Robert W. Liles
Robert W. Liles has worked in regulatory compliance as a Federal prosecutor and as defense counsel, for more than 25 years. This has provided a unique perspective on the challenges faced by clients in highly regulated industries such as health care, banking and finance. Mr. Liles focuses his practice on fraud defense, internal audits, investigations, compliance and regulatory matters. He has represented both individuals and entities in administrative, civil and criminal proceedings.
Jennifer Papapanagiotou
Jennifer Papapanagiotou focuses her practice on transactional, corporate and regulatory matters for health care providers, including but not limited to: physicians and physician organizations, hospitals, laboratories, home health agencies, hospice providers, mental health professionals, and durable medical equipment companies. She also works extensively with health care management and billing companies. Her work focuses on the types of issues health care providers deal with every day..
David Parker
David Parker practices in the business transaction and healthcare areas. His business practice includes overseeing all legal aspects of private debt and equity financings and the purchase and sale of businesses. He represents buyers and sellers in the purchase or sale of business operations and entities. He has experience in originating, syndicating, closing, servicing, and working-out a broad range of private financings of operating businesses. Mr. Parker’s lending practice includes many forms of senior and junior debt, representing both capital providers and borrowers. His equity finance practice includes venture capital and similar early-stage transactions, and many forms of later stage equity capital formation. He also provides advice on general corporate matters.
Michael Cook
Michael Cook has more than 35 years of experience representing a wide variety of health care related clients in regulatory, compliance, coverage, reimbursement, policy, strategic planning, government relations, and business matters. This experience includes managing the health care practices in the Washington, DC offices of several large national law firms. Additionally, Michael began his career representing the Federal regulators of the Medicare and Medicaid programs as an attorney with the Office of General Counsel of the United States Department of Health and Human Services – often on significant matters of the highest profile and sensitivity, and during his tenure at the Department, as a Special United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.
Les Johnson
Les helps clients navigate the myriad of regulatory, compliance and business issues facing today’s health care providers and practitioners. Core areas of Les’s practice include handling Medicare & Medicaid appeals; Medicare and Medicaid participation and compliance….
Andy C. Lynch
Andy Lynch has more than 30 years experience as a transactional lawyer representing corporations and financial institutions in business and commercial matters. He has significant experience representing buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions and in representing issuers and investors in capital formation transactions. Andy has worked extensively in the telecommunications, internet, technology, real estate, health care and government contracting industries. Andy currently acts as outside general counsel for a number of clients and was previously the general counsel of a telecommunications company.
Richard Pecore
Richard Pecore is an experienced healthcare lawyer with a passion for defending healthcare providers and suppliers in UPIC Medicare and Medicaid audits. He has over 20 years of legal experience and has exclusively worked in the area of health care regulatory compliance for more than a decade. In addition to holding a law degree, Richard is also a “Certified Medical Compliance Officer.” After completing his law degree, Richard worked for a number of years in the areas of OSHA compliance and mass torts. He has gained extensive experience representing healthcare providers in Medicare and Medicaid audits.
Ashley Morgan
Ashley Morgan focuses her practice on regulatory health care compliance matters, fraud and abuse, and reimbursement issues. Ms. Morgan represents health care providers across the country in connection with a wide variety of health law issues including coverage disputes, documentation concerns, compliance, medical board complaints, and exclusion / termination issues. She has worked with an assortment of providers including dentists, home health companies, hospice agencies, pain management practices, primary care and specialty physicians, mental health professionals, physical therapists, and licensed acupuncturists.
Heidi Kocher
Heidi Kocher has more than 20 years of experience in health care legal and compliance related issues. Her experience includes positions at a large hospital corporation, serving as a compliance officer for a sleep lab / Durable Medical Equipment (DME) company and a compliance director, chief privacy officer and interim chief compliance officer at a medical device manufacturer. In addition, Ms. Kocher has represented and advised critical access and long-term care hospitals, physician groups, home health agencies, DME companies, pharmacies (including compounding pharmacies), non-profit organizations, and licensed individuals.
Leonard Schneider
Mr. Schneider’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation. He has also been selected to serve as City Attorney for a number of cities and municipalities. In this capacity, he has performed a wide range of legal services, ranging from contract drafting and administration to affirmative civil litigation on behalf of his municipal clients. Mr. Schneider has extensive experience ensuring that applicable statutory and regulatory requirements are met by municipalities. Mr. Schneider has expanded his practice to also include a wide variety of health law matters and cases.
John Pierce
John Pierce in an experienced former Federal prosecutor and trial attorney whose practice focuses on sophisticated criminal defense and civil litigation. His background is rather unique. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Pierce served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of California, the District of Columbia and in the Eastern District of Virginia. While working as a Federal prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia, he represented the office on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC) for Health Care Fraud. Since leaving the government, Mr. Pierce has successfully represented both foreign and domestic individuals and corporations in health care, commercial securities, corruption, export control and tax disputes.
Robert Saltaformaggio
Robert Saltaformaggio is an Senior Counsel at a law firm. He focuses on regulatory healthcare compliance matters, fraud and abuse, and reimbursement issues. Robert represents clients nationwide. He has experience in assessing client records for documentation compliance in private payor and CMS audit preparation as well as identifying and improving documentation deficiencies. Robert helped lead Amazon.com’s compliance efforts for its state and local political engagement program. Robert also previously served as an Attorney Advisor with the US Department of Commerce’s Ethics Law and Programs Division.
Meaghan (McCormick)
Meaghan (McCormick) DeBenedetto is an Associate Attorney at a law firm where she concentrates her practice in the area of health care regulatory compliance. Meaghan has experience with auditing claims, identifying deficiencies, and assisting clients in improving their documentation. She also assists providers with creating and implementing effective compliance plans. Meaghan has assisted Dentists, DME providers, community mental health centers, hospices, and home health agencies across the country.
