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Colleen M. Faddick

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Colleen Faddick's practice includes advising clients regarding the structure of and relationships among health care providers and entities within the complex federal and state regulatory environment. Colleen focuses on Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and enrollment issues and appeals, fraud and abuse and self-referral law issues, licensing and certification of health care entities, clinical trial compliance and agreements for sponsors and providers, medical device payment and manufacturer relationships with physicians. Colleen works with hospitals, large physician groups, dialysis suppliers, medical device companies, pharmacies, clinical laboratories, DME companies and other health care entities.

Memberships and Affiliations

  • American Health Lawyers Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Health Care Compliance Association
  • Texas Bar Association
  • Healthcare Financial Management Association, Colorado Chapter

Distinctions

  • Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2010-2013, Health Care Law
  • Outstanding Young Healthcare Lawyers, Nightingale's Healthcare News, 2005

Experience

  • 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 courts
  • Developing clinical trial compliance programs for hospitals and other research sites relative to agreements with sponsors, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and billing and IRB requirements
  • Assisting dialysis companies with complex Medicare enrollment, CHOW, payment and other issues
  • 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
  • Ms. Faddick 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

Publications & Presentations

January 20, 2012