Colleen Faddick serves as co-chair of the firm's Health Care Operations practice - a role devoted to enhancing the firm’s national practice and depth of expertise to serve our clients.

Colleen’s practice focuses on Medicare, Medicaid and other payer reimbursement and regulatory issues. Colleen understands that government and private reimbursement is unnecessarily complicated but of paramount importance for health care providers to promote clinical excellence and prosper. Colleen strives to master the regulatory nuances that impact the structure of relationships among, and the operations of, health care providers.

Colleen’s reimbursement practice focuses on:

  • Medicare and Medicaid coverage and payment issues:
    • Billing compliance
    • Potential overpayment analyses
    • Cost reporting issues and administrative/federal appeals (DSH, bad debt, quality reporting payment reductions, GME/IME, etc.)
    • Provider-based compliance and payment
    • Medicare secondary payer and coordination of benefits issues
  • Provider and supplier state licensure and appeals
  • Provider and supplier survey, certification and enrollment issues, including appeals
  • Fraud and abuse and self-referral law issues

Colleen works with hospitals, large physician groups, dialysis suppliers, medical device companies, pharmacies, clinical laboratories, DME companies, and other health care entities.

Education

  • University of Houston Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1995)
    • University of Colorado Boulder (B.A., 1989)

      Bar Admission

      • Colorado
      • Texas

      Court Admissions

      • U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
      • U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota
      • U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
      • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

      Professional Affiliations

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

      Recognition

      • Named to 5280 Magazine’s “Denver’s Top Lawyers” list for Health Law, 2021, 2024-2026
      • Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® for Health Care Law, 2010-2026
      • Barrister's Best People's Choice Award for "Best Health Care Lawyer," 2014
      • Outstanding Young Healthcare Lawyers, Nightingale's Healthcare News, 2005
      Publications
      Mandatory Provider-Based Attestations Make a Comeback
      After a nearly 24-year hiatus from the mandatory provider-based attestation requirement, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 (Act, signed into law on Feb. 3, 2026), mandates (again) that hospitals file attestations of compliance with the provider-based regulations for all off-campus provider-based locations. Attestations must be filed before Jan. 1, 2028, with more specific timing to be further defined by CMS. Failure to do so by that date will result in payment reduction under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS). Key Takeaways Hospitals must file attestations for all off-campus provider-based locations pursuant to either (a) the existing attestation regulations at 42 C.F.R. § 413.65(b)(3) or (b) new regulations that CMS must establish under the Act. All initial attestations must be filed within the
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      2026 Health Care Reimbursement Newsletter
      2026 is shaping up to be a pivotal year for health care reimbursement. From major CMS payment rules to evolving disclosure requirements, AI scrutiny, and mounting pressure on providers across the care continuum, the 2026 Health Care Reimbursement Newsletter highlights the developments you need to understand now to stay ahead. In this issue: 2025 Wrap-Up: Key CMS Enrollment Changes and Disclosure Developments What Hospitals & ASCs Need to Know About the 2026 Outpatient Prospective Payment and ASC Final Rule Durable Medical Equipment Update 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule Highlights Forecasting Medicaid Challenges for Providers in 2026 Rural Health Providers Face a Tough Financial Road in 2026 – Will the Rural Health Transformation Program Save Them? Medicare Advantage Reimbursement Implications from the 2027 Proposed Rule Looking Ahead to 2026: CMS
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