audit Impact: Expanded Liability for Overpayments, The RAC Monitor, July, 2011
• Weathering a Medicare Audit: Overview of the Medicare Appeals Process, MGIS Talking Points Newsletter, Vol.2 No. 3, June, 2011
• The New Consumer Appeals Process, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, June, 2011
• Contractor Involvement in the Medicare Appeals Process, The RAC Monitor, June, 2011
• One Year Later The Impact of Health Care Reform on Health Care Provider Audits and Compliance Programs, Michigan Bar Journal, June, 2011
• Providers Need to Be Aware of Key Hospice Risk Areas (Co-Author), Wachler & Associates, P.C., The RAC Monitor, March 1, 2011
• The Impact of Mandatory Compliance Programs on Reimbursement for Skilled Nursing Facilities (Co-Author), Wachler & Associates, P.C., The RAC Monitor, February 15, 2011
• Prepare for Increased RAC Activity for 2011 (Co-Author), Wachler & Associates, P.C., The RAC Monitor, December 7, 2010
• Expand Reporting Requirements for State Licensing Authorities (Co-Author), Michigan Medical Law Report, Fall, 2010
• Targeting Fraud ad Abuse in the Health Care Reform Era (Co-Author), Michigan Medical Law Report, Summer, 2010
• Waiver of Liability and Compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's Additional Documentation Requirements (Co-Author), Wachler & Associates, P.C., The RAC Monitor, July, 2010
• Success During the Discussion Period (Co-Author), Wachler & Associates, P.C., The RAC Monitor, June, 2010
• Challenges to Statistical Extrapolation in the Evolving Audit Landscape (Co-Author), Wachler & Associates, P.C., The RAC Monitor, May, 2010
• New CMS Coverage Policy for Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility Services: Are You Prepared for the Changes? (Co-Author), Michigan Medical Law Report, Spring, 2010
• Changes to Stark - Are you still in compliance? (Co-Author), Michigan Medical Law Report, Vol. 5, No. 4, Winter, 2010
• Fraud and Abuse in the Health Care Reform Era, Andrew Wachler, Esq. and Alicia Chandler, Esq., Wachler & Associates P.C., Michigan Medical Law Report, Summer, 2010
• The HITECH Breach Notification Rules: Understanding the New Obligations, The HITECH Breach Notification Rules: Understanding the New Obligations (Co-Author), The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, October, 2009
• Risks and Costs You Can't Afford to Ignore: Stark Law Basics and Anti-Markup Rules, Andrew B. Wachler, Healthcare Billing & Management Association, Vol. 15, Issue 5, September-October, 2009
• FERA Gives Health Care Fraud Enforcement a Boost, Andrew Wachler & Amy Fehn, Michigan Medical Law Report, Vol. 5, No. 3, Fall, 2009
• Medicaid Integrity Program: Full Steam Ahead, The Health Lawyer, ABA Health Law Section, August, 2009
• The 2009 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: The Anti-Markup Rule and IDTF Developments Impacting Diagnostic Testing Services, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, Vol. 21, No. 3, February, 2009
• Get Ready -- Recovery Audit Contractors Are Coming to Michigan, Michigan Medical Law Report, Vol. 4, No. 4, Winter, 2009
• RAC to the Future: What Can Medicare Providers and Suppliers Expect from the Recovery Audit Contractor Program?, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, Vol. 21, No. 2, December, 2008
• The RACs Are Coming - Are You Ready?, The RAP Sheet, American Health Lawyers Association, December, 2008
• Recovery Audit Contractors and Medicare Audits: Successful Strategies for Defending Audits, Caring, National Association of Home Care and Hospice, November, 2008
• CMS Finalizes Major Stark Changes - New Physician Self-Referral Rules in the 2009 IPPS Final Rulemaking Will Require Restructuring of Many Common Healthcare Arrangements, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, October, 2008
• Recovery Audit Contractors and Medicare Audits: Successful Strategies for Preparing for and Defending Audits, Journal of Health Care Compliance, September-October, 2008
• New Stark rules: Yet more arrangements to be restructured, Michigan Medical Law Report, Vol. 4, No. 3, Fall, 2008
• 2008 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Despite Non-Finalization of Stark Proposals, Final Rule Contains Major Implications for Diagnostic Testing Arrangements, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, February, 2008
• Medicare's anti-markup rule partially delayed until 2009, Michigan Medical Law Report, Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring, 2008
• Stark II Phase III: The Current Stark Reality, Oakland County Bar Association, Laches, January, 2008
• 2008 Medicare physician fee schedule: Final rule has far reaching implications for physician practices providing diagnostic testing, Michigan Medical Law Report, Vol. 3, No. 4, Winter, 2008
• Stark II Phase III - The Full Picture, Special Edition: The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, September, 2007
• Get Ready: RACs may be nationwide sooner than expected!, HCCA Compliance Today, Vol. 9, No. 10, October, 2007
• Get ready for increased nationwide Medicare audit activity, Michigan Medical Law Report, Vol. 3, No. 3, Fall, 2007
• Final phase of Stark regulations finally here - but it may not really be over, Michigan Medical Law Report, Vol. 3, No. 3, Fall, 2007
• Stark Reality: What Every Physician Should Know!, Michigan Medical Law Report, Vol. 3, No. 2, Summer, 2007
• DMC/WSU joint residency programs: Progress made, but work remains, Michigan Medical Law Report, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring, 2007
• The Medicare Appeals Process and Strategies for Successful Appeals, American Health Lawyers Association, Physician Organizations, Vol. 10, Issue 1, Winter, 2007
• Physician-ownership in ambulatory surgery centers, Michigan Medical Law Report, Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer, 2006
• The Michigan Social Security Number Privacy Act, new whistleblower provisions of the Michigan Medicaid False Claims Act and more, Michigan Medical Law Report, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring, 2006