Regina G. Morano
Regina G. Morano, J.D., CHC is a healthcare regulatory attorney and compliance executive with more than two decades of experience in both the private and public sectors. Ms. Morano began her healthcare career as a Jesuit Volunteer and founding staff member of Baltimore’s Health Care for the Homeless Program, and has served in key legal and compliance positions with leading healthcare and regulatory organizations. As a regulatory Special Counsel and Ethics Officer during the administration of then- New York Governor George Pataki, Ms. Morano provided legal and legislative counsel to the chairman of the New York State Workers Compensation Board, and drafted key legislation and regulations for the protection of injured workers.
Charles E. Abney
Charles E. Abney, J.D., M.D. serves as a Counsel at a law firm. Dr. Abney’s background is rather unique. While continuing to manage a highly respected medical group, he entered law school and graduated from the University of Alabama in 2005. Since graduating from law school, Dr. Abney has continued to practice in both worlds. Dr. Abney’s perspective on Medicare, Medicaid and private payor audits in both practical and effective. Dr. Abney’s expertise can be invaluable when representing physicians and physician groups in government audits and investigations.
Gunnar T. Jurgensen
Gunnar attended Binghamton University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and obtained a BA, magna cum laude, in political science. Gunnar pursued his law degree at William & Mary Law School where he developed a passion for health law and policy. As a student at William & Mary Law School, Gunnar participated in the Lewis B. Puller, Jr. Veterans Benefits Clinic where he represented veterans in coverage disputes with the VA. Gunnar served as an Articles Editor for the William & Mary Business Law Review, and his student note was selected as an alternate for publication. Gunnar served as a Student Admissions Ambassador after the Office of Law School Admissions selected him for the position in both his second and third year of law school.
Christin Thompson
Christin Thompson is an Associate at a law firm. She focuses on healthcare compliance and reimbursement issues. Christin represents clients nationwide and practices out of the California office. She has experience in assessing client records for documentation compliance in private payor and CMS audit preparation as well as identifying and improving documentation deficiencies. Christin is also a medical coder certified in inpatient, outpatient, and risk adjustment claims.
John R. Minarcik, MD
Born in 1947, John R. Minarcik, MD’s early life in Chicago included moving to West 18th Place at age 3. His father worked at Automatic Electric, while his mother cared for the family. Fond memories of school, friends, and family remain woven into his narrative. High school at Quigley and Palatine led to college at Loyola, where he married Barbara in 1972. Medical school at UIC brought challenges and the influence of mentors like Dr. Swerdlow. Dual residencies at Northwestern and Michael Reese Hospitals followed, marked by accomplishments and conflicts. Despite clashes, John thrived, earning 13 job offers.
Dr. James McGuire
Dr. James McGuire is the director of the Leonard S. Abrams Center for Advanced Wound Healing and a Professor Clinician Scholar in the Departments of Podiatric Medicine and Biomechanics at the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine in Philadelphia. His undergraduate degree is from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA (1974) and his Physical Therapy Certificate from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. (1975) He practiced physical therapy in Philadelphia until 1977 when he entered Podiatric medical school.
Edward P. Southern, MD, MBA
Edward P. Southern, MD, MBA received his Bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University in College Station, TX and a Doctor of Medicine degree from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX, where he also completed his internship in general surgery. Dr. Southern was awarded a research fellowship in biomechanics at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation at Yale University in New Haven CT, followed by an additional general surgery PGY2 residency at Yale, and then a residency in orthopaedic surgery also at Yale.
Richard A "Red" Lawhern PhD
Andrew Nathan Wilner, MD, FACP, FAAN
Andrew Nathan Wilner, MD, FACP, FAAN, is a board-certified internist, board-certified neurologist and fellowship-trained epilepsy specialist. After graduating from Yale University, he studied medicine at the Faculte Catholique in Lille, France for two years. Dr. Wilner graduated from the Warren Alpert School of Medicine of Brown University, Providence, RI, in 1981.
Dr. Joseph Parker
Dr. Joseph Parker served in the US Marine Corps and the US Air Force, where he was an officer in the Strategic Air Command and US Space Command. He then graduated from the Mayo Clinic with honors in Neuroscience and has practiced general and emergency for over twenty-five years, while creating protocols and procedures for pain and addiction medicine clinics. He is active in the aerospace industry, designing biomedical experiments and spacecraft, lecturing on futurism and space science, and advocates for those suffering from medical abandonment and neglect.
Jonelle Elgaway
Leah Houston M.D.
I’m an Emergency Physician and the Product Founder at HPEC where we empower physicians through decentralized identity by automating the credentialing and identity management process so they can work and move freely.
Healthcare is the fastest growing sector in the US with over 20M employees, yet systems face excessive turnover due to dissatisfaction. With HPEC the physician is in control of their digitized and automatically verified credentials that allow them to onboard to systems or open and collaborate with colleagues to build their own individual private practices without the friction of currently available legacy driven credentialing systems.
Gregory R. Piche
Opened a virtual health care practice firm on January 1, 2010. Practiced healthcare law at Holland & Hart and a tributary firm since 1973. Served as leader of the firm’s health care practice group for more than 20 years. Holland & Hart is a 450 attorney law firm with 15 offices across the Mountain West.
Managed a wide variety of healthcare legal representation in both counseling and litigation for and on behalf of hospitals, physicians, physician networks, limited license providers, nursing homes, durable medical equipment providers, home health agencies, healthcare service providers and managed care companies.