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Colleen Faddick joined Faegre & Benson in 2001, following more than five years of health law practice in Texas. Colleen’s practice includes advising clients regarding the structure of hospital, physician and other health care relationships with the special federal and state regulatory environment, fraud and abuse and self-referral law issues, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement issues and appeals, managed care contracting and certification, compliance plans and physician contracting. Examples of Colleen’s health care experience include: Advising medical device manufacturers and suppliers in sales and marketing operations, relationships with referral sources, product pricing Representing medical device manufacturers and other healthcare providers in connection with criminal and civil investigations under federal fraud and abuse laws and regulations Assisting various health care provider entities and medical device manufacturers and suppliers in development and implementation of corporation compliance plans including plan design, risk assessments, internal reviews, self-audits, voluntary disclosures and repayments to governmental and private health programs Advising health care providers with respect to Medicare reimbursement issues (Parts A and B) and Medicaid reimbursement Advising various health care provider entities and physician groups in structuring business arrangements and physician compensation in conformity with fraud and abuse laws Representing various hospitals in the Medicare reimbursement appeals before the Provider Reimbursement Review Board (PRRB) and federal courtsAdvising health care providers regarding the maintenance of electronic medical records and privacy of health information under HIPAA Colleen is a frequent speaker to national audiences on topics including compliance issues for medical device manufacturers, structuring relationships between health care providers under the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law, and Medicare billing and reimbursement issues. | 