Carol Findling is a Manatt Health attorney. Carol handles a wide variety of federal and state regulatory issues and transactional matters for clients in the healthcare industry, including hospitals and health systems, physician organizations and trade associations. In particular, she focuses on counseling clients regarding compliance with HIPAA and state privacy law, analyzing regulatory issues such as fee-splitting and referral source arrangements, and providing due diligence review of physician contracts and referral source agreements. She also advises clients about Office of Inspector General (OIG) self-disclosure protocols, change of ownership requirements with respect to licensure and certifications, and assists with issues arising in the course of licensure, Medicare and Medicaid enrollment processes.

Carol’s experience includes advising and assisting hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and physician practices with regard to federal and state fraud and abuse prohibitions, HIPAA and state privacy law, Stark law and the anti-kickback statute, corporate practice of medicine restrictions and reimbursement disputes. She has also liaised with the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) in the course of alleged privacy violation investigations.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP.

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