• Physician compensation: What's legal?, Michigan Medical Law Report, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring, 2006
• The New Medicare Part A and Part B Appeals Process, Health Law Handbook 2006, Part I, Chapter I, 2006
• Stark and Anti-Kickback Protection for E-Prescribing and Electronic Health Records, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, Vol. 18, No. 2, December, 2005
• Does Your Practice Qualify as a Group Practice Under Stark?, Michigan Medical Law Report, Fall, 2005
• Compliance Auditing: Three Key Issues That Every Physician Should Consider, Michigan Medical Law Report, Fall, 2005
• The New Medicare Appeals Process, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, Vol. 17, No. 3, June, 2005
• Billing: Three key compliance tips that every physician should implement, Michigan Medical Law Report, Vol. 1, No. 4, pg. 5, 10, Winter, 2005
• STARK ll PHASE ll is Here - Have you Analyzed Your Healthcare Clients' Financial Relationships, Laches, July, 2004
• Third-Party Payor Audits: Impact on Physician and Healthcare Provider Clients, Laches, July, 2004
• The Phase ll Final Stark Regulations Are Here - Are You Ready?, Pulse, July 16, 2004
• STARK ll PHASE ll - THE FINAL VOYAGE, Special Edition: The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, April, 2004
• The Phase ll Final Start Regulations Are Here - Are You Ready, Detroit Medical News, April 12, 2004
• Final HIPAA Security Rule Allows Greater Flexibility, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, April, 2003
• Medicare Appeal and Recovery Reforms under the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, March, 2004
• Recognizing and Reducing Risks: HIPAA Privacy and Security Enforcement, Michigan Health and Hospitals, November/December, 2003
• HIPAA Privacy and Security Enforcement: Assessing and Reducing Risks, Health Lawyers Weekly, September 25, 2003
• Clearing the Final HIPAA Hurdle: Preparing for compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule, Michigan Health and Hospitals, July/August, 2003
• Finalization of Rule Removes Uncertainty, Michigan Health and Hospitals, November/December, 2002
• Recent Stark ll Changes Apply to Home Care Physicians, Health Care Weekly Review, February 6, 2002
• Congress Extends Compliance Deadline for Electronic Standard Transactions Rule: Providers Must Submit Compliance Plan, Health Care Weekly Review, January 6, 2002
• A Stark ll Primer: The Impact of the Federal Physician Self-Referral Ban on Health Care Providers' Business Relationships, Laches, January, 2002
• Stark ll Deadline Rapidly Approaching, Health Care Weekly Review, December 5, 2001
• Setting the Standard, Michigan Health and Hospitals, November/December, 2001
• OIG Issues First Opinion on Hospital-Physician Safe Harbor, FASA Update: Journal of the Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association, November/December, 2001
• Phase l of the Stark ll Final Rule, Michigan Health and Hospitals, July/August, 2001
• Complex Privacy Regulations Have Far Reaching Impact, Michigan Health and Hospitals, July/August, 2001
• Stark ll Final Rule - Phase l: A Kinder Gentler Stark?, Special Edition: The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, January, 2001
• OIG Softens its Overall Approach in Releasing the Final Compliance Guidance for Individual and Small Group Physician Practices, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, October, 2000
• Final Rule Implements Standards for Electronic Health Care Transactions, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, October, 2000
• Issues Draft Compliance Guidance for Individual and Small Group Physician Practices, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, June, 2000
• OIG Issues Draft Compliance Guidance for Individual and Small Group Physician Practices, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, June, 2000
• Continuing Education is Key to Compliance, Anesthesia News, November, 1999
• Issues Compliance Guidances for the Hospice Industry and Medicare+Choice Organizations, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, October, 1999
• New Guidance in Place, Michigan Health & Hospitals, March/April, 1999
• OIG Issues Guidelines for Billing Company Compliance Programs, Healthcare Business, March, 1999
• Issues New Voluntary Disclosure Protocol, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, November, 1998
• Stark ll Proposed Regulations: Impacting Group Practices and Physician Employers, Michigan Health & Hospitals, May/June, 1998
• Corporate Compliance Programs: A Practical Approach, Michigan Home Health Association News, March/April, 1998
• Home Health Moratorium Lifted, Surety Bonds Are Now Required, Health Care Weekly Review, February 11, 1998
• Stark II Proposed Regulations: Rule Offers Additional Guidance While Regulators Seek More Input From Health Care Community, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, January, 1998
• Advisory Opinion Regulations Will Discourage Many Potential Requestors, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, Spring, 1997
• Physician Incentive Plan Regulations: Implications For Managed Care Organizations and Providers, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, Spring, 1996
• Federal Fraud and Abuse Laws Strengthened But Stark-Self-Referral Prohibitions Untouched, The Health Lawyer, The ABA Health Law Section, Winter, 1996
• HIPAA Privacy Workbook and Toolkit, United Communications Group, Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association
• HIPAA Security Workbook and Toolkit, United Communications Group, Federated Ambulatory Surgery Association
• Chapter 2: Compliance Within the Auditing Landscape, 2011 Health Law and Compliance Update, Aspen Publishers: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business (expected publication date November 2010).

Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 1978
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 1978

Other Affiliations

• Michigan Bar Association (Member)
• Oakland County Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• American Health Lawyers Association (Member)