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Ann first joined Faegre & Benson in 1989. After serving as associate general counsel for HealthONE, a hospital system in Colorado from 1992 through 1995, she rejoined Faegre & Benson in 1996. Ann currently heads Faegre & Benson's health care/nonprofit organizations practice. Ann's extensive experience includes the representation of hospitals, physician group practices, ambulatory surgery centers and health care networks in a broad variety of operational, regulatory and litigation matters.
Examples of Ann's health care experience include:
Drafting and negotiating a variety of health care contracts, joint ventures and acquisitions involving compliance with laws governing physician self-referrals (commonly referred to as the "Stark" law) and anti-kickback safe harbors
Advising health care organizations regarding medical staff credentialing, peer review, antitrust and other provider relationship matters
Advising nonprofit tax-exempt health care organizations regarding IRS constraints on joint ventures, physician recruitment, physician practice acquisitions, physician compensation and other private inurement and intermediate sanctions matters
Advising and representing hospitals and their medical staffs in anti-patient dumping matters, known as "EMTALA"
Advising health care organizations, employers and other entities concerning privacy of health information, including the federal privacy law known as "HIPAA"
Development and operation of integrated specialty and multi-specialty provider networks, including antitrust counseling
Advising health care facilities and individual providers on licensure matters
Preparing corporate governance documents, policies and procedures for the implementation and ongoing operation of health care organizations
Advising health care entities on regulatory compliance activities, including policy development, auditing, and internal investigations
Advising health care providers on reimbursement matters, including Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, managed care contracting and compensation strategies
Advising health care providers on legal issues concerning informed consent, refusal of treatment, right to die, patient confidentiality and other patient care related matters
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