Jennifer L. Colagiovanni - Royal Oak, MI

Overview

Education

• Legal Education

  • Wayne State University Law School, Detroit, Michigan, 2008
    J.D.
    Honors: cum laude
    Honors: Silver Key Certificate
    Honors: Daniel V. Iannotti Scholarship Recipient
    Honors: Moot Court Law Day Competition Champion
    Honors: Order of the Coif
    Honors: Assistant Dean of Student Affairs

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2004
    B.A.
    Honors: Graduated with Distinction
    Honors: Phi Alpha Theta (National History Honors Society)
    Honors: University Honors
    Major: History

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• Law Offices of Fehn, Partner
• Robichaud & Colagiovanni, PLLC, Partner

Classes and Seminars

• Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Staff Attorney

Pro Bono Activities

• Women Lawyers Association of Michigan, Member
• Health Law Institute, Lead Content Developer
• Mindfulness in Law Society’s Michigan Chapter, Founding Member

Published Works

Articles

• CMS Moves Forward with Prior Authorization of Power Mobility Devices Demonstration Program, The RAC Monitor, February, 2012
  
• Increased Audit Scrutiny Aimed at Skill Nursing Facilities, The RAC Monitor, February, 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
  
• Impact of an Untimely Hospice Face-to-Face Encounter: An Update, The RAC Monitor, November, 2011
  
• Landscape of Medicare and Medicaid Contractors, The RAC Monitor, October, 2011
• Using Data Mining as a Component of Audit Defense, The RAC Monitor, September, 2011
• Comparative Billing Reports: What Providers Should Know, The RAC Monitor, August, 2011
• The Time is Now to Heed New Face to Face Requirements for Home Health and Hospice, Michigan Medical Law Report, Summer, 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
• 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
• New Audit Risks for Home Health Agencies: Face to Face Certification Requirements (Co-Author), The RAC Monitor, March 14, 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), The RAC Monitor, February 17, 2011
• Prepare for Increased RAC Activity in 2011 (Co-Author), Wachler & Associates, The RAC Monitor, December 7, 2010
• Skilled Nursing Facilities: Current Audit Issues and Potential Vulnerabilities (Co-Author), Wachler & Associates, P.C., The RAC Monitor, November 17, 2010
• Providers Should be Aware of New Signature Requirements in Effect (Co-Author), Wachler & Associates, P.C., The RAC Monitor, August, 2010
• Challenges to Statistical Extrapolation in the Evolving Audit Landscape (Co-Author), Wachler & Associates, P.C., The RAC Monitor, May, 2010
• CMS Changes Rules Regarding Use of 'Consignment Closets', by Amy Fehn & Jennifer Colagiovanni, The Michigan Medical Law Report, Vol. 5, No. 3, Fall, 2009
• Chapter 2: Compliance Within the Auditing Landscape 2011 Health Law and Compliance Update, Aspen Publishers: Wolters Kluwen Law & Business (expected publication date November 2010)
• Complex Medical Necessity Reviews Underway: What Does the Past Tell Us? Amy K. Fehn, Esq. and Jennifer Colagiovanni, Esq., The RAC Monitor, October, 2010

Bar Admissions

• Michigan, 2008
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan, 2008

Other Affiliations

• State Bar of Michigan’s Health Care Law Section (Member)